By the Blue Purple Yellow Red Water

Boardwalk, originally uploaded by bjhiggins.

The original of this photo (or one of the others I took immediately around this photo) could pop up on the blog later, as it was a sunset that made Amanda and Jeff comment on its beauty, and I decided to record it. For now, though, I have another Photoshop experiment.

"Color and light. There's only color and light."

Color is perceived by the eye through the reflection of light. Going with this principle, since I'm on my isolated color kick right now, I decided to create this image with the idea that the ONLY color you get to see is that which has been reflected in the water; as a result, we have the manifestation of color being the direct result of reflected light.

It feels almost otherworldly, like a variation on Magritte's "The Dominion of Light," while also being slightly subtle enough that the eye might not entirely perceive the contrast between the color and the black and white for a moment.