While The Blazer is in Intensive Care...
...I continue to diddle with pics from my files. I always liked this one of a skin on frame deck. Its earthy colors, with the little accent of blue in the cockpit was what first attracted my eye. Now, with too much time on my hands, I wondered how it would look as a black and white (misnomer, they are gray scale photos).
It certainly is a different effect with the color removed. The flash and prettiness is gone, and we are left with the sense of texture of something rugged and old. These simple conversions, however, don't always work. Ron had wondered how the first pic on the blog a few days ago would look in B&W. I had my doubts, but went there anyways.
Some may like it, but it doesn't quite do it for me. Perhaps there are too few middle tones, or the sky is too weak, or the wave is too small to have an impact. Or, maybe, I just didn't get it right. Still, sometimes there is something to be said for a flashes of colors. Even if they're just Zebra Mussels on a pipe.
Paddle safe...
DS
4 comments:
Glad you've got some time on your hands to share these photos with us!
man. I look at the two kayak shots and see them both equally, for different reasons. The hard part is that if you could only show one, which would it be??
Tough question, Derrick. The color version would look good as an 11X14 hanging on the wall. On the other hand, I do prefer the earthiness of the gray scale image and may spend some time trying to improve it. It isn't 100% what I envision.
The kayak shots are nice, I like the b&w version. You are right on the other photo, the black and white has very little to capture your eye.
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