Camouflage

[Cem_Usakligil]

A recent capture which makes me smile:

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[James Newman]

Fabulous. You could not plan this better if you tried.

 

[Asher Kelman]

A recent capture which makes me smile:

Cem Usakligil: Camouflage
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.............an understatement, but it makes me smile too!

Asher

 

[Jerome Marot]

Decisive moment.

 

[nicolas claris]

Nice catch Cem !
I wonder if the camouflage still works in color(s) ; )

 

[Cem_Usakligil]

Asher, Jerome; Thanks for chiming in.

Nice catch Cem !
I wonder if the camouflage still works in color(s) ; )

Ha ha ha! A very smart question Nicolas, lol. The answer is, as you've guessed, no. That's why I've gone for BW.

 

[Chris Calohan II]

Nice capture...good eye.

 

[Asher Kelman]

Nice catch Cem !
I wonder if the camouflage still works in color(s) ; )

Nicolas,

With natural things, yes it works! Man-made colors are generally designed to do the opposite. That's why so many street pictures benefit from consideration in B&W as the forms are better revealed without the purposeful seduction of color to arrogant signs or flashy skirts.

Asher

 

[Murray Foote]

Serendipity indeed.

 

[Michael Nagel]

Brilliant!

Mimicry is the other word that came to my mind...

Best regards,
Michael

 

[nicolas claris]

Asher, Jerome; Thanks for chiming in.


Ha ha ha! A very smart question Nicolas, lol. The answer is, as you've guessed, no. That's why I've gone for BW.

Hi Cem
sometimes scapes aren't cooperative with the photog ; )
I'll be in Istanbul next Thursday for a couple of days, I'll cheer the Bosphorus for you! What sumptuous color there!

 

[nicolas claris]

Nicolas,

With natural things, yes it works! Man-made colors are generally designed to do the opposite. That's why so many street pictures benefit from consideration in B&W as the forms are better revealed without the purposeful seduction of color to arrogant signs or flashy skirts.

Asher

Bonjour Asher
on this particular point you know that I fully disagree with you, but it is an old debate we already had some years ago in OPF and I don't want to spoil Cem's thread with OT posts…
Still his image is full of discrete humor, and I like this so much!

 

[Cem_Usakligil]

Thanks again Nicolas. I'm of course very jealous to hear that you are going to Istanbul .
Have lots of fun.

Regarding the off topic, no problems. i think that the choice of colour versus bw is on topic here.

As you know, you and i are on the same page. i only go for bw if the colour really distracts. In this example, bw was a better choice for the effect i wanted to create.

 

[Cem_Usakligil]

Chris, Michael and Murray: really appreciated. Thanks.

 

[nicolas claris]

Regarding the off topic, no problems. i think that the choice of colour versus bw is on topic here.
As you know, you and i are on the same page. i only go for bw if the colour really distracts. In this example, bw was a better choice for the effect i wanted to create.

Yes I know Cem, but this debate is endless and too much time consuming. Anyway we had it in OPF already!

I'll toast you with Romain when sailing thru the Bosphorus

 

[doug anderson]

Wonderful. Do you have a color version?

 

[Cem_Usakligil]

Wonderful. Do you have a color version?

Thanks Doug, I have processed a color version indeed. But I have chosen the BW version for the reasons I have explained above.