I was taking an evening Photoshop class at the TCC Visual Art Center in Olde Towne, Portsmouth, Virginia. I looked down High Street on the way back to my car. It had been raining, and the reflections caught my eye, so I whipped out my phone and grabbed a few shots. There wasn’t much color, but the lighting was perfect for black and white.

I had to fiddle around a bit more than usual during processing. First, I straightened the horizontals and verticals, then I cropped a little. After converting to black and white I made it look like it was shot on film. Finally, I increased the contrast to bring out the reflections on the brick sidewalk.