Santa Ana - Neutral Grounds - a photo on Flickriver

March 18, 2017. ©Copyright 2017 Karlton Huber Photography - all rights reserved.

The story behind this photograph is kind of cool.

So there I was standing on the sidewalk near the corner of Broadway and 3rd in downtown Santa Ana, CA - USA. It was my lunch hour and I was out enjoying the sunshine, getting some exercise and working on my street photography.

I had just finished photographing what I thought was an interesting lamppost shadow on the side of a building when this guy (who was out enjoying the sunshine, getting some exercise and walking this dog) asked me if I have ever photographed inside the Santora Arts Building. I told him that I had. He then asked if I had ever seen the old "Neutral Grounds" sign. I told him that I had not. Smiling, he said "it's in the alley behind the Santora Arts Building. Would you like me to show it to you?"

How could I refuse his generous offer. I replied with an enthusiastic "That would be awesome!"

While we were talking, his dog (a brown and black bull dog) found a comfortable spot on the sidewalk and laid down on its belly in the shade. Now that we were ready to go, it took a long three minutes to get his now very lazy and "content right where it was at" bull dog to get up off of his belly and start moving. It was actually quite humorous to watch another human being getting so manipulated by their dog.

Anyway, I followed the guy and his dog into his nearby office where he settled in his dog then led me out the back door into an alley an proudly led me to the location of this weathered old sign painted on the backside of an ageing brick building.

I worked out a few compositions, took a few shots then introduced myself and in exchange learned that this generous guys name was Nicholas.

Thanks Nicholas, I really appreciated your time and generosity.

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Taken in: United States / California / Santa Ana (show map)

Taken on: March 8, 2017

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Camera: Nikon D750, f/9.0, 1/1600 sec, 72mm, ISO 2000 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D750
Lens:	28.0-300.0 mm f/3.5-5.6
Aperture:	f/9.0
Exposure Time:	0.001 sec (1/1600)
Focal Length:	72mm
ISO:	2000
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Manual
Light Source:	Fine Weather
Gain Control:	High gain up
Sharpness:	Hard
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.7.1 (Windows)
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