Digital Responses – On the Road with Don and Paula

One of my favorite things to do is take Beauty Shots of our chariot in obviously standout photo situations!

We were on our way south from Price, Utah to Durango, Colorado which brings us directly through Moab, Utah. Moab was at one time a dusty little one-horse town that’s only claim to fame was that it was the home to *Arches National Park* and at one time the home of Edward Abbey, the author of many books, but the one germane to this subject is *Desert Solitaire*. It is quite a read. and highly recommended! Moab now is a World-Class destination for a myriad of outdoor sports. PS, what you can’t see in this photo is the actual hole in the rock, hidden by those trees at the lower right-hand side. There is a gaudy tourist tchotchke souvenir stand on the other side of this giant “advertisement.” Note the Dune Buggy on the top of the cliff!

Thank you so far to Dino, Karen, Liz, Elaine, Brian, and Susan for your votes in the Can’t Decide Which Photo Survey. So far, Mr. Color has more votes than his much older predecessor, Mr. Black and White.

Judging anything “Artsy” is purely subjective which is the main reason that it’s so much fun because there is no wrong answer! As far as the “Choosing” goes, it seems that the main reason given so far was that there appeared to be more detail to be seen in the Color rendition. I wonder if that is because of the way that I processed that photo in B&W? I’m going to revisit it and play with the processing and see what can be done…. if anything.

I asked this question because I did not know which one I preferred! I am a Black and White aficionado, a hold out from my days spent in the darkroom back in high school and college. I probably still lean that way….. that there are photos that just scream to be in B&W, but then, that’s just my opinion.

So, just for fun, take a look at this one! A mediocre compromise that highlights the stuff that can be done with today’s digital technology. I don’t know how to use Photoshop, so I sent the photo (taken with my Canon 90D) back to my Samsung S20 Phone and worked on it in there!

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