"Lonely Playground"

© Josh Voyles

"Lonely Playground"

Uploaded: May 15, 2011

Description

Exif: Model: Canon EOS 60D

Comments

Sandi L. Olson May 15, 2011

Josh, This is very interesting. I never thought of doing the BW on a playground. But it works well for this picture because of the different elements of wood and metal. I like this and I also like the shadows and highlights too.

sandi #1377193

Josh Voyles May 15, 2011

Thanks Sandi!

I took a pic of this because I thought it was kind of interesting. After playing around with the color image for a while, it just wasn't coming together. I decided to give BW a try and was pretty happy with the results. I feel it's much more dramatic now than in color.

Thanks! #9406042

Lou Lazerson May 16, 2011

Josh, great capture of the mood/feeling
of lonliness by using B&W for your image. Very creative!

Also, this is for Sandi: found your
compositional analysis of the image
was extremely perceptive. Good job!

This was a 2 for 1 positive comment.

Give us your best shot!
Lou
#9406492

Tomás Widow May 16, 2011

Very creative Josh. I was working in a very similar idea, with a couple of swings, but I didn't like the results. The B&W is a fantastic solution for the loneliness mood.
Good work! #9407022

Sandi L. Olson May 16, 2011

I never thought of the lonliness lelment of this but it makes sense. The BW seems very appropriate because what is a playground without kids! Nice
sandi #9407232

Misty Blue May 16, 2011

Great black and white Josh. It gives a nice moody tone to the photo. #9407256

Tori A. Gonzalez May 18, 2011

I agree with the others, the black and white works really well here! Great title too :) #9410963

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