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The Art of Photography => Landscape Showcase => Topic started by: Chris Calohan on May 03, 2024, 09:07:34 am

Title: New Growth
Post by: Chris Calohan on May 03, 2024, 09:07:34 am
In relative terms, this young cypress is just a baby in an aquafer where Cypress Trees live hundreds of years. I've presented it as a color and a B&W.



Title: Re: New Growth
Post by: Jeremy Roussak on May 03, 2024, 09:49:30 am
Good shooting, Chris. They each have their positives but for me, unusually, the B&W comes second.

Jeremy
Title: Re: New Growth
Post by: Paulo Bizarro on May 04, 2024, 12:29:43 am
Nice. I prefer the colour one.
Title: Re: New Growth
Post by: Chris Calohan on May 04, 2024, 10:06:29 am
Thanks, guys. I too prefer the color version but only because the B&W didn't quite do as I intended in post...it's back to the drawing board.
Title: Re: New Growth
Post by: francois on May 06, 2024, 07:51:59 am
I would slightly lean toward the color version but both are excellent.
Title: Re: New Growth
Post by: Leszek Piotrowski on May 06, 2024, 06:43:24 pm
The first for me,.. the colour reflections are wonderful.
Title: Re: New Growth
Post by: UnfamiliarLight on May 08, 2024, 02:43:34 pm
Beautiful subject. I"m a colour fan and I like the rendition of the green.

I think the background darkening might be a bit too much. My guess is with it brighter the tree gets lost so there is a trade off there for sure.
Title: Re: New Growth
Post by: Dave (Isle of Skye) on May 20, 2024, 12:55:37 pm
The first for me,.. the colour reflections are wonderful.

I agree and think the colour adds something more interesting and extra into the shot. I  don't mind the mono version, but that 'splash' of colour, really helps to lift the tree out of its background.

Excellent.

Dave
Title: Re: New Growth
Post by: Chris Calohan on May 20, 2024, 06:43:42 pm
Thanks for all the comments. The BG is dark but prints out much lighter...I find darks tend to clog up when changed to lo res jpegs.