Mael's house

This house belongs to our neighbour Mael, an artist. It already appears in very old postcards, standing alone in the dunes. The wall all around is a necessary protection against the springtide waves.

Having never experienced with duo-tone before, I am catching the opportunity to try this type of processing since it is the Darkroom @thedarkroom theme of the week.

[Lesley]

Perfect processing for this lovely composition. What a fab house - it could only belong to an artist.

[Kate]

Nice composition. The dual tone is a good choice for this shot.

[Virginia Stapleton]

I like the tones to compliment the peaceful nature of this

[Shutterbug]

This is lovely in duotone. Thanks for participating in our darkroom challenge.

[Louise]

Fitting processing, could be an old postcard :).

[Clare Gadsby]

beautiful subject and i think the duotone suits us very nicely

[Marnie]

What a wonderful old building. Your toning works well.

[Rob Z]

Hi Etienne - I love your image. And your interest in the concept of duo-tone prompted me to do some research as I had previously just assumed it just had to have two different tones - just as you have shown . The Google search was very interesting as it seems for photography this is often made more specific eg
"Duotone design refers to creations that are made up of two contrasting colors. ... In photography, toning is the process of recoloring grayscale images, and duo-toning describes doing so with two colors—replacing the darks with one and the lights with another."
And the example images were quite stark and almost confronting. And many seemed to be used for graphic art works.
Interesting hey - and maybe worth a try at their concept - just for the heck of it..... Cheers Rob

[bkb in the city]

Great shot

[Etienne]

@robz Hi Rob, thank you so much for your comment. I have followed your advice and I am discovering a full new world of possibilities. I think they require a sense of graphism that I do not possess, but I am going to give it a try, just for the fun of it. I will see if I am able to come up with at least one attempt that is interesting enough to be posted here.