Central Park,
New York, NY
Canon EOS Rebel 2000, ISO 100; Color Isolation and Removal.
I suppose it's a little silly that I find removing color from isolated sections of pictures (or, vice versa, leaving color in isolated sections of pictures) to be so pleasing. I really think that this is what Christo saw in his head when he envisioned The Gates. I can't imagine him being impressed with his orange gates, now no longer up, blending in with the scenery of a vibrant Central Park. The only possibility, then, is that he saw Central Park as a monochrome palette, either due to snow or a falsely black & white vision of the park.
Great picture. We went to see the gates this past Sunday evening during our "Mr. Toad's Wild Ride" around the city. I thought they were much cooler in person than on TV or what I had read about them. The ariel shots on Chrito's are pretty impressive as well. Your shot is great. I isolating the saffron really does bring out what the artist had in mind.
Posted by: Bill | Tuesday, March 01, 2005 at 06:06 PM
Nice job!
Posted by: Lisa Chau | Saturday, June 18, 2005 at 11:24 PM