Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/09/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yes the image I submitted was in color... But small.... it looks like it
is B&W.... The burn area is like being in the twilight zone as in many
sections there is nothing growing at all... If you didn't know the
context... you would think the photo was taken in winter time... But
everything should be green... and it's not... So I tried to find a spot
that showed just a touch of green to show some new life... My girls thought
many of the other images I shot were too depressing....
The mist... is actually dust.... being stirred up by the demolition of
someone's home... I shot early morning... directly into the sun for more
drama....
I put up a BW image of the same shot in the folder to compare... to me the
B&W could be anytime... and it doesn't communicate the stark contrast of a
burn scar with new growth...
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/dbirkey/DR_Ted/
Other color images from the burn scar are at:
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/dbirkey/Colorado/
Thanks for looking!
Duane
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Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2013 09:19:52 -0700
From: Herbert Kanner <kanner at acm.org<mailto:kanner at acm.org>>
Subject: Re: [Leica] Twilight Zone - Colorado Black Forest Fire Burn
Scar DUANE
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Dr. Ted,
Take a closer look. I see faint green in some of the background, and I doubt
that it is an artifact of my computer because I've never ever seen this
before on a B&W image. Actually, my favorite B&W photos of woods are those
which have just a bare suggestion of color.
Herbert Kanner
kanner at acm.org
650-326-8204
Question authority and the authorities will question you.
On Sep 8, 2013, at 8:26 PM, tedgrant at shaw.ca wrote:
> Duane Birkey OFFERED:
> Subject: [Leica] Twilight Zone - Colorado Black Forest Fire Burn Scar
>
>
>> Here is my submission for this week's assignment... BTW.... what is
>> the topic for next week?????
>> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/dbirkey/DR_Ted/DuaneBirkey201310228_lg.jpg.html
>
> Hi Duane,
> Interesting lighting and the fire smoke creating a kind of mystery effect
> to
> the scene! Does it work as a kind of "TWI-LIGHT" situation? Yep "Smokey
> so."
>
> I don't think this would have the same kind of "eerie effect?" If shot in
> colour? B&W? Definitely so! The B&W retains whatever you want to think it
> is? Fog? Mist? Smoke? low level clouds???
>
> Colour wouldn't give you the same kind of visual effect. Quite often B&W
> will give a greater feeling for perceived thinking in what the "Visual
> effect is?" Smoke or possibly fog, as that's what it kind of looks like?
> Right or wrong. Go to colour and the complete meaning of the scene will
> change. Because it becomes the realities of life as it is.
>
> Quite frankly I like the scene regardless of what the effects are being
> created by.?
>
> cheers,
> Dr. ted :-)
>
>
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