In Color and B&W
Jan 6, 2020 21:42:40 #
Cany143 wrote:
I'll try to do better next time. I promise.
No no - not better or worse - both are pretty good! I just liked the composition of the B&W shot more and felt that colour was not a factor.
In the real world of yesteryear (before digital appeared!) B&W was king mainly because of its simplicity and economy not because of any perceived better or worse values image wise. Colour processing and printing was much more involved and costly and many were not able to afford either the time or money required. On the other hand many many enthusiasts had their little darkroom under the house (myself one of them!) and were very happy developing and printing their B&W shots. I even bought 35mm film in bulk and reloaded cassettes myself as I'm sure many others did. I did try colour for a while in the early 70's but found it far too fiddly/expensive and it did not have the latitude for post processing that B&W had. Processing colour slides was less involved than colour print film but there was little latitude in exposure. I do still have several hundred colour slides I processed myself waiting for me to scan to digital when I have a little more time available (also thousands of prints both colour and B&W
) Cheers JohnR
Jan 7, 2020 01:15:16 #
RodeoMan
Loc: St Joseph, Missouri
I never imagined that I would be agreeing with tazzy and wanda krack but I do. I prefer the color version of this scene. Of all the people who post on this site, I think Cany is consistently among the best in showing the beauty of what many of us would pass on by. I think the color version best shows that "certain slant of light" of winter afternoons. However I doubt if Cany found it oppressive.
I also think this image is a good illustration of of why we do not always have to make a choice about which version of an image to keep. We can keep each for different reasons, including for the simple fact that we like each of them. In fact we could create even more versions such as sepia or blue-toned if that meets our fancy. Somehow, I sense that Cany already knows this.
I also think this image is a good illustration of of why we do not always have to make a choice about which version of an image to keep. We can keep each for different reasons, including for the simple fact that we like each of them. In fact we could create even more versions such as sepia or blue-toned if that meets our fancy. Somehow, I sense that Cany already knows this.
Jan 7, 2020 07:53:33 #
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Jan 10, 2020 18:26:48 #
Cany143 wrote:
Two separate exposures, two separate treatments.
It's a tie. I think both are well done, Cany
Jan 11, 2020 15:33:45 #
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