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In Praise of Black and White

  • 14-11-2007 10:07pm
    #1
    mike65
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    W Eugene Smith

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    steel-worker-photographie-extrait-du-projet-pittsburgh-1955-de-e-smith.1173804156.jpg

    From%20Pittsburgh2.jpg

    Bill Brandt

    bill_brandt-gambe-gr.jpg

    brandt_east_sussex_coast.jpg

    5034-large.jpg

    Ansel Adams

    800px-Ansel_Adams_-_Farm_workers_and_Mt._Williamson.jpg

    07.jpg


    Mike.


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  • #2
    beans
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    That last one is stunning, well they're all fantastic, but that final one grabs me the most. I think I'm too tired to put into words what it is about it, something to do with the fine detail in the bottom vs the sweeping light/dark contrasty bits toward the top.

    I've always loved b&w images. I must learn how to do decent conversions, at the minute mine are all v. much hit&miss


  • #3
    Thirdfox
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    Like the 2nd one the most...remember seeing it on Genius of Photography - really strikes me.


  • #4
    mike65
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    I suspect it might have influenced this

    2076310.jpg

    Mike.


  • #5
    ZorbaTehZ
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    beans wrote: »
    That last one is stunning, well they're all fantastic, but that final one grabs me the most.

    Ditto, really amazing.

    Nice selection.


  • #6
    ike
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    Fantastic photos - Don't what it is but i'm still always drawn to b&w


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  • #7
    Dades
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 25,558 Mod ✭✭✭✭Dades


    Really nice - I have to say I like the legs best! Love the POV. :)

    How do you decide whether a photo belongs in Black & White? Is it a matter of removing the colour and deciding which looks best, or do you decide the colours in an image aren't that strong and black & white might improve it?

    The best B&W images seem to be timeless scenes that could have been shot in the era before colour. Can modern scenes benefit too?


  • #8
    mike65
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    Removing the colour? :eek:

    Kids these days! A photographer goes out with a black and white frame of mind and views everything with monochrome in mind, he does'nt get back to his PC and say "ah that might look good in B&W" For B&W you have to use B&W stock and darkroom techniques.

    Mike.


  • #9
    Dades
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 25,558 Mod ✭✭✭✭Dades


    mike65 wrote: »
    For B&W you have to use B&W stock and darkroom techniques.
    And here's me thinking my 7 years of Photoshop experience would be useful!

    So where I can order a B&W memory Card? ;)

    I do appreciate that you can take a shot with a B&W image in mind, I just thought the options for the end result were a little more open in the digital age.


  • #10
    mike65
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    Maybe they are (I'm pre-digital) but I still think for true quality B&W you have to use a B&W "chain" from film to paper.

    Mike.


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