Back Wall, Colour vs B/W: There's lots of stuff going on in this one. Colour or B/W? Any thoughts?

jim hill Loc: Springfield, IL

There's lots of stuff going on in this one. Colour or B/W? Any thoughts?

Back Wall, Colour

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Back Wall, B/W

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Uuglypher Loc: South Dakota (East River)

jim hill wrote:

There's lots of stuff going on in this one. Colour or B/W? Any thoughts?

I agree there's lots "...going on"...and, to my eye, color contributes less to appreciating it all than do tonal spectrum and detail, singly or in sum.
Now .... to get back to assessing what's "going on" without the clutter of color....

Dave

NJFrank Loc: New Jersey

jim hill wrote:

There's lots of stuff going on in this one. Colour or B/W? Any thoughts?

I'm the going with the B/W on this one. To me in this case color takes away from the image. The B/W give it a more "industrial" look. But this is just my personal opinion.

Rongnongno Loc: FL

Lots is going on?

Please pry tell what this capture is about. I do not see it.

Frank2013 Loc: San Antonio, TX. & Milwaukee, WI.

jim hill wrote:

There's lots of stuff going on in this one. Colour or B/W? Any thoughts?

I concur with Dave, on color being useless for this shot Jim. Leaves me wondering what your IR version would look like.

rook2c4 Loc: Philadelphia, PA USA

jim hill wrote:

There's lots of stuff going on in this one. Colour or B/W? Any thoughts?

It very much depends on what exactly you are trying to express or emphasize with this image. When you chose to capture this scene, what were you thinking about? What did you find interesting? The color palette? The complexity of shadows? Surely there must have been something that made you want to take a photo! Whatever it may be, simply select the version which most strongly represents and communicates that which triggered you to take the picture in the first place.

jim hill Loc: Springfield, IL

Rongnongno wrote:

Lots is going on?

Please pry tell what this capture is about. I do not see it.

It's not a capture. It was planned and executed several times on separate occasions with this concept in mind:

"These images are looming/confronting objects that demand spectatorship not simply due to sheer size but also to the intricacy of its detail found within the collected miniatures contained within the looming whole of the gigantic." (p. 22, Susan Schwartz, University of Kentucky, 2011). There are others whose ideas are in line with this genre of work.

My thought regarding this piece is to print it 7' on the long side; not to compete with Grusky, et al., but to bring it into a single exposure without the manipulation of pasting various parts, as Grusky has done.

Maybe this is in the way a competition. That is not the spirit in which this photograph was made. I am intrigued by the idea of "collected miniatures."
I think my work has been tending towards that idea for some time.

Hope this helps a little.

Bill Houghton Loc: New York area

Just wondering if you also did this in portrait and Pano. It might open up the height of the back wall. I also notice that who ever painted that wall needed a taller ladder or was running short on paint,

To answer you question B&W. Since there is little or no contrasting colors.

jim hill Loc: Springfield, IL

Bill Houghton wrote:

Just wondering if you also did this in portrait and Pano. It might open up the height of the back wall. I also notice that who ever painted that wall needed a taller ladder or was running short on paint,

To answer you question B&W. Since there is little or no contrasting colors.

Top to bottom is everything included. Left side cropped a little. Right side cropped about 10% off the original.

Then, a top down squeeze thus giving a different dimension to space as one might experience in a dream sequence.

See Minor White below.

I have the original 4/3 out of camera version but it is so different from the final result that I don't care to display it. It's truly boring.

Rongnongno Loc: FL

jim hill wrote:

.../...Hope this helps a little.

It does not but to each their own.

Thank you for the effort to explain.

jim hill Loc: Springfield, IL

Rongnongno wrote:

It does not but to each their own.

Thank you for the effort to explain.

I did not post the above in reply to your post. It was meant for someone else.

Sorry, but I have nothing to really explain "what it's about." It isn't necessary.

ediesaul

"...7' on the long side..."

I love the idea!!!!

Definitely black and white. People will walk along side of it and notice all these details, probably for the first time in their lives!!!!

jim hill Loc: Springfield, IL

ediesaul wrote:

"...7' on the long side..."

I love the idea!!!!

Definitely black and white. People will walk along side of it and notice all these details, probably for the first time in their lives!!!!

Hey Edie,

You have probably hit upon the principle that puts this kind of work in perspective.

I agree. Most will never notice the intricate detail of events they take for granted, or appreciate it, without having it put in their faces and then wondering "why".

Jim

Uuglypher Loc: South Dakota (East River)

jim hill wrote:

Hey Edie,

You have probably hit upon the principle that puts this kind of work in perspective.

I agree. Most will never notice the intricate detail of events they take for granted, or appreciate it, without having it put in their faces and then wondering "why".

Jim

Both Edie and Jim:
Well put!

Dave