Charlotte, NC: In The Shadow Of Papi Queso

[Barbarossa]

North Carolina cities I've noticed are very pleasant and clean looking. Raleigh, Durham, Greenville are also real nice.

[ChiTownCity]

^ For some reason some parts remind me of a Dr. Suess neighborhood in its vernacular, but then there's vast swaths filled with your typical american suburban layout. It might've been the color palette more so than the actual architecture though.

[ToddA]

Originally Posted by ChiTownCity

Thank you and I'm sorry, but I'm not sure I understand what you mean by a "sun-drenched" look. Can you quote which ever one you're referencing? In any case I use Lightroom for all of my post processing .

My apologies, as I have pretty much no knowledge whatsoever of photography and associated techniques.

In the first few photographs, the colors are extremely vivid in an almost surreal, painting like way. I can't think of any other way to describe it. Very nifty looking.

[ChiTownCity]

^ Ohh, I just turned up the saturation slider in lightroom to make the colors pop and I turned up the clarity slider to make it clearer. Nothing over the top

[mSeattle]

Nice coverage of Charlotte!

[Ex-Ithacan]

Great pics. I didn't get all the street people vibe when I was there (several years ago), sad to hear about it. The city still looks as clean as I remember. Thanks for the tour.

[destroycreate]

Wow, I've got to say that I'm really impressed. I didn't know downtown Charlotte was that lively.

Am I the only one who has noticed a complete dearth of discussion/threads related to Charlotte these past few years? I remember when CHR has a massive presence here on SSP/SSC around 2003-2006. Wonder what happened?

[ChiTownCity]

Thanks. I was actually surprised that it had such a well-defined skyline. And I was even more surprised that its "uptown" had a real nice amount of street activity going on. A few things I didn't have a chance to photograph were the street performers, magicians, segway tourists, and other characters that really made it feel like I was in a well established urban area. It was very cool.

[Nineties Flava]

Originally Posted by L41A

Very good stuff ChiTownCity. Your thread introduction sold yourself short. If this was your 'very limited' stuff, your comprehensive stuff should be quite impressive - my expectation was greatly exceeded. You should post your pics more often.

Charlotte is looking good.

^That. Your "limited" St. Louis material was great too. Personally I'm hoping you do another Chicago thread, your south side series was one of the best on here.

[ChiTownCity]

^ Since I've started trying to balance 40 hour work weeks with attending school full time I really haven't been able to touch my camera at all this year aside from this set of pics. Luckily there's only a few more months left in this semester so I should be able to start that project back up after the semester is over. Of course since it'll be winter by then, I won't be able to complete anything until spring or later (unless we're lucky enough to have another very mild start).

Lol, to be honest I was hoping that everyone forgot about that fail of an attempt by now .

[atlantaguy]

Originally Posted by destroycreate

Wow, I've got to say that I'm really impressed. I didn't know downtown Charlotte was that lively.

Am I the only one who has noticed a complete dearth of discussion/threads related to Charlotte these past few years? I remember when CHR has a massive presence here on SSP/SSC around 2003-2006. Wonder what happened?

They all left for urbanplanet.

[KB0679]

Ahhh, my old stomping grounds...how I miss the place.

[initiald]

Thanks for this set. I always like seeing how someone else sees a place I've spend so much time looking at myself.