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Occasionally I get an itch to travel different post-processing paths. For them who feel the same, here be some thoughts on my off-color travels.
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Occasionally I get an itch to travel different post-processing paths. For them who feel the same, here be some thoughts on my off-color travels.

2014 Flowers

  • Occasionally I get an itch to travel different post-processing paths. For them who feel the same, here be some thoughts on my off-color travels.
  • I am not colorblind, and I enjoy the variety of hues associated with, for instance, flowers.<br /> <br /> That said, of the subjects that lend themselves to B&W processing, flowers rank high in my list.
  • an example of a flower that is very striking in its color but that, in my opinion, also works in B&W
  • Someone with a degree in art and visual presentation can give you the technical term for what I did there. My take on it is as follows; the photo looked a little flat. No drama, nothing to draw the eyes, nothing that grabs you by the short ha . . . er . . . grabs you by the shirt collar and tells you to look.<br /> <br /> The splash of tepid yellow grabs your awareness and makes you take note of the picture; it forces the mind to characterize what its looking at, and it does so by introducing a surprise into the expected.
  • You can do something similar by the use of shadows and blacks . . . in this case, I'm trying to add drama to the mini story presented by the photo.<br /> <br /> Tell me you look at the above and immediately don't think of the following:<br /> <br /> It knew its days were numbered. It knew its existence was fleeting, but with all its soulless being it struggled to make something of itself. No, it would not go quietly into the night, but rather face the scorching sun full-on, and live to the fullest. It's better to burn out than to fade away! It would be the best flower it could be!<br /> <br /> The secondary drama is that eventually it will fade away, shrivel up, drop to the ground, and rot. Now, ain't that a powerful metaphor for human existence? No siree, you cain't get there using colors; too festive, don't you see?
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  • Photos with lots of details don't seem to lend themselves to B&W treatments, at least not by me. That's why I tried different things with these two photos.
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  • Ah, what the heck. People who want to read can always go to my blog and read the narrative there.
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