2-8-2014
Tonight I had another
attempt of shooting my street, this time, I waited for the sun to go completely
down. I straightened the house that is
in view, and unfortunately the lamp posts are all crooked. I guess it adds some form of character.
It’s a look at the type of
architectural structures in Trinidad. We
use primarily concrete for our homes.
There are many wall surfaces, including a mud, straw, and manure mixture
which is used in the country side and some part thereof used to make the old outside
clay ovens which are known for making the best breads, bakes and pastries. That mud mixture home is known as Tapia and
the act of sealing it via the plastering is called “l’epee”, a native word of
patois origin. In Trinidad there are
also houses made out of wood, often teak or cedar are used as those two woods
are least prone to termites.
There are
a few who construct their homes out of ply wood. The strongest modern homes are made of bricks
and concrete.
As you can possibly tell, I am not so good at Photoshop Lightroom Shenanigans to do any spot altering, so the brightness from the street light is prominent here.
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