I’m not sure which version I prefer. Certainly the idea of purity is better represented by the black and white version. But I really liked the play of color in the reflections on the metal chairs. I boosted the contrast and the vibrance in Lightroom before converting to B&W in Perfect B&W with the Vivid Dream preset, then masked out the B&W on the chairs and reduced the opacity of the effect somewhat, brought back to Lightroom, reduced the contrast a little and raised the clarity and applied a dark vignette. Then I made a copy, converted it to B&W and played with the clarity and contrast a bit for the B&W version.
That’s the problem with series Adam, it is how to keep them fresh and interesting. One way I do this is not to look at them as they actually are, but to see something different. When I shot my photo the phrase Urban-Sheep lept to my mind and I too thought that maybe it could be the start of something, a series maybe, but since then I haven’t come across anything similar that has attracted my interest in the same way… it’s a waiting game I guess.
Yes – sometimes for years.
Reminds me of a shot I took a while back – https://stevemolblog.wordpress.com/portfolio/#jp-carousel-1990
I actually prefer the b&w you took, but I generally shoot b&w so that is probably why, nice work.
Thanks – yes – I like yours and the black and white serves it well. At one point I was putting together a collection of images of chairs stacked outside restaurants but looking at one after another became boring quite quickly and my inherent laziness asserted itself.
They are quite different! The enlarged BW in the preview is quite stunning on its own, and the color one also by itself. Together they are each less so. Interesting.
Thanks – I think you’re right about what happens when you put them together. It shows the artist hasn’t committed and that weakens the overall effect. All the same, I can’t decide.
On Mon, Apr 13, 2015 at 12:09 AM, obBLOGato wrote:
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It’s all about experimenting, and being brave enough to show it 🙂
b&w wins…reminiscent of film noir…or Man Ray
Thanks!
On Sun, Apr 12, 2015 at 10:26 PM, obBLOGato wrote:
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