| I appreciate the austerity of this image which I believe is more powerfully communicated using a B&W color scheme. I like the rugged beauty of the lonely,isolated,cold and snow covered mountain pass. |
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marcoballistic
beautiful Pat, like the B&W choice
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mikey
Yes beautiful! and black and white works well" Good one Patre" ~
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kooi
works for me!
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seamusoisin
Nice perspective and the BnW works
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L@rue
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Kansas
Good job Patre. I have a place in my heart for B&W. Love the work. Great execution of your idea.
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cowboy399
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AlmostPerfect
Very Nice Pat!
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claudiolky
only one word: fantastic!!!!!
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Denise
Nice work....The B&W gave a special charm
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Eve
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Caldera
Beauty
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ayok
nice view
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Cambria
Very peaceful
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D3adkl0wn
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Netwel
Nice Patre!
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Persuader
machine vs. nature-vote very nice pat =)
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Pedder
OKay thanks!
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tsitra
love the contrast & serenity
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blue_lurker
Pat ya missed the fact that the chop is rather seamless, well positioned and a bold use of black and white, the inturpretation is up to the observer...If the viewer has a limit on there scope of imagination should not be taken away from a quality chop.
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scarlett
i like it is wonderfull... your angle intresting and creativ greeting
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Serps
Great explanation
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tallwalker
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j58roldan
Very nice!
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TheShaman
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goldenslumbers
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Goat1981
Nice image, Patre -- looks like you put much thought into it (as you probably do all your images). The one thing I would avoid is transforming the source too much; in this case, the original source looks overly shrunk, vertically. Just a suggestion. :)
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Wett
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billtvshow
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rashdog
nice, patre!
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olive
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delucx
:)
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sage
nice image!
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jazgraphic
Clean, Ansel Adams style, great b/w effect!
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meta
Nice one
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Pedder
WTF
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Patre
Pedder,I appreciate your viewing and commenting on this image.However, I must confess that I am bit baffled by your comment. Please help me by clarifying what you meant by "wtf". Perhaps I could have made a better lighting adjustment and/or
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Patre
in some other way improved the quality of the image. Please let me know, and if there is a way that I can improve the picture, I will try to make it better. Thanks
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Pedder
WTF = What the Fu*k = I don't understand your image!
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Patre
Pedder, Here is an explanation of the image as I view it. The snow blowing machine is sitting near the end of a tunnel which is located at the top of a snowy mountain pass. The operator of the machine is outside of the tunnel and off of the vehicle in
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Patre
Hi again Pedder, in this very austere, lonely, but beautiful setting. It is ironic that he is spending time clearing a road which will probably be under ten feet of snow again in a very short period of time and unfit for any type of travel in the near f
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Patre
future. Another point of interest for me is the fact that the type of weather that contributes to the scene's beauty also prevents most people from viewing it. I liked the stark contrasts. For example the dark black of the cliffside rocks and the ins
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Patre
inside of the tunnel contrasted with the white of the snow spread over the trees. There is also the small man and machine competing against the unpredictable and powerful forces of Mother nature. The solitary man in such a lonely austere setting makes his
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Patre
his world seem so small when compared with the breadth and beauty of the winter scene in which he stands. I thought that the B&W color scheme really highlighted these ironies and contrasts because when either ideas and/or colors are contrasted, the divid
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Patre
dividing lines are easily demarcated when the differences between them are simply and clearly stated. B&W colors stand in stark contrast to one another and thus can be used to manage and define the elements and ideas in an image that flow from the artist
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Patre
artist's creative intent. That is the best, but certainly not perfect, explanation that I can give Pedder. Maybe there is something I could have added to the image that would have been more helpful to viewers in their attempt to understand what it
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Patre
mean't. Thanks for your interest and question . Hopefully, the explanation will be useful to others who view the image and wonder what it is.
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scarlett
sorry pedder but you can not understand because you don't look optimistic and you can't see wonderfull
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Beautiful austerity!
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by Patre
Created December 25, 2005
37 votes
14 comments
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