Another noir shot -- Daniel @danielwsc mentioned greater texture and blown out white being components of noir so for this one, I brought out greater textures, though there is a smaller amount of blown out white than I was going for.
@danielwsc So, I played around with texture and darkness here, but then ran into a problem of not a good place for a strong blown out white, except that one patch of snow. This is harder than I thought it was going to be! As always, I appreciate your thoughts!
@swilde@twr Thanks Sue and Timothy. I'm really enjoying working in black and white and learning more about brightness, structure, and contrast. I have a long way to go, though!
@taffy This is a very moody image, great textures and lines. I looked up noir and I was wrong about blown highlights. Shadows feature prominently in noir, either as a background or serving to partially obscure the subject, creating a sense of suspense. A person coming out of a dark alley so you can just see their outline is a good example, or the shadows from a venetian blind falling across a face. I'll give it a go and post my attempt.
@danielwsc That makes sense to me. From what I had read, there were two features that made something noir -- grittiness and suspense, and more emotionally, a sense of cynicism (more in relations to film than in movies). I think of the ones I've tried, this one (because there is a potentially unsuspecting subject way in the distance walking this way), but more, the one of 'the stalker' in the stairwell, most fit. I don't think the other b&w ones of the fence/snow are noir based on the strictest definition. Looser definitions might include b&w more generally but personally, I think that makes it too generic. I'm looking forward to your sample -- they've been fun to conceptualize!
January 11th, 2014
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