Color VS Black and White
Jan 31, 2014 15:09:05 #
mwsilvers wrote:
For me it would be the B&W. No question. Great color shots are very common. But great B&W? That's a different story.
Generally I agree with you. Even though I like the B&W shot the black sky just throws it off for me. Not enough to be critical of it, since I don't know what, if anything, could be done to change it. It's a fine shot, but to me the balance is off just enough that I prefer the color version. I guess that overall it's just a bit too dark for me.
Jan 31, 2014 16:56:33 #
LFingar wrote:
I like both images, but which one would I want hanging on the wall? That would be the color one.
Oh well. I choose B&W. Color would look out of place among the Sexton and Bond B&W's.
As I said, it is really personal choice, although with B&W he primary thing that you are dealing with is luminosity and the manipulation of luminosity to add visual impact.
Besides, I have a very poor sense of color (probably why I like to stick with B&W).
Jan 31, 2014 17:04:15 #
rmalarz wrote:
Excellent example. In colour, I can see a brown fence, brown twigs of something near the fence, brown wood of the cabin, brown trees in the background, on a field of white snow. Not much colour contrast there.
Black and white worked beautifully in this photo.
--Bob
Black and white worked beautifully in this photo.
--Bob
That's about it there was a group of us meeting at undies in hopes of getting some sunrise color but it never happened. So the color image is almost its own sepia (brown and white) tone.
Feb 1, 2014 15:24:03 #
wj cody
Loc: springfield illinois
Ellen101 wrote:
I go to many photo exhibitions. I see a lot of museums and galleries hang Black and White and Sepia photos.
Question: When do you photogs think about that? Is it sometimes better to go Black and White from an artistic or technical standpoint and why?
Question: When do you photogs think about that? Is it sometimes better to go Black and White from an artistic or technical standpoint and why?
it's not a question of one versus the other. it's the issue of content.
Feb 1, 2014 16:43:17 #
Yes, after giving this some thought I realize you are right. Not a question of either or but rather of the value each medium offers the finished art.
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