I'd suggest simply getting rid of the white altogether. Use only gray
in the entire frame. Or, replacing the white with gray in the proposed
replacement might look good making a gray/black/gray frame.
Chuck Norcutt
On 2/25/2011 12:32 AM, Moose wrote:
> On 2/18/2011 4:26 AM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>> I like both interpretations but think the biggest and most welcome
>> change was elimination of the bright white surround on the Zone-10
>> display. That was a far bigger distraction than the "too bright" lower
>> left corner.
>
> On 2/18/2011 9:41 AM, Ken Norton wrote:
>> . . .
>>
>> AS to the bright white surround on the Zone-10 images. That is the
>> style for the site which was developed specifically for consistency
>> and the way it works with any picture, regardless of brightness. If I
>> have an overly black image, there is no border and the image just
>> disappears into the background in some creepy freakshow kinda way.
>> (floating heads) But the white border also does something else which
>> is critical for B&W photographs. It helps define the brightness range
>> or boundary of the image itself. Without this anchoring
>> point-of-reference, the image can appear too light, too dark, too
>> muddy or too edgy. This is why most B&W pictures NEED a border. As B&W
>> is "abstract" by its very nature, you have to define how the image is
>> to be visually interpreted.
>
> On 2/18/2011 10:05 AM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>> Nevertheless, that shot needs a black border.
>
> I rather agree with both of you. The huge, white border against black is too
> much for my eyes, too, with many images.
> Yet clear separation, especially for tonally subtle B&W like this, is
> necessary.
>
> How about something more
> sophisticated?<http://www.moosemystic.net/Gallery/Others/AG/Footbridge-trees_border.htm>
>
> I'm not saying this is necessarily the answer, (and not quite symmetrical)
> but perhaps it might point in the direction
> of one. 'Twere me, I'd probably also take a look at a slightly thinner white
> part of the frame.
>
> I really do think the image is easier to really "see" this way.
>
> Moose in the Middle
>
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