Untitled Diet Coke Photo

“Success comes in cans; failure in cant's”

While this quote is a tad on the lame side I do enjoy it when juxtaposed with this image. Lately I have become interested in taking pictures of cans on the ground. I'm toying with the idea of making it a series. I have several raw shots on my hard drive but so far I only have two to speak of. The Red Bull can which I posted in an earlier blog and now this Diet Coke can.

I really love this one. My eyes are so compelled when I look at it. This might be because of the colors. Black and red are two of my favorite shades to use and it happened to work out as they were the vital colors of my subject.

The image itself consists of two pictures. One of the Diet Coke can on a bed of unhealthy grass. Originally shot in black and white and left as such. All I did was slightly posterize it in order to give it a grainy look. The second picture was of a pile of leaves on the ground. The picture was originally taken in sepia but I changed it to red. Red keeps with the autumn feel that I had when I took the picture yet makes the image more dramatic. I also played with contrast in order to give it some definition because at first it you couldn't pick out the leaves. On top of the background image it just looked like red splotches.

I am very interested in this can series idea. It intrigues me immensely. We'll see where it takes me.