Black and green should always be seen! There's something about the sombre seriousness of black pared with a splash of happy fresh green that does wonderful things for me! One of my favourite colour combinations... I adore a classic black polo shirt with a green stripe on the collar, or a LBD with thick black stockings and crazy bright green heels - a serious, polished look with just a hint of quirk.
These diptychs featuring black have been quite the challenge, I'm rather pleased to be moving on to a new colour next month. I'm really pleased with the way the first and last one turned out. I like the repetition, the patterns. But I'm not such a fan of the middle two. It's an interesting process, figuring out what images work together. It's often not what I think will work when I'm first reviewing the individual images.
ps. A few of you have got in touch to apologise for not getting involved in the challenge so far this year - please don't! Life is busy and there's so many things we all want to do. I'd love you to join in whenever and however you can. I can not stress this enough! I really want it to be a fun thing (challenging yes, but fun too!).
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I love this colour combination too and I quite like how you've included a variety of textures. Especially the back of a parka!
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DeleteI was determined not to just have four shots of road for the black photos, hence playing with all kinds of textures - when the two guys walked past in black jackets (suit and parka) I literally chased them down the road in excitement!
Something I really liked about this collection is the "hard and soft" tactile bit about it...hard stone or metal? vs. the soft, easily set plants and plastic. Very nice. You are getting better at this all the time...
ReplyDeleteHello there! Thanks so much, it means a lot to hear you think that!
DeleteGorgeous shots again. I especially love the first one, the stark geometry against the soft green of nature. And I guess April wasn't my starter month for this after all... For some reason, I found it hard to think of subjects for this colour combination. I'm the exact opposite of you: I really like green, but something about it with black reminds me of chemistry and aliens. I really don't know why.
ReplyDeleteYour images are so beautiful. I did struggle with the black. hahaha I look forward to the next color combo as well!
ReplyDeleteI finally got my post up! I ended up using nature vs man-made items, too. Love the way this month's colors came together!
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