Pallets, Reflection, and Sky (color version)

Thanks. You can also compare this to the b&w version in this folder.

Very nice! Actually I do like your pic in colour and not the one in B&W. Think a great part of what makes this a very good pic is the play on colours.

Like a lot.....particularly the one green pallet!

By the way, did you manipulate the photo to create a green pallet?

Original work of art!

I like the color better, especially with that lone green one.

Thanks, everyone, for the nice comments. I just got lucky with the green pallet--I don't do major photoshop manipulations. I pretty much stick to what I could do in traditional darkroom. I'm going to go back to this spot and try a few different compositions.

Great find! I'd go back and shoot this too! I like the color version better.

This is a fabulous find - the shapely repetition, in richer tones, is a real treat. I might be very tempted to tone down the sky. Top shot.

Robert that's a striking image (almost as striking as your new bio-pic where you look quite different from the old one!)

 

I understand you did not PS it... but did you bring with you some green paint? It has such a strong graphical impact, not only for the "think-different" thing, but also for the justapoxition of the strange shape of the paddle and the regular pattern on the other side.

 

By all means, this has to stay in colour, otherwise you'll lessen a lot your luck in having found that green pallet...had you not found it, and wanting to concentrate onto the shapes, then the B&W does it.

 

What about the sky? I like it, but if I crop it away (with something off the L and the R, to keep the aspect ratio) I like the way the justapoxition of shapes explodes even stronger...although the shot has the tendency to become claustrophobic with the only "way out" being staring at the green pallet... is it a bad thing?

Seven and Sarah, thanks for the nice comments. I'll trying burning down the sky some. I agree that color version is better.

 

Dr. Mele, sorry for the image change. I'm shooting a lot of stock photography and I've been using myself as a model. This is more the look of the "business" Dr. Brown. The other look is more the relaxed, normal Dr. Brown. I'll probably keep changing the photo since I've done far too many self portaits.

 

Back to your comments about the photo. Cropping the sky really changes the photo--it does become claustrophobic. You can't escape from the muted palette and the repeating pallets. Without the sky, the image almost becomes a prison . . . which I don't think is bad thing. Hope you are well. Where are you living now? Back in Switzerland, or still in Italy?

Even a blind chicken pecks corn once in a while. . . .

Holy perfection. What a great graphical image. The pallet stacks alone would have made for a strong image but the reflection puddle is extraordinary. Great shot. Yes the color would be my vote as well.