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stamper

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Desolation.
« on: August 23, 2016, 08:35:32 am »

The Isle of Arran, Scotland.

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Re: Desolation.
« Reply #1 on: August 23, 2016, 10:58:01 am »

I liked it better in color. The picture hasn't enough graphical strength to make it particularly good in B&W. It's not bad, but the color version is able to pick up contrasts that are lost in the B&W.
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Re: Desolation.
« Reply #2 on: August 23, 2016, 11:56:09 am »

Where can I find a colour version? I don't see one.


On my monitor (small retina display) it looks a bit crunchy and texturally unpleasant. I think that may be a problem at my end, and am wondering how to diagnose and solve it.
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Re: Desolation.
« Reply #3 on: August 23, 2016, 12:03:02 pm »

Check "Old Street," Ken. It's the same scene, but more of it.
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Re: Desolation.
« Reply #4 on: August 23, 2016, 12:54:36 pm »

The black and white one certainly feels more desolate than the color version, but I agree with Russ: The color version works better, for me.
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Re: Desolation.
« Reply #5 on: August 24, 2016, 03:31:52 am »

The colour version is actually a different image but similar. I deliberately went for a crunchy look to try and emphasis the desolation. Perhaps overdone it?

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Re: Desolation.
« Reply #6 on: August 25, 2016, 03:12:51 am »

I share the preference for the colour version, which has a 3-dimensional quality the other one largely lacks, but which could maybe be recovered with a different treatment. "Desolation" is an interesting title, its rightness in relation to the ruin qualified by the lushness of the vegetation, which to me says "renewal" as well.
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Re: Desolation.
« Reply #7 on: August 25, 2016, 03:58:48 am »

I deliberately went for a crunchy look to try and emphasis the desolation. Perhaps overdone it?

Light that is less harsh might be helpful in allowing you to adjust the contrast more finely.

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Re: Desolation.
« Reply #8 on: August 26, 2016, 08:26:19 am »

The cottage ruin is intriguing. The nearest chimney has a newish looking pot and the steps seem to lead to a way in only just below where the roof eaves would have been. I also wondered what the steps were made of (obviously not local stone) but there's not enough resolution to see any detail.
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