Rainbow

abraxas · Jan 30, 2009

The original post in HDR color didn't work so well:
And can be seen here >> Late Afternoon

I thought I'd try a different, more subtle treatment:

LarissaPhotography · Jan 30, 2009

It's just my opinion, but I like the original better. It had some interesting color. It's tough to tell that this is a rainbow in b&w.

abraxas · Jan 30, 2009

LarissaPhotography said:
It's just my opinion, but I like the original better. It had some interesting color. It's tough to tell that this is a rainbow in b&w.

Thanks. It's just my way of beating around the bush. I have a series of photos I'm preparing for a couple of projects that require B&W. Thought I'd give the pp a shot with this one.

invisible · Jan 30, 2009

I love everything on this one, except the rainbow. The lines are just sensational, something that went unnoticed when I looked at the colour version (which makes me think that the colour image might be a bit oversaturated for my old eyes). The sepia treatment and the light vignette are spot on. The added grain, although subtle, adds immensely to the mood I think.

EDIT: just put my hand over the rainbow and realised that the composition needs it there. Maybe what I don't like about the rainbow is that it seems cloned in, even when I know you didn't add it.

abraxas · Jan 31, 2009

invisible said:
I love everything on this one, except the rainbow. The lines are just sensational, something that went unnoticed when I looked at the colour version (which makes me think that the colour image might be a bit oversaturated for my old eyes). The sepia treatment and the light vignette are spot on. The added grain, although subtle, adds immensely to the mood I think.

EDIT: just put my hand over the rainbow and realised that the composition needs it there. Maybe what I don't like about the rainbow is that it seems cloned in, even when I know you didn't add it.

Thanks. I keep looking back at this, and the more I like it. As far as what I'll make available for prints I'll probably go with a color, single exposure over this or the HDR. This is more of an experiment with pp technique rather than photo product. The experiment's purpose is to determine recommendations for a book a friend is writing.

The sepia and vignetting looks really cool to me, but I think I'm going to roll with something like this;

This will save some money/trouble with publishing. It's B&W rather than a color that will differ from the text.

I probably should use an actual photo that I took for him and will in the presentation. They're really kind of boring though (desert wagon trail photos).

myopia · Jan 31, 2009

I like the last one best, although they all look rather artificial.

Artograph · Jan 31, 2009

I dunno.....when I read "rainbow" in the b&w section...I was skeptical....but a gotta say that I love it (the 1st one)!!! But, that being said, I also love flowers done in b&w too!!!

Nice!!

:O)

Jeff Canes · Feb 3, 2009

#1 BW is a good edit, but the #2 BW is more to my liking, also like the it over color, the colors in the color version are very bold

abraxas · Feb 4, 2009

myopia said:
I like the last one best, although they all look rather artificial.

Artograph said:
I dunno.....when I read "rainbow" in the b&w section...I was skeptical....but a gotta say that I love it (the 1st one)!!! But, that being said, I also love flowers done in b&w too!!!

Nice!!

:O)

Thanks.

abraxas · Feb 4, 2009

Jeff Canes said:
#1 BW is a good edit, but the #2 BW is more to my liking, also like the it over color, the colors in the color version are very bold

Thanks Jeff. The color is a bit thick to me too.

Jeff Canes · Feb 4, 2009

abraxas said:
--I probably should use an actual photo that I took for him and will in the presentation. They're really kind of boring though (desert wagon trail photos).

presentation, this statement has me thinking that #1 would work nice as some type of cover art

C.Lloyd · Feb 5, 2009

The first one is awesome... looks like charcoal or stencil. From the 1800's.

Second one is very forboding. Looks cool though. Pretty stark at first, then you realize there's a rainbow in there and it kinda lightens the mood.

abraxas · Feb 7, 2009

Jeff Canes said:
presentation, this statement has me thinking that #1 would work nice as some type of cover art

Thanks. I'm thinking that this treatment could be used for a little book of short stories and what-not.

C.Lloyd said:
The first one is awesome... looks like charcoal or stencil. From the 1800's.

Second one is very forboding. Looks cool though. Pretty stark at first, then you realize there's a rainbow in there and it kinda lightens the mood.

Thank you.