While the subjects of my photographs are important to me, the lighting is what often causes me to find satisfaction with a particular photograph. As I was walking the long, lovely beach at Lambert’s Cove on Martha’s Vineyard, when I noticed a sharp edge of light reflected off a large rock that had long ago been split from an even large bolder. I was intrigued by that edge of light set against a simple background of the stone’s color and texture. I also loved the “black hole” on the right.

 

As I worked with the image in Lightroom, I decided to convert it to black and white to see how the role played by that bit of light changed. I think it becomes even more dramatic, and works well, but I am not confident that my eyes, so used to seeing the world (and my photographs) in color, truly understand the subtleties of a transition to black and white.

20 Sep This entry was published on September 20, 2014 at 7:59 am. It’s filed under Abstract, John Snell, Patterns, Photograph, Reflections, Rocks and tagged beach, John Snell, Lambert's Cove, light, Lightroom, Martha's Vineyard, Photography, rock. Bookmark the permalink. Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post.