A little girl in a dress
Still trying to catch up with, like, everything. Yesterday I emptied my inbox; today I’m going to try and make some headway on Google Reader…
I’ve been slowly trawling my way through thousands of photos from the last month. Turning up some gems!
I could tell you about the expression she had on her face, but that’d spoil the mystery. Just look at that ELBOW! I just want to squidge it. And maybe gnaw a little. (Also, check top left corner — ‘you rack’, or ‘you rock’?)
Next, a couple of live music photos, something I haven’t done in a long time (not since university really — photos here). I was actually really good by the time university ended — and I also picked up tinnitus, an affliction that still haunts me today! But years of landscape photography have filled my life since university and the live music muscles have atrophied and grown slack.
These two are pretty damn cool though:
You can click either for larger versions — the second one is very dark, you will need to make sure your screen is calibrated correctly…! You have to be able to see his facial expression to fully appreciate the photo.
And now, for your education and mine, a black and white version of the same photo:
Which version do you prefer? And for bonus points, why?
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I prefer the colour version of the last one!. The background (the shafts of light and the colours) are partly what makes the figure so interesting.
Plus that looks to be a bronze, metalllic jacket he has on and I know that if It was mine- I would want to show that baby off in glorious technicolour.
*squidges chubby elbow and possibly a knee* I will leave the gnawing to you.
August 11th, 2009 at 9:34 amBut he looks like Bono in the black/white one!
August 11th, 2009 at 2:02 pmTough call. I love the play of the light in the colour photo, and how it creates a ‘halo-net’ around his head, and the soft wisps of colour to the top left of his head. That said, I am generally a bit of a sucker for black and white photography and I love how the absence of ‘colour’ forces the overall picture (and the subject) to look grittier, darker and more dangerous.
August 11th, 2009 at 2:15 pmI had never seen anyone use the word “squidge” it made me giggle and think that I might have to use that one from now on…
I prefer the color version, I think the black and white looks too grainy and takes a lot of the emotion out of the photo. The light shining is very dramatic and when its converted to B&W you lose the impact.
I’m glad you’re back to regularly scheduled blogging and reading. You were missed.
August 11th, 2009 at 2:42 pmI thought it might be an English word, Jossie
I’m sure it perfectly conjures an image of what it involves though. In fact, it’s even an endearing name sometimes (but to young kids, not to girlfriends…): ‘Hallo, squidge!’
They are both very different effects, as you both suggest Amy and Jossie — colour is more sad, perhaps more beautiful. Black and white is… grittier, thoughtful.
August 11th, 2009 at 2:50 pmI’m almost always partial to black & white photos, but in this case the color photo is the better. The color of the background behind how dark the man is at the bottom makes it mysterious and really makes him the focus of the picture.
Also in black & white it looks grainy and dumb.
August 11th, 2009 at 8:08 pmI like the colour one because it captures the atmosphere better – the misty stage lights. Also, the reflection in his glasses looks more dramatic in colour.
August 11th, 2009 at 8:43 pmI think that means colour wins! Now I ought to send the picture to the guitarist himself…
(I think I like the black and white one just a tiny bit more than the colour, for what it’s worth — but maybe I need to look at it with fresh eyes!)
August 12th, 2009 at 1:10 amI prefer the color one. No specific or intelligent reason why. Just do because I *feel* more of the color one…if that makes any sense.
August 12th, 2009 at 6:34 amAw, I like the little girl photo. Brings back vague memories of when I was that small, back when the world was just a bunch of knees.
August 13th, 2009 at 10:22 amThe little girl in the dress photo is AMAZING.
I absolutely love when pictures tell a story.
August 14th, 2009 at 5:49 pm