Why B&W When You Have Colour?
Apr 20, 2018 11:20:54 #
Apr 20, 2018 11:25:50 #
Live and let live. Whatever floats your boat. I suspect that the comment about black/whites being cheaper to develop is the answer. When color became just as cheap, then it was used. Everything relates to money.
Apr 20, 2018 11:26:05 #
JohnSwanda wrote:
It isn't hard to understand what he is getting at. Our eyes don't see out of focus backgrounds, so photographs with out of focus backgrounds are not "real and natural".
Hi John..Actually the brain controls what we see.... It is a physical fact that if you were to look at 2 spots spaced apart that the one spot you are looking at is in sharp focus and the other disappears. Its a strange phenomenon , but the brain can only focus on one thing at a time. We can do 2 things at a time but only focus on one, so be careful when walking and using your iPHONE!
Apr 20, 2018 11:26:41 #
For me b&w was used as a tool to learn how to see shadows & to make the best out of them in my work, photography is all about the light that also includes the Shadows to get a good black and white you have to manipulate the Shadows take a look at the print see if you sent as examples at the beginning of this issue and look at the Shadows both in the color and the black and white once you start seeing those Shadows and manipulating in them in your work.
Apr 20, 2018 11:35:55 #
In some scenes B&W adds a 'mood' that is essential to the message intended by the photographer.
Apr 20, 2018 11:39:11 #
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
Harold
Now that color is the norm B&W can be an accent or something that can be interesting that is outside the norm. Just another creative area to be looked at and appreciated. Though I still say as long as the B&W in digital is still having a 256 grey scale it will never match the old B&W for superior looks.
Apr 20, 2018 11:39:47 #
It's been already mentioned, but (to me, anyway) bears repeating. B&W really bring out the contrasts in a sometimes otherwise dull (?) image. Along with that, the dynamic range and sometimes otherwise missed detail .....
Apr 20, 2018 11:49:20 #
Feiertag wrote:
Enough already. I got the message. I've taken my rose coloured glasses off!
Cheers.
Cheers.
It is not easy to let go of our opinions, but being willing to expanding the mind to consider other alternatives is what makes us all more open to new ideas! What if some of our ideas are wrong, do we still hold on to them, or do we change them????
Apr 20, 2018 11:49:58 #
I have seen B&W movies "colorized" and there is no comparison. For example, Casa Blanca. B&W conveys a certain mood that simply does not exist in color.
I can't imagine watching Raging Bull in color.
But, if you don't like B&W, then simply don't. There is no rule that you have to like it.
I can't imagine watching Raging Bull in color.
But, if you don't like B&W, then simply don't. There is no rule that you have to like it.
Apr 20, 2018 11:53:34 #
While color portrays beauty and artistry (good)black and white expresses emotion and tells a story. Would Capa’s, Bresson’s, Doisneau’s, et al B&W photos have the same effect if they were in color? I think not. By the same token many of the fine color photos on this site would not as good in B&W. Both styles have their place.
Apr 20, 2018 11:57:28 #
“When you photograph people in color, you photograph their clothes. But when you photograph people in Black and white, you photograph their souls!” ― Ted Grant
The most colorful thing in the world is black and white, it contains all colors and at the same time excludes all.” ― Vikrmn, 10, Alonestev
The most colorful thing in the world is black and white, it contains all colors and at the same time excludes all.” ― Vikrmn, 10, Alonestev
Apr 20, 2018 12:04:42 #
Apr 20, 2018 12:20:04 #
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
Harold
Quite simply B/W: Black is absent of colors and white is all colors.
Apr 20, 2018 12:22:29 #
canon Lee wrote:
Hi John..Actually the brain controls what we see.... It is a physical fact that if you were to look at 2 spots spaced apart that the one spot you are looking at is in sharp focus and the other disappears. Its a strange phenomenon , but the brain can only focus on one thing at a time. We can do 2 things at a time but only focus on one, so be careful when walking and using your iPHONE!
When I look at an object, I can certainly see the background behind it. With a camera shooting wide open, you can make the background completely out of focus so it is unrecognizable.
Apr 20, 2018 12:22:50 #
mwsilvers
Loc: Central New Jersey
RichardSM wrote:
Quite simply B/W: Black is all colors and white is the absence of color!
Actually, it's just the opposite.
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