Black and White, or Color?
May 4, 2012 02:29:42 #
Here is a picture I took of a windmill during a snowstorm several years ago. Does it look better in color, or in black and white?
Black and White
Color
May 4, 2012 02:36:26 #
May 4, 2012 03:04:10 #
JAW
Loc: LA
Hi dtcracer,
Since you asked, I like the black and white a bit more. I think it has more to do with the shade of white (kinda bluish - not an off white) for the second photo as to why I prefer it.
Since you asked, I like the black and white a bit more. I think it has more to do with the shade of white (kinda bluish - not an off white) for the second photo as to why I prefer it.
May 4, 2012 03:08:03 #
B&W for sure - I am sure that is all you could see when you took the photo - the color is a false reading or is reading color our eyes don't detect - I am sure that is why my digital has a "snow" setting.
May 4, 2012 06:46:18 #
The B&W is the better of the two. The shot is underexposed; if you want the snow to be white, try bumping up the brightness and contrast.
May 4, 2012 07:20:45 #
May 4, 2012 09:52:30 #
May 4, 2012 09:55:13 #
snowbear wrote:
The B&W is the better of the two. The shot is underexposed; if you want the snow to be white, try bumping up the brightness and contrast.
I guess it is still underexposed. I bumped up the contrast and brightness from the original pic, it was almost washed out from the heavy snow fall.
May 4, 2012 09:55:40 #
May 4, 2012 10:02:56 #
May 4, 2012 10:23:21 #
snowbear wrote:
The B&W is the better of the two. The shot is underexposed; if you want the snow to be white, try bumping up the brightness and contrast.
I upped the brightness and contrast some more, and lowered the saturation of blue and cyan. Does this look better? Now it has some serious vignetting, but I kind of like it.
May 4, 2012 10:29:49 #
MissStephie wrote:
b&w - the colored one is too blue.... just my opinion. :)
Thanks! Opinions are what I'm looking for.
May 4, 2012 10:32:45 #
May 4, 2012 18:52:41 #
The last one is much better. The funny thing about snow scenes is you overexpose by one to two stops.
May 5, 2012 06:07:17 #
First off, I think the composition is excellent, most likely because it fits into the scheme of things just like I envision them. In a sense you flatter me.
The blue cast in the color shot evidences a situation that happens to me very often when I tinker with post processing. I try to remove it most of the time, but not without thinking there's a time and place for it--somewhere.
Again, thanks for the good photographs.
All the best,
Martin
The blue cast in the color shot evidences a situation that happens to me very often when I tinker with post processing. I try to remove it most of the time, but not without thinking there's a time and place for it--somewhere.
Again, thanks for the good photographs.
All the best,
Martin
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