Oliver Morton
February 2025 - Inside the Plant
Original
About the Image(s)
Sometimes I like to play with images that aren’t promising. This is certainly one of them. Although I was hoping to obtain a feeling of increasing depth with the original photograph, it simply didn’t work. So, after converting it to B&W, I played with the cropping and light to see what could be done. I even decided to use the “rule of thirds,” which I don’t often think about. In any event, here’s what I came up with. I’d love your thoughts!
Data: Canon 5D Mark II; 24-105sdsmm @ 65mm; 1/50 sec; f/4.0; ISO 1250
2 comments posted
Pete, I like it very much and fell like sucked into the vortex.
I admire how you converted a rather profane color photo into a dramatic black and white picture. The enlighted section (which I havent spotted in the color picture) is the cherry on the cake which makes this an extraordinary picture.
I dont spend much thoughts on the rules behind the pictures neither. As I like the result here, I consider this picture a proof point for the rule of thirds.
Very well done!
Posted: 02/04/2025 14:55:56
I admire how you converted a rather profane color photo into a dramatic black and white picture. The enlighted section (which I havent spotted in the color picture) is the cherry on the cake which makes this an extraordinary picture.
I dont spend much thoughts on the rules behind the pictures neither. As I like the result here, I consider this picture a proof point for the rule of thirds.
Very well done!
Posted: 02/04/2025 14:55:56
Pete
I agree with your processing idea but my eyes struggle with the soft focus of the many fronds away from the light.
I offer all alternate approach. I repositioned the dark recess so the fronds that are in better focus are on the bottom of the frame, cropped the image square and rotated it to place the those same fronds to the lower left as leading lines. I darkened the upper portion of the image using two linear gradients, brushed the other area to burn it and I brushed all the stems to burn them so they too were leading lines
Regards
Emil Posted: 02/10/2025 20:08:40
I agree with your processing idea but my eyes struggle with the soft focus of the many fronds away from the light.
I offer all alternate approach. I repositioned the dark recess so the fronds that are in better focus are on the bottom of the frame, cropped the image square and rotated it to place the those same fronds to the lower left as leading lines. I darkened the upper portion of the image using two linear gradients, brushed the other area to burn it and I brushed all the stems to burn them so they too were leading lines
Regards
Emil Posted: 02/10/2025 20:08:40