Here is a picture I took of a windmill during a snowstorm several years ago. Does it look better in color, or in black and white?
Black and White
Color
Hi dtcracer,
Since you asked, I like the black and white a bit more. I think it has more to do with the shade of white (kinda bluish - not an off white) for the second photo as to why I prefer it.
B&W for sure - I am sure that is all you could see when you took the photo - the color is a false reading or is reading color our eyes don't detect - I am sure that is why my digital has a "snow" setting.
The B&W is the better of the two. The shot is underexposed; if you want the snow to be white, try bumping up the brightness and contrast.
The B&W strikes me as nicer in this case.
Sarge
snowbear wrote:
The B&W is the better of the two. The shot is underexposed; if you want the snow to be white, try bumping up the brightness and contrast.
I guess it is still underexposed. I bumped up the contrast and brightness from the original pic, it was almost washed out from the heavy snow fall.
b&w - the colored one is too blue.... just my opinion. :)
Here is the original pic, as it came from the camera
snowbear wrote:
The B&W is the better of the two. The shot is underexposed; if you want the snow to be white, try bumping up the brightness and contrast.
I upped the brightness and contrast some more, and lowered the saturation of blue and cyan. Does this look better? Now it has some serious vignetting, but I kind of like it.
MissStephie wrote:
b&w - the colored one is too blue.... just my opinion. :)
Thanks! Opinions are what I'm looking for.
I really like the last one. Almost looks like it came from the 30's.
The last one is much better. The funny thing about snow scenes is you overexpose by one to two stops.
mvy
Loc: New Hampshire
First off, I think the composition is excellent, most likely because it fits into the scheme of things just like I envision them. In a sense you flatter me.
The blue cast in the color shot evidences a situation that happens to me very often when I tinker with post processing. I try to remove it most of the time, but not without thinking there's a time and place for it--somewhere.
Again, thanks for the good photographs.
All the best,
Martin
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