Old Photo: Color or Monochrome?
Oct 24, 2019 10:42:49 #
mffox wrote:
The 2 images below originated almost 40 years ago (Pentax 35mm using Kodachrome film). I converted from slide to digital (color), then to B&W a few years ago.
Which do you prefer: color or monochrome? Any comments/ critiques of the images themselves would be most appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Which do you prefer: color or monochrome? Any comments/ critiques of the images themselves would be most appreciated. Thanks in advance.
I like the black and white version most.
Oct 24, 2019 12:16:36 #
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Oct 24, 2019 16:41:48 #
[quote=jburlinson]Actually, the color version is only what many people think is closer to reality. Light comes in a lot of different wavelengths, but which wavelengths correspond to which color, or which can even be seen, depends entirely on the eyes of the creature doing the looking, and not really on any property of the light itself."
Agreed, my wife and I perceived the color red differently which lead to many an interesting discussion.
"There isn’t any objective “real” color in the world."
If a color is defined as a certain wavelength it should be that wavelength. If humans perceive it differently among themselves that is their problem.
I agree with Linda on the emotional impact of the two versions and therefore prefer the color.
Agreed, my wife and I perceived the color red differently which lead to many an interesting discussion.
"There isn’t any objective “real” color in the world."
If a color is defined as a certain wavelength it should be that wavelength. If humans perceive it differently among themselves that is their problem.
I agree with Linda on the emotional impact of the two versions and therefore prefer the color.
Oct 24, 2019 16:41:58 #
Unless I missed it.......no one questioned where this was taken? Looks like "Mormon Row" outside of Jackson Hole?
B & W would be my choice if the texture of the wood wanted to be highlighted. Wonder what happened to the cross?
Thank you
B & W would be my choice if the texture of the wood wanted to be highlighted. Wonder what happened to the cross?
Thank you
Oct 24, 2019 17:03:55 #
I prefer B&W images when they bring out details that can get lost or overlooked in color images. I don't think that is the case in this image so I prefer the color one.
Oct 24, 2019 17:51:54 #
Prefer the color, but might like the B&W better if the snow on the mountains did not seem blown out. Think contrast is too high.
Oct 24, 2019 18:29:35 #
Bike guy wrote:
Yes Frank, I know it doesn’t make sense at first. But cataracts dim ones vision. It was amazing how much brighter things looked. I can drive at night and green lights are not white..
Good example is Claude Monet, the French impressionistic painter. Severely depressed AFTER surgery as he did NOT like how his paintings looked. I just had surgery and everything now looks clear, crisp and above all nice whites as opposed to the actual yellow brown color of a cataract which is acting as a warming filter.
Oct 24, 2019 19:25:32 #
Look like Clint Eastwood riding at any time.Oct 24, 2019 19:28:22 #
I must be about the only one but I like the B&W. As far as color being more real, well, maybe so. And for the most part I prefer color. I also prefer photography over paintings because they are more real. But more real only goes so far. In the color picture the color of the sage brush does not seem quite real to me. I like the bw version better. I like the mountains better with the bw as well. One thing I would like to see in both photographs is a little more light on the doors of the building. I would like to see just a bit more detail. Nevertheless, great pictures.
Oct 24, 2019 19:47:42 #
Bike guy wrote:
Normally I am a B&W fan, but in this case prefer color one.
What he said!
Oct 24, 2019 22:49:16 #
I'm a fan of B&W but in this case I prefer the color version. In both of them the building is too much in shadow - lightening that would vastly improve the B&W. But … it's a beautiful image set in gorgeous surroundings!
Oct 24, 2019 22:57:36 #
Bike guy wrote:
Normally I am a B&W fan, but in this case prefer color one.
That’s odd. I’m usually a color fan and I like the black and white. Go figure.
Oct 25, 2019 00:34:14 #
IDguy
Loc: Idaho
oregonfrank wrote:
Bike guy, your last statement is really interesting. Color vision is enabled by receptor cells in the retina (back of the eye) called cones. It would be interesting whether your Dr explained how cataract surgery (front of eye where lens is) improved your color vision.
Frank
Frank
It improved mine enormously. I explain taking the bandage off as like when Dorothy wakes up in Oz...from black and white to vivid technicolor.
Cataracts are like looking through a dirty screen.
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