Rob MacKillop
Edinburgh Correspondent
One of those days, it seems:
The Deid Tree and the Fleur de Mort
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Gianluca Drago
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How I would love to see a color version of Fleur de Mort! Good work.
Brian Moore
Moderator
Twa bonnie corpses, Rob.
Rob MacKillop
Edinburgh Correspondent
Gianluca - I will share a colour version later. 90% of my photography is b&w. I just find colour always looks false, whereas b&w is so obviously false it doesn’t matter. So I’m not very good at colour photography, and therefore tend to avoid it. The colour version of this flower, though, is quite good, though the more I worked on it, the closer I got to b&w!
Brian - cheers, laddie!
Brian - cheers, laddie!
Gianluca Drago
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I understand you, b&w is a magnet, everyone would like to see the world in black and white (especially nowadays and try to imagine what I am talking about). But colors... The colors! Johannes Itten's book The Art of Color opened my eyes when I was still post-young.
In addition, I know that decaying flowers are a magnificent photographic subject in color.
Rob MacKillop
Edinburgh Correspondent
See, I'm not very good at colour. I was trying for subtle, but went too far, sucking the blood out of it. On the other hand, I love Saul Leiter's use of colour.
Gianluca Drago
Well-Known Member
I like the color version more than the B&W one. But I know it's personal taste.
Rob MacKillop
Edinburgh Correspondent
In this instance I like both. Originally where the petals join the stalk, there were areas of green and red that were just too eye-catching for my taste. So I tried to get rid of them. It took me longer than I cared for. The b&w took literally 30 seconds or less. Actually, if you are looking on a computer screen, click on the b&w image - it looks better when larger.
Gianluca Drago
Well-Known Member
The problem is that here in my screen the images are quite small. But I understand that big images would mean more costs for whoever make this forum possible.
Brian Moore
Moderator
I'm partial to the B&W one, Rob. (Though I suspect if I hadn't seen the B&W version first I would like the color one very much indeed.)
Rob MacKillop
Edinburgh Correspondent
The People of the World are Divided! It wasn't my intention to create more division in the world! What have I done??!!
Brian Moore
Moderator
Face it; you're a Divider!
Gianluca Drago
Well-Known Member
Ralph Turner
Well-Known Member
Both very nice. I particularly like the drama in the first image.
Regarding the b+w versus colour flower renderings, both are lovely in their own way, but for me the subtle colours and softer look of the latter suit the faded glory of the flower better, but that's me. It's such personal thing, I suppose. Anyway, great stuff
Regarding the b+w versus colour flower renderings, both are lovely in their own way, but for me the subtle colours and softer look of the latter suit the faded glory of the flower better, but that's me. It's such personal thing, I suppose. Anyway, great stuff
Rob MacKillop
Edinburgh Correspondent
Cheers, Ralph The Peacemaker, bringing us all together, healing divisions.
Seriously, though, I'm glad you like both images, or all three rather. I just find colour hard to do. Always have.
Seriously, though, I'm glad you like both images, or all three rather. I just find colour hard to do. Always have.
