#Color Contrast

[creepincrawl]

Somewhere in space

[catspawcreates]

Eclipse - Color Experiment #3

Less glowy version under the cut.

I’m not sure how I’m going to top this, but I thoroughly enjoyed the process. Colors inspired by my friend Grifty’s Eclipse variant (only colors, not design 👍)

Moon next. Debating on others like Jack O Moon…

I’ve learned a thing or two making these. Already big improvements from the first one.

[miamaimania]

Le Quernec's Blue Corridor ⬣ Where stark geometry meets calculated color shock

[bogpetri]

Neons

[malavoie1]

Vitraux et Volets (Stained Glass and Shutters)

📍Le Marais (3e), Paris, France

Wandering the streets of Le Marais after nightfall, I caught this façade with windows glowing like jeweled cathedral glass tucked into a mundane wall. That contradiction had to be caught—unexpected beauty framed by the everyday.

The composition is built on contradiction. The stained glass belongs in a sacred place, but here it sits in a quiet residential building, above shuttered windows and aging stone. Then there’s the color contrast in the light: the warmth of tungsten bleeding down the wall like candlelight, set against the cool cyan spilling out of the stairwell window. One feels antique and lived-in; the other sterile, almost ghostly.

I shot handheld (thank you, shake reduction), wide open at 18mm on the kit lens. That 1/13s exposure was a bit of a gamble, but ISO 3200 gave me just enough breathing room. The tungsten spill from the wall lamp on the right gave the upper half of the frame this warm, gaslight patina, with the cyan from the upstairs and cool blue/green of the stained glass cutting through it. Mixed lighting mess? Maybe. But here I think it works.

I let the symmetry of the windows anchor the shot, and positioned the glowing top-left room just off-center—rule of thirds doing its quiet work again. Those shutters, some open, some closed, add a lived-in rhythm, while the iron railings and stained glass gridlines keep the whole frame in a soft sort of prison.

It’s moody, a bit theatrical, and I had to capture it.

Processed with Affinity Photo v2 and Topaz Photo AI.

Camera: Pentax K3

Lens: smc Pentax DA 18-135mm ED AL [IF] DC WR

18mm | ƒ/3.5 | 1/13s | ISO 3200

Taken: March 03, 2025

[bevanne46]

The tumbling blocks quilt pattern, also known as cubework, creates a 3D optical illusion using geometric shapes and contrasting colors, potentially with a history rooted in ancient mosaic floor designs and possibly even signaling routes on the Underground Railroad. 

Piecing tumbling blocks quilts remains among quilters' favorite challenges, arranging the colors to form the elusive blocks and sewing the sharp-toothed diamonds together. The Tumbling Blocks quilt is one of the earliest quilt patterns, featuring geometric forms of light and dark that tumble across the quilt.

What it is:

Optical Illusion: The pattern uses a repeating arrangement of fabric pieces to create the illusion of three-dimensional cubes or blocks. 

Geometric Shapes: It typically involves triangles and diamonds sewn together to form the blocks. 

Color Contrast: The use of contrasting light and dark fabrics is key to achieving the 3D effect. 

Variations: Common variations include Cubework, Disappearing Blocks, Golden Cubes, and Stair Steps. 

[that-strange-ringing]

A panel from a wip comic I'm working on.

[drsilasaslan]

Decay's Artistry in Blue A close-up of a weathered wall displaying vibrant blues, rusty browns, and creamy tones of peeling paint. The layers reveal a story of time, evoking nostalgia and beauty in decay.

[lappophotography]

Mexican color game

[malfnction-54]

AI + the LAX airport

[creepincrawl]

The Watcher

[catspawcreates]

Color Experiment #2

Using my 2nd favorite brush, just playing with contrast and color pairs.

Really enjoying making these. They remind me of old velvet paintings.

If I get brave enough I’ll post the full version for Kill Code when I’m done with the 4 I want to do. Probably Eclipse next…

[miamaimania]

"It's the Devil I Love" by Line Hachem ⚯ Sweet scenes laced with threat

[bogpetri]

A Memory

[weezarddd]

my dilemma, basically

color theory can eat my ass

[nihalsthings]