251 star magnolia


"Van Vorst Park" Jersey City. (Canon A60, 2006)
click here for colors version

Apr 4, 2006

28 comments:

jlbussey said...

I like them both! The pink looks so delicate against the blue sky, you just want to taste them, like they were strawberry ice cream. But the b&w is where you really can focus on the play of light and shadow. Very nice!

Anonymous said...

It worked fine in B&W till i saw the colour version. Blossom then daffodils then tulips then......I love winter.

Sidney said...

I prefer the color version! I miss those gorgeous colors in the b&w version!
BEAUTIFUL !

Anonymous said...

Beautiful image!

Anonymous said...

lovely light halos, makes this image feel very "light" to me, very evocative of spring.

Anonymous said...

its long long time i saw the spring, yeah...yesterday we have beautiful spring for the first time this year, and today its snowing....grrr but, your photos makes me feel like its spring outside :)

micki said...

So lovely! They seem to be glowing.

Anonymous said...

I think I'm with Keith, the black and white is great, but I prefer the color. Cool shot!

Anonymous said...

when i shoot flowers i never convert to b&w, today U have thought me otherwise, very nice

Nicola said...

Thanks for showing us both the b&w and the color version. I actually prefer the one with colors - they are just so vibrant!

eb | em said...

I think that the colors version is very nice, but your b&w is really great.

Brent Vermilyea said...

I like both versions, but the black and white gives off a lot more emotion for me. Either shot, though, is great. I like the highlights you present in the BW version. Regards, Brent

Anonymous said...

I love the pink, but the b/w is a stonger photo.

Anonymous said...

One of those few shot where on can actually say, I really do not know which I prefer, however, since I am a monochrome man, the monochrome wins.

Lovbe the way the light sort of hits the top of the flower.

Good good capture.

Suby

Legabal said...

I prefer this b&W. Wind of shades, they seem to dance the flowers.

DiaKL said...

Very beautiful! :)
The B&W is really nice but I truly enjoyed the color one;)

The Alchemist said...

you have osme great work here - the body of work is has a great quality to it - I like that you take predominantly BW pictures -
I reallly like the manhatten bridge post


Will be visiting again, and again


AD

The Alchemist said...

thanks for the comments - nice to get a new visitor -

Thanks -

AD

Anonymous said...

Wow, both the color/b&w shots look great!

Unknown said...

EGADS - pefect!

Anonymous said...

What a superb flower shot...I like a lot the transparences..

Anonymous said...

B&W really creates this certain feeling one cannot get with colored photo. I dunno, but I kept looking the colored version and this one and they totally create a separate emotion. The one in B&W has a dreamy-feel to it, very artistic if you know what I mean. It leaves a certain mystery like, I keep thinking what the color of the flower might be. Whereas in the colored version...it's pink that's it. Well, it's just my stupid thinking talking again. I haven't been here for awhile so that explains it. Have i told you, this blog feels homey? It's like I belong here...the images you portray here are the closest thing possible. And they say, in photography, everything is just an approximation of everthing that is 'real'.

:-)

壁虎 said...

Nice flower shots! Lovely tones. Flower shots only attracts me when the background is in b/w. Good work. ;)

Bethany said...

It's a beautiful shot. Great DOF. I'm partial to the colour version, but both are lovely photos.

Ash said...

Absolutely splendid....i am speechless!

Anonymous said...

This has a glowing dreamy quality about it producing in B & W the sensation which you get of the colours in real life ...a really good shot.

Anonymous said...

Nice spring shot

Anonymous said...

They look like shining. great composition. I like the contrast with the sky.