Well yesterday was one of those stormy days that could end with a spectacular sunset. And it was, but I stopped about 10 miles too soon. The sliver I saw was the most intense reds and oranges. Oh well, win some lose some.
This is in a marl prairie, where muhly grass is more abundant over saw-grass. Luckily so, I thought my shoes were in the back of the Jeep but they weren't so I went trekking in flip-flops.
I seem to be addicted to sunsets, so if I don't get color, to bw it goes.
Thanks for looking,
Paul
Edited by paulmarcellini on Mar 25, 2008 at 06:50 PM GMT
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Terrific conversion, Paul. Perfect pespective and comp, as well, to isolate the beautifully lit palmettos in lovely contrast with the gloomy sky! Very nice!
Wow, thanks guys. I may not have been clear, I didn't get any color in this shot, but I could see a sliver of it and man was it intense. If I had driven another 10 miles or so I think that sliver would have been a nice sky.
Anyways, you all want color, so here it is. I will admit it has grown on me. Maybe because I "reversed engineered" it from my bw file so the contrast was way up. Let me know if it is still too punchy.
I think this is great Paul. I make sure to check out your work when I see a new post on here and this is why. It's a really simple shot, but the colors really pop in the added version. I think it really makes the palms stand out as the subject, whereas in the BW they seem to blend right in. I like the conversion and admit my first love is B&W photography, but this should be in color in my opinion.
The color version has what the B&W was missing - I like it a lot more. The greens and intense blues are great, punch is good (IMO). As tgrando said - in the B&W the palms were lost in a sea of similar tones, in the color the pop right out.
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