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Donostia [X-T3 + VM 35mm 1.7 Ultron]
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Donostia [X-T3 + VM 35mm 1.7 Ultron]
Arnold Layne
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M8 | Summicron-C 40 f2
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Buick,
(shot thru windshield )
San Gabriel, Los Angeles County, USA
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Panasonic Lumix G6,
Panasonic 14mm F2.5
(shot thru windshield )
San Gabriel, Los Angeles County, USA
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Panasonic Lumix G6,
Panasonic 14mm F2.5
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ItsNottheFstop
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Love this picture....
I shot a bit of black and white (nearly always Tri-X or Plus-X) from about 1970 on. In 2006 I started the transition to digital. Held on to an M6 TTL for a long time but eventually surrendered to Nikon, Canon, and Fuji's offerings. The neat thing about B&W (film or digital) is that it reduces things to their concepts. Or the 'idea' of the things that are in the frame. Evidence for this might be simply that the 'real' world is not (usually) black and white. Going too far might risk becoming obsessed with rendering, sharpness, tonal gradients, etc.. Becoming too obsessed with the form. Yes, the form should be of sufficient quality to not distract, but it is the content, and the ideas (concepts?) implied by the content that should trump form.
Retro-Grouch
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The more successful a photograph, the more inseparable "content" and "form" become. Ideally, there should be no dichotomy. IMHO, of course!
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Still having fun with the Y600 kiddie camera with it's built-in thermal printer. Photo on left printed using "Dot" setting, and the one on the right using "Gray" setting. The two settings can produce results which are almost completely different, but I haven't figured out how to predict which setting will work best for a given photo, and some photos seem to produce lousy results no matter which settings I choose.
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Retro-Grouch
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I seem to have that same problem with all of my cameras, most of the time! 😉
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I like this better in monochrome. Much mor mysterious...
CMur12
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I see a lot of photos in B&W that I think would look better in color. But I agree with Retro-Grouch that this works really well in B&W. It's a pleasing composition with a good range of tones.
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