This started out as a fairly straightforward image in need of some attention. I scanned it from a negative this morning, a shot taken back in 2002 or ’03 in New Mexico when we were visiting a friend. Difficult conditions at the best of times, shooting more or less directly into the sun, with the consequent flares and subdued contrast and obscured detail. So I started playing. It went some places I didn’t expect and pretty soon became less a photograph than a painting, and a not bad one, if I do say so myself. I like it, anyway. I think I’ll put this one in the Archon art show next October. A bit Maxfield Parrish going on in this. In any event, enjoy.
As a comparison, here’s an unmodified shot from the same day, in good old black & white”
