Columns of Light and Shadow

The light and shadows just called for Black & White.

This section of side walk is near the waterfront of Copenhagen, Denmark.

More post production work.

Here is another selective colorization photo.

A nice way to touch up Black & White photographs and fairly easy to do. 

Selective Colorization using GIMP

Photoshop can be a tad expensive, so a lot of photographers turn to GIMP, an open source digital image editor with many of the same features.

A common trick of digital editing is Selective Colorization.  That is where you have a single color in an otherwise black and white photo.  Here is a straightforward tutorial on how to do that in GIMP. 

Here is an example.  Note the red on the belt.

Here is another example and two more.

Metal Stairs

Metal Stairs, originally uploaded by Eclipse Pics (∆ncient).

Some things just catch your eye. I was wandering around downtown Westborough and these stairs did just that.

B&W musicians

B&W musicians

A pair of musicians that played at the 2008 Bud Jam.

Down the track

Down the track, originally uploaded by Eclipse Pics (∆ncient).

A view down an abandoned railroad track.

Ahwahnee Main Hall

Ahwahnee Main Hall, originally uploaded by Eclipse Pics (∆ncient).

One of my favorite places in Yosemite Valley. There is an old world elegance to the Ahwahnee Hotel.

This photograph is in my book Yosemite: A State of Mind.

3 Ball B&W

3 Ball B&W, originally uploaded by Eclipse Pics (∆ncient).

I love my Canon 50mmf1.8 lens. It takes really sharp photos, it’s a good low light lens, and bokeh is just smooth as butter!