B & W
Dec 2, 2023 09:38:47 #
These are a street people, but not homeless. I see them (and this is over the years, getting older) with different clothes, and sometimes cleaner than others.
Does the conversion to black-and-white make them better photographs simply because they are in black-and-white?
Does the conversion to black-and-white make them better photographs simply because they are in black-and-white?
Dec 2, 2023 09:55:17 #
Dec 2, 2023 10:03:21 #
Dec 2, 2023 11:06:49 #
For me, the last photograph has the most impact. Because that’s a photograph, that tells a story.
How is it that a modern nation can be so broken that it allows its heroes to fall through the cracks of its so-called Welfare System? What does that say about We The People? Are we that shallow, that we support the political elites call for military action, but don’t hold those same political elites accountable for the after care of those we send to do our dirty work?
I’m not normally a buyer of street photography, but if you message me with what you want for that last photograph (B&W), I will do you a deal. I pay you, on condition you find and pay the subject in the photograph. My side of the bargain? I will have that picture hung on the wall of my State Capitol Building.
Lest we forget.
How is it that a modern nation can be so broken that it allows its heroes to fall through the cracks of its so-called Welfare System? What does that say about We The People? Are we that shallow, that we support the political elites call for military action, but don’t hold those same political elites accountable for the after care of those we send to do our dirty work?
I’m not normally a buyer of street photography, but if you message me with what you want for that last photograph (B&W), I will do you a deal. I pay you, on condition you find and pay the subject in the photograph. My side of the bargain? I will have that picture hung on the wall of my State Capitol Building.
Lest we forget.
Dec 2, 2023 12:27:09 #
I think so yes. With the color photos, I see the scene first; but with the b&w, I see the subject first.
Dec 2, 2023 12:50:33 #
I think when shooting street people B&W is almost always more impactful than color. I think this set helps support my statement
Dec 2, 2023 15:48:46 #
Very nice people/street photos!!
I don't know who said it and don't have the exact quote but it referred to B&W as being the way to tell a story that would be hidden by color. I like to think that black and white shows me what you want me to see.
What I see: In your first photo I am as drawn to the red color on the building as much as I am to the sleeping person. Your crop and B&W conversion bring him to the center of attention.
In the second set, the orange hood and light building grabs for equal attention but in the B&W I am drawn to the lines of his face and the emotion I see there.
In your third set the green box and yellow cab draw my attention away from the subject. As with the other photos, the crop, B&W conversion and additional post processing bring the focus to the subject.
Very nicely done!!
Dodie
I don't know who said it and don't have the exact quote but it referred to B&W as being the way to tell a story that would be hidden by color. I like to think that black and white shows me what you want me to see.
What I see: In your first photo I am as drawn to the red color on the building as much as I am to the sleeping person. Your crop and B&W conversion bring him to the center of attention.
In the second set, the orange hood and light building grabs for equal attention but in the B&W I am drawn to the lines of his face and the emotion I see there.
In your third set the green box and yellow cab draw my attention away from the subject. As with the other photos, the crop, B&W conversion and additional post processing bring the focus to the subject.
Very nicely done!!
Dodie
Dec 2, 2023 15:58:26 #
aweisbach
Loc: Omaha Nebraska
I'm not sure "better" but for me more impactful, as someone else said above. Very powerful images. I like them a lot.
Dec 2, 2023 18:36:48 #
Dec 2, 2023 21:02:07 #
Reuss Griffiths
Loc: Ravenna, Ohio
daldds wrote:
These are a street people, but not homeless. I see them (and this is over the years, getting older) with different clothes, and sometimes cleaner than others.
Does the conversion to black-and-white make them better photographs simply because they are in black-and-white?
Does the conversion to black-and-white make them better photographs simply because they are in black-and-white?
I like your black and white version of these images because they have more impact. But "simply because they are in black and white?" is not a fair comparison because the B/W images have had substantial additional processing to make them more dramatic. The first one has significantly more contrast with loss of definition in the darker tones and in the last one, the whole background has been blurred to focus the observer's eye on the face in the foreground. Apples and oranges.
Dec 3, 2023 06:35:01 #
Longshadow wrote:
For some reason, for me, the B&W has more impact.
Dec 3, 2023 07:58:15 #
Dec 3, 2023 08:30:32 #
tcthome
Loc: NJ
Curmudgeon wrote:
I think when shooting street people B&W is almost always more impactful than color. I think this set helps support my statement
Agree. I lends to the genre of the photography. With that said, I like the color just as much.Dec 3, 2023 08:58:25 #
In the first and last, I prefer the colour, but like that in the B&W you straightened that which was crooked. I agree in the second that the B&W is better.
Dec 3, 2023 09:19:13 #
I cannot tell you if a b&w image is made better because it all depends on the subject. A good example, I will always shoot the fall foliage in color, not monochrome.
Monochrome images have character and with the right subject they have a lot of impact on the viewer.
In my opinion the images you converted were made better using b&w.
Monochrome images have character and with the right subject they have a lot of impact on the viewer.
In my opinion the images you converted were made better using b&w.
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