2017 Project 52 - First Quarter by Arno (AG64)

[Wavelength]

Magnificent images

[Rainforest]

The B&W especially in your second shot looks great and enhances the shot so well. I like that you're not even sure if there is an ocean out there - gives it mystery.

[Rainforest]

Binnur, here's a revised crop per your suggestion. Definitely an improvement over the previous version

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Super!

[AG64]

Thank you so much for your kind comments Sandy. I'm glad it brings back some great memories!

[bnnrcn]

Lovely set Arno, great light in the last one

Week 11
No real theme for this week. I managed to get out and get some photos during a late winter snow storm. Most of these seemed better as black and white due to the light conditions. There was a bit of color at the end of the day after the storm cleared out. Any comments and suggestions are welcome.

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[AG64]

Hi Binnur, thanks for the comments. The storm cleared out just in time for a nice sunset.

[AG64]

Week 12

I haven't had the time to get out and shoot anything interesting so I'll have to make due with some PP of an old photo for this week. I was taking a 2nd look through some photos from a weekend in New York last summer to see if there were any interesting ones I missed on my initial review, specifically to see if I could come up with some urban images that worked with a desaturated look (based on some work I had seen online). I was playing around with the photo below, then decided to leave the color in the painting in the center and desaturate the rest. It's definitely not a realistic look, but I thought the painting of the forest in color made for interesting contrast with the heavily desaturated urban landscape in the rest of the picture. It feels a bit too contrived, but at the same time I kind of like it. I'd love to hear comments from others on this forum.

[Geoff F]

Initially I was rather doubtful about this image but then I viewed with the Lightbox setting and yes it does work. You haven't gone too far with the desaturation so it looks like a typical dull day shot.

[Shadowman]

Nice composition and processing.

[joebranko]

I like it too. Seems to send a before and after message; the before in this case being the colourful forest, the after, the concrete jungle.