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
Why use an oven when you have a micro wave oven? Why have both? Is one better than the other?
canon Lee wrote:
Yes John you can see a lot but only the thing you are concentrating on is in focus.... Look down at your keyboard and look at the letter "G", notice as you stare how your mind puts your mouse out of focus and possibly disappear, the letter "G" remains focused..... Hold up a finger in each hand about 6" from each other and stare intently at one of the fingers... Where did the other finger go???? Amazing how that works..... You see everything around you but only focus on only one thing clearly....
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The question was whether a photo with an object against an extremely out of focus background is the way the eye sees things, and it isn't.
One of the best answers I've ever heard. Great .
TriX
Loc: Raleigh, NC
SteveLew wrote:
Most of Ansel Adams photos were in B & W and his photos are renown worldwide. Also, for those photo opportunities that have texture B & W highlights these textures.
Indeed. Does anyone think Adam’s great images would have had the same impact in color?
As one who lives near Yosemite not only been there many times but also seen literally 10s of thousand photos of the place I can say I have seen many color shots the easily matched Mr Adam's works - yes- his images are magnificent in B&W but so were many in color.
Harvey in the Sierras
TriX wrote:
Indeed. Does anyone think Adam’s great images would have had the same impact in color?
TriX
Loc: Raleigh, NC
Harvey wrote:
As one who lives near Yosemite not only been there many times but also seen literally 10s of thousand photos of the place I can say I have seen many color shots the easily matched Mr Adam's works - yes- his images are magnificent in B&W but so were many in color.
Harvey in the Sierras
Fair enough. I’d be interested in seeing some comparisons. Is that possible?
I don't have any of mine that is for sure but if I remember right our UHH member Blacks 2 posted some terrific images.
Harvey
TriX wrote:
Fair enough. I’d be interested in seeing some comparisons. Is that possible?
Harvey wrote:
As one who lives near Yosemite not only been there many times but also seen literally 10s of thousand photos of the place I can say I have seen many color shots the easily matched Mr Adam's works - yes- his images are magnificent in B&W but so were many in color.
Harvey in the Sierras
I'm sure the colored images are wonderful, but that does not in any way diminish the black and white ones, does it? That's really the issue here. According to the OP, color beats black and white every time and in virtually every circumstance. And in his words I believe, he finds black and white images dull and flat and not "real".
As I read these posts my memory goes back to our Diablo Valley Camera Club (a member of the N4C groups) competition nights when we had professional judges/photographers on a rotating basis - seldom if ever the same one - who would have a much different opinion of a photo that had been entered before - we could enter a photo in till it placed - Yes - I had a winner after a couple entries myself.
Opinions are like noses - we all have one.
Harvey
I love black and white, mainly because I started out with my first camera, a Pentax in black and white!! But I respectfully understand those that don't!
Hal81
Loc: Bucks County, Pa.
While in the navy during Korea I shot mostly B&W. We even developed our film aboard the ship.
Some photos look better in color others in B&W. Some painting are better in oil, some in watercolor even others in charcoal. It's art. How the artist wants to present their work is a personal preference.
If you can't see the magnificence of Ansil Adams work in Yosemite there's not much else to say.
Hal81 wrote:
While in the navy during Korea I shot mostly B&W. We even developed our film aboard the ship.
Ah, the old "tin cans"; Navy workhorses! Good to see those pictures. And I don't think color would have added anything!
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