Fremontia, BW

More post-production playing.

In a way, just devoting some time to playing with a color image and converting it to black and white is a very educational experience.  For instance, many times with black and white film and no filter, everything gets lost – it’s all the same as far as the film goes.

Here, a digital image of a fremontia, a low-growing bush found in California, with bright yellow flowers, gives way to a rather lovely black and white image (at least I think so!) when properly manipulated.  Filters are necessary for good b&w, but here, just a few mouse clicks, some home-made or pre-made presets, and off you go!

I am currently going through my archives and looking at yellow things – how well do they change into mono?

“Don’t Fence Me In”

Such a classical song from the 40s by Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters.  There are versions of the same by Roy Rogers, Willie Nelson, and Gene Autry.  You can find these on YouTube.

It was also a popular song in the infamous American internment camps for Japanese-Americans during WW2.