If you like B/W photos with strong grain, and you either have a very large monitor or a good printer, here is a special edition of my popular boat picture. 3 megapixels. 1.5MB. (Clicking, alternatively, on the picture on the right gives a smaller version of the same picture.)
The grain was enhanced by a special procedure I invented, and which I'm pretty sure nobody else knows about. :)
Very good black and white photo.
ReplyDelete..."and which I'm pretty sure nobody else knows about."
ReplyDeleteWell, nobody did... until YOU HAD TO GO BRAG ABOUT IT ON THE FRIGGIN' INTERNET!
You have only yourself to blame when hordes of industrial spies start besieging you and hold your pet goldfish hostage.
it's looks lonely without anyone sitting in the boat. ( like a boat could get lonely lol) i like it though very much.
ReplyDeleteYes, you could litterally say that nobody is sitting in that boat. ;-)
ReplyDeleteI'd like to be in it (too?). Feels very peaceful, rather than lonely. As if there were no anger in the world, only serene water.
The fact that is is neither really dark or bright is excellent too : lets everybody feel just the way he likes. No night to say "be gloomy", no sun to demand you be merry. "Just come here to be free from it all."
From those industrial spies, for instance! :-D
Pascal said...
ReplyDeleteYes, you could litterally say that nobody is sitting in that boat. ;-)
Very witty Pascal :)
The fact that is is neither really dark or bright is excellent too : lets everybody feel just the way he likes. No night to say "be gloomy", no sun to demand you be merry. "Just come here to be free from it all."
Good point.
Mr Nobody said...
ReplyDelete"Very witty Pascal :)"
Yay! I just KNEW I could find someone that I didn't make angry, if I looked long enough!
Nobody stayed on this blog, and yet it is not deserted. This is twice good news. :-)
Okay, time to find me a new pun already. Third time's not always the charm... Sometimes three same jokes is just a crowd, right?
In French, "taking somebody in a boat" means standing them up, sending them on a wild goose chase, or conning them. It could be another symbolic meaning to that empty boat in a nice place.
I think that expression comes from the notoriously dubious ways of recruiting sailors against their will a few centuries ago, by getting them drunk for instance.
I think I have a suspicion on how you obtained that grainy effect. Does it per chance have something to do with fine black pepper?
I think I have a suspicion on how you obtained that grainy effect. Does it per chance have something to do with fine black pepper?
ReplyDeleteregardless how he did it, it's a great photo. i like it. it's one of his best yet! i can feel many things in this photo, sadness, peace, contentment, light, impending darkness, hope that someone just said a prayer for peace, calm, tranquility....so much more!
Same here. It has a uniqueness about it. very rare in photography these days.
ReplyDeletevery impressive guys to say the least.
ReplyDeleteThank you for all the nice comments.
ReplyDelete... Much later: I discovered that viewing the picture at a certain percentage in Photoshop sort of grouped together the grain so it became much more prominent. I then took a screen shot of that. Talk about digital cheating!
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