I recently noticed the first leaves of Fall on the ground from the Silver Maple Tree in our front yard. Naturally, I was inclined to focus on the bright colors, but I also began working on a black-and-white version that I liked. However, the black and white image doesn’t convey or present the essence of fall as strongly as the color image does. It comes down to what I’m striving to say with the image. I’ll leave it up to you to choose which version you prefer.
“On the canvas of life, Every sweep of the brush matters, Counts for something…” ― Scott Hastie https://meanderingpassage.com//wp-content/uploads/images/2022/12/EBM-20140127093228.jpg Details and tones to focus on during a cold winter day. 😉 Broomsedge is hardly noticed until fall and winter when the warm tones of tan, beige, orange and copper brighten and make themselves apparent. American pioneer homesteaders…
This past March I posted about switching from Adobe Lightroom for photo management to Alien Skin Exposure x3 and while missing a few Lightroom features I’ve been overall happy with my decision to switch. A few days ago Alien Skin released a major update, Exposure X4 with noticeably faster performance (always nice) as well as…
Perhaps after a week of cold rain, it’s ‘allowable’ for one’s mind to focus on a long cold stone alleyway leading to a closed heavy black door. Depressing, perhaps, but there’s rich history in the walls and stone walkway. I visualize in a mind-play scenario; there’d be “no one home” or at least no…
I love the black and white image as it makes the leaves into a form of art. Yet I love the color image because it tells a story for me. And the leaves are changing here also.
I’m split between these two images for much the same reasons as you, Monte. We’re having beautiful weather here at the moment. Have a good weekend!
I like them both but my roots are in B&W and, when done well (like this one) it just looks beautiful.
I often find that it takes more effort and time to edit a black and white image to my liking than it does to edit a color image. Of course, I acknowledge that I am far from being a professional in either field. Thanks for stopping by, Ken!