In Black and White
In Black and White
Written by Sunday, 09 November 2008 10:31
“Maybe the judgement of whether something is art or not should come from the viewer and not the doer.” Alan Babbitt
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In Black and White Black and white shots can be powerful as well as elegant. We were looking at some of the shots we took in one of our visits in the Attica Zoological Park and decided to edit them in black and white to see the difference. The first photo is very much self explanatory. In the original colour photo the ginger fur of the individual on the left was way too "loud" and eye catching; it dominated the whole image. The second photo shows two animals standing side by side and looking at different directions. By editing the photo in black and white we got almost a reflection effect. We debated a lot about the third photo. This female Cecropithecus ascanius is black and was standing against a very light background; colour minimized the contrast and made the photo way more appealing. Originally we wanted to capture the concentration with which he was examining his piece of fruit. When we were looking at the photo on the computer we noticed that the white tufts of fur around the head lead nicely to the white heart shaped marking on the nose, which made the animal look almost as if it was in the process of putting a pendant on. We decided to bring this feature out. In the last photo we simply wanted drama; it was edited as a night shot in duo tone to accentuate the eye and mouth area. Photos by Marina Parha and George J. Reclos 1. Camera: Nikon D70 2. Camera: Nikon D70 3. Camera: Nikon D70 3. Camera: Nikon D2X |
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