Here’s a photograph I took while on a recent riverside walk with my daughter, Helen. I was captivated by the rural landscape and so I fired off a few images, this being one of my favourites.
You could be forgiven for thinking this picture of a riverside scene was taken on a dank, foggy day. It looks very misty in the background and there are no big shadows suggesting it was sunny.
In fact this picture was taken on a gloriously sunny day. It was the sort of day that made you realise spring is on its way. The one giveaway to the weather is the reflection of the sunlight in the water.
I wanted to share this image because I thought it demonstrated a fantastic trick of the light (or editing trick, depending on your opinion). All I’ve done is flip the original to black and white. The original was in stunning colour and didn’t look remotely misty.
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26 thoughts on “A riverside scene in early spring”
I love how black and white can really change the mood of a photo. It just completely takes so much of the “noise” away doesnt it? It’s a fab moody kind of effect.
Isee what you mean, you it takes the mood away. It looses all vibrancy. What drew me to the take a pic was the landscape so it was fascinating to see how it changed with the colour stripped out.
That’s really interesting! I looked at this photo and the first thing I thought was ‘that doesn’t look very spring-like!’. So clearly I was wrong. I’m loving the spring weather over the last few days.
Without any daffodils or snowdrops etc, I can see why you would think that. Trust me though, it was a spring day!
Black and white photos are so hard to read temperature and weather, I would have guessed at a foggy dank day
Not at all! It was very sunny indeed and I can’t wait until there is more of it.
Hi John, I do like what you’ve done with the photo. I would have had no idea that it was a lovely spring day, I thought the reflection in the river was cloud reflection. In fact, it reminded me of walking to school on a cold winters day.
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Oh I am so glad it reminded you of something! But no clouds reflected in the water, it was glorious sun! Hardly any clouds in the sky at all that day.
It really does change it, doesn’t it? I would have said it was in the thick of winter. I’d love to see the colour version.
The change was very severe I think, hence why I had to share it.
It does look like a wintery day but I am glad to see spring is on it’s way #MySundayPhoto
Me too, I am looking forward to warmer, dryer weather.
I thought it was a misty day, I love converting to black & white and getting a completely different image
Thank you for linking up
It has made a different image and it was such a simple thing to do.
How interesting, and how different photos and our perception of them were before colour photos came along #mysundayphoto
They certainly can be. I use B&W for portrait images quite a bit but rarely for landscape.
So interesting to see how putting a photo into black and white can really change the mood. I would never have guessed that this was taken on a sunny spring day – it does look very moody.
It was a gorgeous, gorgeous day when this image was taken. Flipping to B&W changed it completely.
Gorgeous mood!! Spring arriving for is exactly this silent poetic mood. Great bw.
Happy Sunday. (sorry wrong blog dress)
isabella
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I like the idea of spring being a silent poetic mood.
Wow it does look really hazy, but its amazing how great the imagination is, as soon as I read the post my minds eye saw it in a completely different light x
Yeah, I was initially drawn in to the beauty of the landscape. It was only later I tinkered with the image.
Oh that is very clever….It really does look like a dark day x
It does doesn’t it Kim? A landscape that tricks you.
This is such an atmospheric photo John, I love how the river really stands out in black and white. Sorry I am late with my commenting!
Victoria, you are welcome to comment any time! Yes, atmospheric, that’s the word I should have used.