Thanks, Darren. I'm having similar puzzlement with this shot. Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW
On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 10:39 PM, Darren Addy <[email protected]> wrote: > I must add... the monochrome here is a great illustration of what > makes B&W so great: It forces you to see the light. In the B&W version > you are drawn to notice the light on the ropes (at least I am). I > didn't even notice that in the color version. Too much other things > overwhelm the senses and you don't see the light (as easily). In B&W > you have no choice but evaluate the gradations of tone. > > I really like the monochrome crop. > > On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 9:36 PM, Darren Addy <[email protected]> wrote: >> Perhaps strangely, I like the color uncropped and the monochrome cropped. >> >> "Do I contradict myself? Very well, then I contradict myself, I am >> large, I contain multitudes." - Walt Whitman >> >> >> On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 4:40 PM, Richard Womer <[email protected]> wrote: >>> This lazy lakeside hammock has a cluttered background. I found a >>> composition that minimized the clutter: >>> >>> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17834694&size=lg >>> >>> …but decided that a crop would help: >>> >>> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17834700 >>> >>> …or maybe the original in monochrome: >>> >>> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17834695&size=lg >>> >>> …or the crop: >>> >>> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17834696 >>> >>> (K-5, DA 16-45) >>> >>> I favor the color crop, myself. Edited on a laptop last calibrated a >>> year ago, so things may be a bit wonky. >>> >>> Comments appreciated! >>> >>> Rick >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> [email protected] >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>> follow the directions. >> >> >> >> -- >> Photographers must learn not to be ashamed to have their photographs >> look like photographs. >> ~ Alfred Stieglitz > > > > -- > Photographers must learn not to be ashamed to have their photographs > look like photographs. > ~ Alfred Stieglitz > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
