The Ride Home
Some people think that photographs should be as sharp as a tack. However there are many times when the image can be soft or even grainy to add to the mood of the subject matter.
The dust in this image has been enhanced by adding grain to the original print. It works well with this subject where the atmosphere is obscuring some of the horses, riders and trees in the scene. By converting the original color shot to black and white has enhanced this raw gritty feeling.
The concave curve to the trail adds an interesting graphic to the composition. The viewer wall also note that the photographer has left room in front of the lead horses to move into while at the same time supplying a contrast between the dust and clean air they are about to disturb. The narrow horizontal format works well with this subject.
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June 6th, 2008 at 4:36 am
Thank you JIM
Yep I love grain. Some new digital artists make remarks about the grain in my images, and tell me all about a program I could get to get rid of it. Then I tell them all about the trouble I went through, to get it to look that way. I remember pushing my film ISO and adding texture screens to the image in the Dark Room.
I love the look must be a film lover thing.