B & W sunset?

[HLing]

Even though I started learning manual camera +film photography with B & W film, it got to a point where i have 50+ rolls of developed negatives that will probably never be printed. I enjoyed developing them myself, but in hoping to get concrete feedback, I've been shooting c41 color film with the occasional c41 B & W. Each time I load film I always reach for the c41s even though i always have a roll of two of Ilford HP+5 on me.(it's been 10 months since i shot real B & W).

So, today, i was by the water, between Brooklyn Bridge and Manhattan Bridge (? ), there came the most glorious golden sunset, reflections off of the buildings' glass, the bridge was a golden brown red...and i had 2 color frames in my Minolta AL, which I finished. All i had left were HP+5. I still loaded the film and shot a few, even if it was the color that i was after...

Is there a different kind of beauty in a B & W sunset? i'll most likely not see these shots printed in this life time....🙁

 

[Chriscrawfordphoto]

Black & White landscapes can be very beautiful.

 

[Gerry M]

RB67/65mm. No color film with me, but I thought this was OK.

 

[Chriscrawfordphoto]

RB67/65mm. No color film with me, but I thought this was OK.

That's more than OK, its very beautiful!

 

[AFenvy]

I still shoot sunsets in Black and White, it isn't quite the same as color, but there is a pleasing look to them.


Both of these taken on Fuji Acros 100

 

[ChipMcD]

Not a sunset, but pretty early morning

Not a sunset, but pretty early morning


Untitled by AmSteinsgraben, on Flickr

 

[Juan Valdenebro]

Sunsets are two things visually: color temperature and angle of light/contrast... With color you can play with both, and with B&W with one only... Both are equally beautiful, but with color there's a more material experience, while with B&W there's a more spiritual one IMO. Even if a color landscape at sunset touches our spirit, its warmth touches our skin. There's a huge difference.

Cheers,

Juan

 

[Brian Puccio]

I live on the beach (only a couple miles from you HLing), I go outside whenever I can for a few minutes to watch the colors of the sunset. I'm slowly warming up to B&W photography but I could never imagine liking a sunset (and I've got hundreds and love them all) in B&W. Chromes all the way.

 

[Roscoe]

The previous posts are hard to compare to, great shots. But I would think it depends on what you are doing with the sunset light. I just tried my best and hoped..

Hexar AF, Kodak BW400CN

 

[wray]

 

[back alley]

RB67/65mm. No color film with me, but I thought this was OK.

a stunning shot!

 

[MikeL]

 

[Jockos]

Sunsets has quite cold light, right? Wouldn't a blue filter, like 82 B/C, give a better tone separation in the skies then? Just like using a red filter on a blue sky!

 

[Gerry M]

Chris & back alley (Joe): Thanks for your kind comments. Once in a while, things do click (pun intended).
Gerry

 

[tojeem]

For me, shooting sunsets in black and white makes me think about shapes and tones more than I would with colour, generally resulting in better photos.

I think clouds especially become much more important when shot in black and white. Here's one of mine.

 

[AFenvy]

That is absolutely stunning tojeem! Fantastic shapes and textures.

 

[back alley]

For me, shooting sunsets in black and white makes me think about shapes and tones more than I would with colour, generally resulting in better photos.

I think clouds especially become much more important when shot in black and white. Here's one of mine.

like fire in the sky...

 

[randomm]

For me, shooting sunsets in black and white makes me think about shapes and tones more than I would with colour, generally resulting in better photos.

I think clouds especially become much more important when shot in black and white. Here's one of mine.

Very nice clouds indeed. Did you use an orange filter?

 

[haempe]

Sunsets has quite cold light, right? Wouldn't a blue filter, like 82 B/C, give a better tone separation in the skies then? Just like using a red filter on a blue sky!

No, warmer light.
The light lose energy through passing more air/atmosphere.

 

[Jockos]

No, warmer light.
The light lose energy through passing more air/atmosphere

Right right, my misstake! Many kelvin = blue = cold.

Was your picture taken with a blue filter?