So, some of you know about my Carbon Project which I started last Spring and spoke about in a recent post. The Project which originally started out being strictly black & white very soon incorporated slight color toning, and then full color -- first desaturated, but finally, full candy tones. It's surreal living in New York City, sometimes. Why shouldn't my depiction convey a similar sense? Above are a bit of this color portion of the Carbon Project, along with detail shots.
My only problem now is the rendering in print... inkjet printers are not always capable of the subtleness of my colors, with green-blues to full greeny-greens coming out particularly flat. Bleahh. Something I have to work on. Might have to do this part off-site [have someone else print them.]
18 comments:
I love that you are using more colors. Great projet.
Maybe it's the better weather influencing me?
Interesting project. That photo at the top of your blog is amazing!
Thank you, Little Dickens... that is part of the hedges which surround my summer home under which I played as a child. It was taken with an old polaroid, and old film. It can be found in my shop. :)
They look like delicious candy buildings. Hmmmm...which flavor to chose. I really really need to learn more about this whole camera raw thing. Wonderful stuff, Susan!
Yes, some of the colors remind me of Jolly Ranchers. And Jim, you must discover the power of Raw!!
I like where you are going with this! They do remind me of some amazing sunsets I had in the city. Very surreal indeed.
-Alessandra
sMacThoughts!
Powerful yet pretty!
-Dean
I love the colors.
Always been a B&W girl, but with this I can have it all.
allesandra ..... Yes, just like those "red sky at night, sailor's delight" type of skies!
dean ..... thank you!
silver2turquoise .... Yay!
Wow! These photos are amazing! Very surreal--they look like 3D computer renderings. Love. :)
Thanks Michelle!
Wow! Such dreamy photos!
Gosh, that's wonderful of you to say, Diana!
this is a really cool project! i remember when i've spent time in new york, even though i think of it kind of dreary weather-wise--it's actually so colorful and always changing, constantly vibrant. and yes, the colors look like jolly ranchers! fun.
OH so true... the colors are always changing!
I love the surreal nature of your work!
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