interesting bark

[annie]

I haven't done much black and white. Any comments appreciated.

[xxpinballxx]

thats a wld pattern! As a B&W i think its a bit to much on the brighter side. The subject seems a bit "flat" to give any real dramatic shadows and highlights. I don't know much about B&W but love doing it and looking at what others have done. Seems to me that B&Ws are more suited to real scenes or settings. The abtract seems to lose something. is this a tree by you where you can shoot again? Did you crop this down alot to just focs on the pattern of the bark? I gotta say I never seen a tree that had this look to it....

[windrider86]

I agree that it is a very interesting pattern but it does lack contrast or something

[annie]

Hmm...here's the original shot:



It didn't have much color, which is what made me want to convert it to B&W. But maybe it just doesn't have enough contrast to work as an abstract. Do you think shooting later in the afternoon to bring out more shadow would help?

For context, here's the original tree (bush? shrubbery?):

[invu69]

I think I like the colored pic better. Just crop out the right side a lil then light on the subject..

[tenjin]

Hi,

Actually, I like the B&W version much more than the colour one.

Cheers

D.

[matthewchj]

Nice!!! I love the patterns. And yeah, the B&W is better.

[subrataofkris]

Hi annie,

I love the way you identified the pattern in the bark, I liked the coloured version because the grey tone has increased the contrast a bit. If you avoid midday, mornings and late afternoons can give you interesting light and shade. Nice effort.

[wulf]

It makes me think of fish.

I like the black and white version but would want to increase the contrast, certainly making the highlights brighter and perhaps darkening the shadows. That would make it look "wetter", enhancing the piscine appearance.

I would also consider cropping or lightening the patch in the bottom right, which I find distracting - noticeable but too small and near the edge to work as a feature.

Wulf