I started this post almost twelve hours ago at around 7:30 am this morning. Now it is 8 pm and we're waiting for pizza delivery. That doesn't happen very often around here and I'm looking forward to it. Usually, I make my own pizza but recently I put Lazy Joe, my sourdough starter, to his grave (a.k.a. drain). Fruit flies found him so yummy they laid eggs and one morning when I lifted the lid - worms. Yukkedy Yuk! I did de-hydrate a bit of him a while back so once we are back from our soon-to-happen vacation, I'll try to re-hydrate and see if I can nurture Lazy Joe's baby - ahem - so to speak.
Anyways, so here I am waiting for pizza and writing this blog post which I started hours ago. Between the start of it and now I had breakfast, a massage, a dentist visit (unpleasant and still numb) and a pedicure. Looks productive but I feel like a wasted a Saturday. Oh well - life.
What I really wanted to write about are some pictures I took not too long when hubby and I went on a bicycle ride on the Columbia Trail. I already shared a few photos previously. But this post here is about
Would you choose the color or the monochrome photo?
I put them side by side below. All of them are taken with my iPhone and imported, slightly edited in Lightroom. My personal preferences are noted by bold/italics below.
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In the b&w version the little dried leaf gets pretty much lost among the rust of the same color on the fence i.e. there was no way for me to make it stand out in monochrome.
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Not a good photo to begin with and I again prefer the color version. The monochrome one is just to busy in the background/subject.
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Hmm, I am seeing a pattern here. I again prefer color, the photo overall is just very busy and in the monochrome version the trees in the water and the white water just doesn't stand out enough.
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Finally, a photo that I prefer in monochrome although the color version is interesting with the yellow, green water reflection. But I do like the white water and dark water in the monochrome.
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This one is pretty close. I do like the clear water in the color version but overall I like the vibes of the sepia tone monochrome photo slightly better.
Pizza got delivered - hurry!
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This is almost a tie for me, no, actually it is a tie. Due to the blur the in focus flower separates nicely from the background in both photos. So despite the business of the background I also like the b&w version.
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I will leave this one to the beer drinkers on Hive. I simply wanted to demonstrate that despite 3-4 beers looking very similar, they are very different also in monochrome.
Now I need to go and eat pizza. Bon appetit!
Till next time!
Have a great rest of your day!
Cheers, (Ocean)Bee
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99.9% of photos taken with my Fuji X-T5 and iPhone
