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Black or White Photography??
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Hey gang, recently i have started to take shots in black and white, and i must say i like what i see… for some reason you can see much more of the picture, it is much more interesting to the eye.. does anyone else feel this?
Hi Sarah. Depending on the subject matter, I sometimes think that a landscape, portrait, street shot etc really improve when in B&W. Colours can sometimes distract us from the actual subject, which is why we tend not to notice the other elements in the picture. I was looking at a lovely sunset scene on another thread yesterday, where there was a sailboat on the horizon. the colours of the scene were lovely, but they almost hid the boat into the background. That is why I usually like to see a B&W conversion of the colour shots as well.
I love black &white photography. Most of the photobooks by famous photographers that I buy are of b&w photos, and the only photo magazine I buy is the British B&W photography magazine.
But I don’t seem to be able to get many good photographs myself in b&w, I think my eye is better for colour, don’t know why.
Martin
i too love black ans white photography. in a lot of cases the picture is clearer or more defined:)
I’d agree with all of the above comments, one thing I like about B&W is that it creates mood and style. Somethings are lost in colour, not everything works though in B&W, a rich warm sunrise nevers works for me, yet a cloudy sunrise does work, as they say “horses for courses”
I originally started to get a lot more interested in photography after shooting a lot of B&W film on my compact – I suddenly realised they had a totally different quality about them. I do think there is a quality to B&W taken with film that is missing from digital, it’s the grainyness as opposed to the noise. I like to check what some pictures look like in B&W when I’m post processing and sometimes they’re just so much better. I also like using a red filter which can make sking take on a creamy smooth finish in portraits, and makes them very cool. :)
I’d try to find b/w for pictures but how do you do it. Is it on the camera or computer.
either, you can do monotone on your camera or convert images with software after. Very easy if you shoot RAW and think a colour image may look better in B & W
I’m a 97% film B&W shooter. I just love creating and looking at B&W pictures mounted or in books.
With the right subject properly printed there is just so much more mood and soul in the picture…Try to shoot in colour, even if you convert to b&w after – you’ve a load of options in PP when converting to b&w, like you can choose to apply ‘colour’ filters to highlight or darken certain colours. If you check out the two images below, the railings & pillar are the exact same colour blue, but with different b&w conversions – this wouldn’t be possible if you let the camera choose for you, which will generally just do a straight greyscale conversion.
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Black & White photos are fantastic!
I prefer to shoot in Black & White with film ( the easiest is kodak bw 400cn – it can be processed c-41 or colour processing).
If you consider the great works of Ansel Adams … the look of black & white can be amazing in landscape photography!I realise digital is so popular … but try black & white any method you can and it just might surprise you!
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Sorry, I forgot to add ….
To Martin …. Your photo Moylagh Castle, Near Loughcrew, Co Meath, Ireland is absolutely amazin … the mood is so bleak and rugged with the old tombstones … job well done!
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