Why B&W When You Have Colour?
May 13, 2018 17:53:29 #
rmacilroy
Loc: pompano beach, fl
love these captures as well. cant be duplicated on digital. have a srt 101 and maniya rb 67 that i will be useing soon. have some tmax 120 and tri x 35 in the freezer hope its still good. people that ask why not color simply dont understand the art and beauty of it do they?
May 13, 2018 18:39:29 #
rmacilroy wrote:
love these captures as well. cant be duplicated on digital. have a srt 101 and maniya rb 67 that i will be useing soon. have some tmax 120 and tri x 35 in the freezer hope its still good. people that ask why not color simply dont understand the art and beauty of it do they?
Mcilroy
Do it. Burn that film.
SVP
May 13, 2018 20:19:26 #
Bill_de wrote:
Thank you for keeping it alive a little longer. I guess you are one of the "others" you refer to. 
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I was thinking the same goddamned thing. I just couldn't be bothered taking the bait, once again from him. Cheers.
May 13, 2018 20:20:54 #
Kiron Kid wrote:
Mcilroy
Do it. Burn that film.
SVP
Do it. Burn that film.
SVP
Lovely captures. Thanks for sharing.
Jul 4, 2018 23:14:10 #
mwsilvers wrote:
As you said, it's obviously is beyond you. His B&W version is significantly more dramatic. It's unfortunate that you cannot see that. His color version, although excellent, looks like a million other images out there. However his black and white image adds a whole new level of emotional context, and plays with light, shadow, contrast, shape and texture.
Hear hear! The fellow just needs to be taught. . . we can't just dictate learning. (Off topic now, in my own work although I sometimes leave in the color, my usual stand is that color is merely color.)
Jul 7, 2018 23:14:52 #
B/W is a way of seeing what is there in a different way. Having shot and printed both, u can say that there are times when color is better, but it’s up to your interpretation.
My wife does not understand why I still shoot film, let alone b/w film. Though she has allowed me space for a laundry/dark room and even space for my 4x5 enlarger.
My wife does not understand why I still shoot film, let alone b/w film. Though she has allowed me space for a laundry/dark room and even space for my 4x5 enlarger.
Jul 7, 2018 23:35:46 #
Feiertag wrote:
Colour is natural and alive. B&W photos are flat and dull to my eyes. To each their own but what is the attraction to B&W? Just curious.
Harold
Harold
To me, it's only personal preference. I don't know why anyone would accuse Ansel Adams of producing flat and dull images!
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