this, that and the other
I was reading some comments about the current political scandal involving George Osborne and Peter Mandelson when I realised the name of the yacht at the centre of it is the Queen K. Co-incidentally I photographed this boat in Rijeka 18 months ago.
It actually seemed quite small close-up, and rather militaristic. A cabin at the pointy end half-way up would be nice, though.
I have no idea where this image came from but it’s a great Photoshop job. You could almost believe it were true - except perhaps it should be Diana or that bloody Fergie woman. The Queen (for it is her) had no more choice about her family than I did of mine. The other two did, though.
I think it’s supposed to be a comment on the shithole that is the UK economy and how those loyal Royals are going to roll up their sleeves and pitch in. But who will be able to afford fries with anything?
If anyone knows where I might have found this please let me know and I’ll give a link. I found it one night after having a few glasses of wine and idly clicking through clicks. And although the caption fits I don’t think I was the first to think of it.
Here’s a photo taken by a friend of mine. The original is in colour and clearly shows the flesh tones. The eye takes in the colours, the blush of the cheeks and throat. It sees the orange and grey clothing. It scans the image before considering the content.
The copy I have de-saturated the colour from and added a bit of contrast to create a black and white image. I think, modesty permitting, that the B&W is the more effective image.
The eye sees the content rather than the aesthetics, It now sees mono tones, and the subjects.
To me it is a much more rewarding photograph and conveys a lot more about the characters, their relationship, their passion, and tells more of a story about what may be going on between them than the colour image does.
This is just my point of view of course and there is a continuing doubt in my mind that I might be wrong. I seem to prefer mono but obviously it’s not always appropriate. But even a sunset can look good in mono.
You know when you get bored of life and nothing seems to excite and you realise that what you see is what you’ll get and you forget what it was to be excited about something and so you wipe out what you’ve done and you try to start it all over again? That’s where I am.