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 07/02/2025 12:00:16 AM · #1
Post your outtakes from the Complementary Colors IX challenge here.
 07/02/2025 12:26:47 AM · #2
The town of Brenham had a couple other options I seriously considered--not that I think either was any stronger a contender than the Ant Street Inn photo I ultimately submitted. But thought people might enjoy seeing these, too:

Yellow/purple


Thought that one emphasized the yellow too much--the purple wasn't as pronounced without heavy-handed post-processing. Just looks more maroon, though I loved the glow of the window lights.

Blue/orange


This was actually my submission for a while. But then I looked back at past entries--had to go back a LONG way to find the last challenge! And it seemed likely that the non-blue/orange tones in the adjacent buildings were too distracting for this. Didn't want to get slammed for DNMC when I had the Ant Street Inn picture still available to me.

And I actually seriously considered another red/green option, but I just didn't love this one as much as I loved all the architectural details on the Inn, and I'm going to resist sharing it here because I think it's going to be the only outtake I can actually repurpose for my iStock collection, since it doesn't feature identifiable property requiring a commercial release there. :-)
 07/03/2025 11:43:08 PM · #3
Originally posted by kanaj:
The town of Brenham had a couple other options I seriously considered--not that I think either was any stronger a contender than the Ant Street Inn photo I ultimately submitted. But thought people might enjoy seeing these, too:

Yellow/purple


Thought that one emphasized the yellow too much--the purple wasn't as pronounced without heavy-handed post-processing. Just looks more maroon, though I loved the glow of the window lights.

Blue/orange


This was actually my submission for a while. But then I looked back at past entries--had to go back a LONG way to find the last challenge! And it seemed likely that the non-blue/orange tones in the adjacent buildings were too distracting for this. Didn't want to get slammed for DNMC when I had the Ant Street Inn picture still available to me.

And I actually seriously considered another red/green option, but I just didn't love this one as much as I loved all the architectural details on the Inn, and I'm going to resist sharing it here because I think it's going to be the only outtake I can actually repurpose for my iStock collection, since it doesn't feature identifiable property requiring a commercial release there. :-)


I’m not sure any of the above would have scored better than your entry maybe the 2nd one with a tighter crop.

And although I loved the historical nature of the building you entered, I just didn’t feel the colours popped enough for a complimentary colour challenge. Vivid bright colours seem to score better.

I went to the website of that bed-and-breakfast and I love the way they have designed all the different bedrooms, and very reasonably priced also, thanks for sharing.
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