Exhibit Selections – ep. 4

One of the fun parts of preparing each of the images that we selected for the upcoming exhibit for printing, is that I occasionally see opportunities to try something very different with the image, as I’m working through Photoshop.

If I printed the particular image previously, I have the settings and print-ready file available, but many of the Yoga Tree images were shown on-line only; it’s a bit of work to get an image ready, as I like to get it just right and print only once, as the larger format photography paper can be quite expensive.  With a properly calibrated monitor that is usually not a problem, as I have the profiles for each of the various papers that I use with my printer.

The last image that I was prepping today is the monochrome image that I want to include; as the monochrome treatment in Instagram is rather rudimentary, I decided to start with the color image, which led me down a different path…

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Warrior of the Fields

With the editing tools at my disposable, I sometimes get way too many choices, and when I saw the possibility of creating this grungy, but album-cover worthy (I think) treatment of the Yoga Tree standing over the fields of destruction, I just had to run with it.  It was a lot of fun!  What do you think about this version?

I’ll likely go with the monochrome version…

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Monochrome

But it was a fun diversion 🙂

Hope you’re having a great day,
Frank

 

Comments

8 responses to “Exhibit Selections – ep. 4”

  1. Sunshine Avatar

    It’s pretty cool. I like the noise in the sky of the photo. Makes the tree look like a grumpy old man standing in a field of fire.

    1. jansenphoto Avatar

      Thank you! Yes, it really gave me the sense of the warrior with helmet on standing in front of a post-apocalyptic battlefield.

  2. zhongxiuliu Avatar

    I like the black and white one; it makes me feel calm and nostalgic

    1. jansenphoto Avatar

      It does give that feeling! Thank you, Aurora!

  3. meanderingmav Avatar

    Totally album cover worthy. I’m thinking Pearl Jam or Alice and Chains.

    1. jansenphoto Avatar

      Good choices!

  4. bedlamanddaisies Avatar

    It definitely has an album cover vibe!

    1. jansenphoto Avatar

      Thank you. Now, if we can get a new Led Zeppelin release 🙂

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