Why B&W When You Have Colour?
Apr 19, 2018 07:19:23 #
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
Apr 19, 2018 07:23:06 #
Apr 19, 2018 07:26:48 #
mleuck wrote:
If you have to ask, you will never know why.
If I knew why, l wouldn't ask.
Apr 19, 2018 07:29:08 #
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
High contrast shots are often more dramatic in B&W than color as shown in the attached examples.
Apr 19, 2018 07:30:51 #
Pablo8
Loc: Nottingham UK.
I, like many others I suppose, was brought up on B&W photography. Working with newspapers, where B&W was the norm. Gradually colour was introduced, perhaps just on two pages. I got my distinctions with the Royal Photographic Society, and Master Photographers Association, with panels of B&W Prints. I think D76 runs in my veins.
Apr 19, 2018 07:30:53 #
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
The same reason people like tall, short, thin, heavy, red or blond hair in their dream mate. Can I introduce you to the term taste?
Apr 19, 2018 07:31:59 #
Bill1967 wrote:
High contrast shots are often more dramatic in B&W than color as shown in the attached examples.
Great example!!!!!!
Apr 19, 2018 07:34:32 #
leftj
Loc: Texas
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
All I can say is either you haven’t seen good B&W or you need to have your eyes checked.
Apr 19, 2018 07:35:57 #
Bill1967 wrote:
Beautiful photos, Bill. I like the coloured one better.High contrast shots are often more dramatic in B&W than color as shown in the attached examples.
Apr 19, 2018 07:38:40 #
I love color too. But B&W can make a very dramatic photo. I have always loved B&W photography ever since I discovered Ansil Adams when I was in college.
Apr 19, 2018 07:41:51 #
I've seen some beautiful B&W in these years, grew up with it, I do like color though, sometimes I take my shots and convert to older processes , easy in Paint Shop Pro, change to Sepia or Cyan or B&W, some I like some I don't, taste, funny though, some times doing the conversion and wait a day to decide if I like it and my opinion changes, I suggest you try some yourself, Bob.
Apr 19, 2018 07:42:40 #
To me it's the shadows!
Also you can see the spaceships better like in Bill1967's B&W photo.
Also you can see the spaceships better like in Bill1967's B&W photo.
Apr 19, 2018 07:43:45 #
Bill1967 wrote:
High contrast shots are often more dramatic in B&W than color as shown in the attached examples.
Like the color better.
Apr 19, 2018 07:48:06 #
leftj wrote:
Get real and keep your insults to yourself. I have seen plenty of both. It's like watching a movie that is in colour while the second edition is in B&W. There is no comparison what-so-ever. The same for photos.All I can say is either you haven’t seen good B&W or you need to have your eyes checked.
Apr 19, 2018 07:49:23 #
Love the B&W. You notice the detail in a B&W photo, whereas in a color photo, the color distracts you from the detail. Like them both but the B&W rocks!!!!
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