Same Image Different View

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I am exploring with looking at photography subjects differently, to capture a mood or create a feel, or maybe just an appealing look. Take a look at the images below. They are the same image with a different perspective.

Dusk One, 2.5 seconds, f11 using medium format camera

The bottom images were taken just a couple minutes after the top one, looking at the same subject, while moving the camera horizontally, back and forth rather slowly, over 2 to 4 seconds; in effect, painting with light. The first 2 images on the bottom are merely the 3rd image divided into two parts to create a look of separate and unified, which, when printed large and framed, will cover a very large space on a wall. The color on the top image is probably most like the color I saw at the time I shot the images. Although the skies and colors are changing quickly at dusk, I play with the color and warmth of the image in Lightroom and PhotoShop to be most appealing to me.  These images are new to me. I will need a while of looking at them to know if they have staying power for me. We'll see if any make the list of my favorites for 2015.

Below is another image I captured this spring, while looking for a single boat in Malletts Bay, without the noise of too many boats around; in other words - the first one in the harbor for the season. Color versus Black and White and different cropping.

Early harbor, 300mm lens with medium format camera, 1/30th sec at f6.3, high key, Black and White

Early harbor, unedited

The feel, graphics and appeal of these two renditions of the same image are substantially contrasting to me. I love the black and white and am bored with the original color capture. I have to go with what I like; what appeals to me, even if no one else likes it. I guess that is integrity with my photography; capturing and rendering what I like to look at - what else can I do?  It is great though to have other people like the stuff too..

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