The Magic of Monotone Photos
posted on 14th of march, 2011
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Monotone photos are powerfully simple and convey emotion like few types of photos can. With all extraneous color eliminated, we are left only with light and shape. Add to that a single color and the image is more powerful than its individual parts.
In previous posts I’ve discussed the color red and the emotions it conveys. Let’s talk about some other colors for a moment. Blue for instance, conveys cold, lonely, depressed emotions. “I’m feeling blue today,” is a popular phrase in the English language that simply means “I feel lonely or sad.”
But this is not all, blue also portrays the idea of clean freshness.
Sepia tones also convey emotions, most usually age and nostalgia.
Orange and yellow on the other hand, express a feeling of vibrancy and life.
If you use any type of photo editing software, converting an image to a monotone can be done with just a few clicks. So next time you are preparing photos to upload here at Dreamstime, try a monotone image. You never know, maybe your monotone photo will be a winner.
Good luck and I hope to see you out shooting!
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Tags: color emotion express monotone powerful
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Comments (19)
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Great pictures and blog.
- posted by
Yuritz
on March 17, 2011 |
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Thanks everyone for the encouraging remarks. Thanks especially to Julia161 and Bradcalkins for posting photos that look awesome!
- posted by
Eric1513
on March 16, 2011 |
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Really good tips.
thank you
- posted by
Hustgh
on March 16, 2011 |
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Beautiful shots
- posted by
Sobek85
on March 15, 2011 |
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Thanks for the tips! Much appreciated!
- posted by
Rubybayan
on March 15, 2011 |
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Great blog, thanks for sharing!
- posted by
Laurasinelle
on March 15, 2011 |
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I like you post! And I love your sepia tone pictures :-)
- posted by
Crisferra
on March 15, 2011 |
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I will try this out! Thanks for sharing.
- posted by
Mariaam
on March 15, 2011 |
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It is very nice!!!
- posted by
Joe1971
on March 15, 2011 |
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great blog thanks
- posted by
Dmccale
on March 15, 2011 |
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nice pic and i like them also.
- posted by
Uptall
on March 15, 2011 |
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Good tips. Thanks for sharing. Will do that next time.
- posted by
Haslinda
on March 14, 2011 |
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Very beautiful photos! Thanks for sharing, I wish you good luck!
- posted by
Anhong
on March 14, 2011 |
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Love monotone images, too!!!
- posted by
Julia161
on March 14, 2011 |
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I agree, while giving the designer the original image makes it more flexible, sometimes you can add to the impact of an otherwise well covered photo by going monotone. I recently used red to convey 'hot' in this image:
- posted by
Bradcalkins
on March 14, 2011 |
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thanks for sharing and beautiful pictures
- posted by
Debramillet
on March 14, 2011 |
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I like your picture from the piano
- posted by
Gussmann
on March 14, 2011 |
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Thank you for sharing, nice and interesting blog!
- posted by
Trottola
on March 14, 2011 |
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Great blog.
- posted by
Picstudio
on March 14, 2011 |
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