setting the tone

A while back the Flickr blog featured a Flickr group called Colour Chart. It was a project specific group that was for images where most of the shot captured one particular shade of color. They got almost 2500 awesome and interesting monochromatic submissions. So many of the images challenged the minds eye. Without color differentiation somehow you can be left disoriented. It's fascinating to me.

I took on the challenge by attempting to shoot with this in mind. But it was no use. I couldn't seem to get it quite right. I dug through my archives and found a few gems of solid color but overall I realized that the more I tried to capture a colour chart shot, the more elusive they became.

And then the other day while searching for a different photo from this summer, I found this one featured above. Alas, without even trying...success!

I encourage you to seek out color today. The challenge is to find only one at a time.

Comments

[Marcie]

What a wonderful and fascinatng challenge. It certainly got me thinking and going thru my archives.

Recently - I took this image:
http://www.marciescudderphotography.com/index.php?showimage=913

And before that - there are these others that I thought illustrated one color at a time:
http://www.marciescudderphotography.com/index.php?showimage=825
http://www.marciescudderphotography.com/index.php?showimage=765
http://www.marciescudderphotography.com/index.php?showimage=680

[Puna]

My color today is azure.

http://lifesignatures.org/wordpress/2009/09/september-18-azure/

[camerashymomma]

i love that shot of the shoes, that cozy brown tone is so FALL!

this is my color chart shot for summer i'd say, and i'm awaiting the season change :)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/camerashymomma/3909749296/

[Sue Henry]

I was a little surprised to find this many "color chart" images on my blog. I hadn't thought of the images in that manner when out shooting. I like the "color chart" concept and think I might explore the concept a little more fully.

http://suehenryphotography.wordpress.com/2009/02/23/opinions/

http://suehenryphotography.wordpress.com/2009/02/07/simply-red/

http://suehenryphotography.wordpress.com/2009/02/06/simply-pink/

http://suehenryphotography.wordpress.com/2008/11/09/beneath-the-tree/

[Aimee Greeblemonkey]

Back in my college graphic design classes, we had to paint this huge color chart as a project. Where you paint out all the values of each color of the rainbow plus black in 10% incriments. It was horribly painful, but I swear that project taught me more about color than any single thing in my whole life has ever since.

[Debi]

I find a lot of browns & neutrals when i have one color at a time. Greens also, but I'll just link these:

http://emmatree.blogspot.com/2009/09/butterfly-changes-my-mind.html

http://emmatree.blogspot.com/2009/08/moment-of-dreams.html

[akinoluna - a female Marine]

Parties will colorful lights are good for single-color photos! :-)
http://akinoluna.blogspot.com/2009/08/galabeya-party.html

[akinoluna - a female Marine]

WITH, not will. :-)

[Melissa G]

What a great collection. It's interesting to see what subjects were used to achieve the desired effect.

I didn't find too many monochromatic shots in my archives - I'll be interested to explore the idea. Here's what I did come up with:
http://knititall.wordpress.com/2009/09/18/at-the-park/

[Caroline]

I am feeling all peachy and orange today. Must be the fall like weather. Here is what I created tonight...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/nowordz/3932913597/

[Kath]

I found this one in my album on our blog:

http://3yrplan.typepad.com/photos/kaths_photos/dsc_9890.html

pinks!

Happy Saturday!