Inspiration for Piet

I think the "larger" option does it some more justice.

 

Thanks for looking - Nick.

Thank you for stopping by!

Nice b&w picture. I'd only prefer better cloud constellation -- too much light in the top left corner.

Your quite right about the light Milan, but it was a very bright day!

 

Regards, Nick.

Nick, I have taken several shots of crooked trees without any worthy result, so I wish I had taken this one of yours! The tree is interesting enough, but I think the contrast in the sky is what makes the mood, so the red filter seems to have worked very well here.

Here is a shot of the same tree taken on a different day, with a 35mm camera loaded with fuji velvia.

 

Better than the B&W version?

 

Regards, Nick.

Nicholas, the colour version does not look bad, but has nothing near the character of the b&w one to me. It is in part the more dramatic sky and probably also the tighter crop, while in general b&w seems to suit better this kind of somewhat 'abstract' subjects. Regards.

once again B/W beats colour hands down; this could be a lone bush surviving an immense fire, it could be the only bush in a whole desert; it could be anything. in colour it's a bush. black and white rules!!!!

The color photo is nice, but lacks the atmosphere. The b&w version provides much more, it's better.

Thank you all for your kind and observant comments about this photograph.

 

Perhaps I should explain it's title. Piet Mondrian saw "cubism" in trees such as this, eventually he hoaned the technique to produce his trademark grid paintings of the 1920's and 30's. This "tree" dates from 1912.

 

Regards, Nick.

Looks like you took a picture of a bush and put it in black and white. Doesen't take much skill, I am afraid to say.

Hello Porter, thanks for your interest, and stop being afraid of giving your opinion!

 

On a technical point, the above posting was taken with Black & White film, rather than being "put in black and white". The secondary image that I posted, was of course taken with colour film - they are actually two different photographs.

 

Regards, Nick.