A friendly mom and baby longhorn coming to say hello. Merced County, CA
Longhorns
Month: January 2024
Aufgespielt
Musiker wie dieser Dudelsackspieler sorgen auf jedem Mittelaltermarkt für gute Laune.
Musicians like this bagpiper ensure a good mood at every medieval market.
Julia
Her comes my contribution to this month’s topic “monochrome”. It’s a low key portrait of Julia, a young German model with roots in Middle-America. For me, Julia’s dreamy expression matches with both the moody environment and reduced tonality. Wishing you all a Happy and Productive New Year!
Amsterdam
I studied some old black and white movies and try to transfer the dramatic imaging to modern, color scenes. Good inspiration can be found in “the third man” by Carol Reed, or the movies of Willy Zielke (“arbeitslos, Schicksal von Millionen”, “Stahltier”). Here are some November scenes in the streets of Amsterdam.
I hope the darkness of the faces adds some drama to the scenes….
Zielkes movies were forbidden by the censorship of the Third Reich. This probably was on instigation of Reni Riefenstahl, who copied his way of filming. He ended up in an insane asylum. After the war he was reexamined and found perfectly sane.
Ocean Waves
A wavy line along the beach created by waves rolling onto the sandy beach. The Strand Line.
New Year, New Sights
I hope you all have a happy and healthy New Year. May you go on many adventures in the year of 2024!
Vintage
The challenge for this month was monochrome and I tried to do a colored monochrome but found I liked the black and white better for this particular shot. This is, I believe, a very neglected 1953 Oldsmobile that was one of many that were scattered on this gentleman’s property. He was obviously a vintage car enthusiast of that particular make and model. Enjoy your weekend and stay healthy.
Monochrome 2
Playing Monochrome
Monochrome has so many colors to play with…
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Monochrome
