Wednesday, March 28, 2012

I LOVE THIS LITTLE CHURCH

LAMY CHURCH, LAMY NEW MEXICO, DECEMBER 2008

I took this photograph sometime about a month after I took the one I shared yesterday. I was still using my Sony R1, but had yet to work out how to get satisfactory black and white results. In those days I was using the in-camera settings, and I did not really care for the results. In 2008, I printed this image in color, and it did have a moodiness that conveyed some of the feeling that I felt, but it still did not satisfy my vision. This particular rendition fulfills my expectations to a higher degree than prior efforts.

I have not yet applied a tone to this photograph. I toned many of my monochromatic images of late, but I wonder if this print needs to remain a true black and white. Perhaps I will try it, and post the results tomorrow.