View of the street

TonyCooper

damonff

great use of color

torags

Good one Tony, the contrasting blocks of color work...

RSL

Good shot, Tony. It'd be good in B&W too.

TonyCooper

RSL wrote: »

Good shot, Tony. It'd be good in B&W too.

Knowing what this forum likes, I tried that. Not enough contrast between
the shirt and the black background to really work in black and white if done
with appropriate contrast.

For this forum, I generally try both black and white and color, and then
choose the best fit. But, that's always my view of best fit and I don't
expect it to be everyone's.

black mamba

Very good work here, Tony. Nicely composed. Overall, an excellent presentation.

Tom

lensmole

Unique color tones,nicely spotted,well composed and pleasing to view !

Richard

TonyCooper wrote: »

Knowing what this forum likes, I tried that. Not enough contrast between the shirt and the black background to really work in black and white if done
with appropriate contrast.

Color is harder than B&W, so when I find one that works in color that's usually what I go with. This one works well, though on my monitor the skin tones look a little too red. Easy to correct, if you choose to. Nicely seen.

TonyCooper

Richard wrote: »

Color is harder than B&W, so when I find one that works in color that's usually what I go with. This one works well, though on my monitor the skin tones look a little too red. Easy to correct, if you choose to. Nicely seen. [/QUOTE

The man is a construction worker taking a smoke break in a second-story
office that is being remodeled. The building is on the main street of DeLand
(a small Florida town). I don't know if the skin tone accurately reflects the
man's skin, but sun-reddened arms are not unusual for construction workers
in Florida.

When I view this on my desktop monitor, it looks "right". When I view it
on my laptop (as I'm doing now), the whole image looks a bit washed
out. I don't color calibrate either display. I know I should.

Yaflyyadie

I suppose it could also be emphasized by the reddish outside window decoration paint.
I use to work construction (Retired now), and that was about my arms, neck and face tonality.
Very nice picture, my personal opinion.
Y.

rainbow

Really like the composition and the way colors complement each other. I wonder if it is "straightened" to the best effect (there is a tilt as the window frame is parallel with the right border but skewed with the left).

RSL

TonyCooper wrote: »

Knowing what this forum likes, I tried that. Not enough contrast between
the shirt and the black background to really work in black and white if done
with appropriate contrast.

For this forum, I generally try both black and white and color, and then
choose the best fit. But, that's always my view of best fit and I don't
expect it to be everyone's.

It's very good just as it is, Tony. I downloaded a copy and played with it a bit. There's enough color separation between the shirt and the background that you can pick up the shirt in Viveza and change its color without interfering with the background. Once you do that, the shirt stays separated when you do the B&W conversion. In the B&W the emphasis is on the guy rather than the color. I don't think it's better, it's just different.

Yeah, I do the color/B&W comparison too, not only for the forum but for just about every shot I keep. Usually I know which it's going to be when I trip the shutter, but it's always worth checking. Sometimes I'll use different versions in different contexts.

Patti

Well seen, Tony. I like the colour block feeling of it.

lizzard_nyc

Florida colors:)
Great in color and crop.

Even his pants scream Florida

avangardphoto

Cool shot. Thanks