Spring time in Paris...

Well, it's springtime in Philly at least...but this was actually taken in the fall,  re-edited and tweaked.  ARGH, as much as I love how textures can enhance a photograph I have a REAL problem when applying textures to black and white photography.  As "luck" would have it, that is the prompt on this week's Texture Tuesday link up.  Just shoot me now.  I spent waaaaaay too much time this morning trying to come up with a submission (at least I got to the gym, but that's about ALL I've done).   Where I run into a problem is that one of the reasons I love black and white photography is that it allows me to capture exactly what I want to focus on...without distraction of color or extraneous focal diversions.  I run into a roadblock because when I apply textures to b/w it always seems to negate the whole focus of the photo to moi, with distractions. But that is just me, like I said yesterday...I'm often off kilter.

So after spending all morning working on some lovely black and whites of beautiful florals, and getting a headache from banging my head on the computer screen out of frustration...I decided to scrap the whole thing and head to the archives.  And just to prove that I CAN multi-task (when I WANT to), I opted for a photo to re-visit and re-edit that I could also use for a new link-up I'm joining over at The Art of Capturing the Moment which is focusing on the sky in landscape photography.  And YES this was an incredible moment when I captured this cityscape and sky...so winner, winner, "poulet" dinner (DANGIT, I forgot to thaw that chicken I wanted to cook for dinner tonight).

"We'll Always Have Paris"

This was actually quite a gorgeous photo in color.  The trees lining the street were a brilliant coppery orange.  But what "I" saw as my focal point was the Eiffel Tower and the ominous cloud cover....both of which were naturally black/white/grey.  By converting the photo to black and white, it allowed me to put the focus where I wanted it to be, without the distraction of the trees.  Yes, it seems to always be rainy in Paris.  But isn't it just beautifully perfect that way?

Au voir,

--Kathy