I always enjoy seeing the sandstone boulders and rocks in the Santa Monica mountains. Â How do they get the way they are? Â Who or what positioned them? Â These look as if they were cast down the hillside by some giant hand . . . These are yellow and red and make a wonderful background for the foliage and weeds of the chaparral.
Black and white can be very difficult if not done properly – contrast has to be there, whether long scale (lots of grey between the blackest black and whitest white) or short scale (little grey between black and white). Â Long scale images may never reach black or white, and may not work at all. Â Certain colors work better in b&w with a filter. Â So much more stuff, it seems to me, needs to be learned when shooting in b&w! Â I struggle with it. Â Above is longer scale; below is shorter scale. Â The red leaves were really difficult to render.
Here, the repeated patterns of leaves provide the texture, from large to small, old to new.
Lines. Â Shapes. Â Light. Â Dark. Â Texture. Â Gesture.
A touch of morning mist, and the hills beyond the gorge slowly fade away.
Ink, Yarn & Beer 