Lincoln Street Green Strip

There was a ribbon cutting ceremony for the Lincoln Street Green Strip (which I wrote about previously) today.

Here's some photos I took of it last week.

In my mind, the noteworthy aspects include that it:

• Is a significant improvement


• Reflects community input


• Came in in budget (apparently)


• Is designed to be low maintenance (mostly volunteer, if I understand correctly).

I think the latter is especially important during the inevitable times of stress on the city's budget (like now).
Here's the artists' description

No detailed masking

Here's something that I wouldn't have thought possible without detailed masking around the "sharpened supports"

Before

After

It was just a Tiffen Filter combo of (from bottom to top)

• Bleach Bypass 5


• Depth of Field: Highlight Blur (with an increased range parameter)


• Color looks: Sunset

PS: Yes, I also think its cool