black and white why bother
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🙂And a good day to you to, I have not messed with others I only made a statement ,It seems there are too many sensitive souls among the B&W fraternity, get some colour in your life[ just a joke] dont get mad. I wish you a great career in B&W photography. It is not for me. A photo without colour has no soul. Now that is a profound statement lets go to war over that one. regards Jack
And my child, you need to learn some manners.
Vics
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Because one can't get near the range of tones in color as we can get with B&W. Sorry, just read the OP, not the whole thread.
Vics
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Or my other fav: a A color picture of a person tells us what that person looks like. The black and white picture tells us WHO HE IS.
anerjee
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When I was growing up, all we had was cheap color film and cheap p&s cameras and it was bland, washed out and fuzzy.
I get your point, but you are generalizing needlessly. Color is easier to screw up than b&w -- which may partly explain b&w's enduring popularity.
I get your point, but you are generalizing needlessly. Color is easier to screw up than b&w -- which may partly explain b&w's enduring popularity.
colyn
ישו משיח
Black and White is by no means ugly.. To see a B&W image with its full tonal range is a thing of beauty while color is color..
sreed2006
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One day, I bought a camera. I shot color film, and was happy.
A few months after buying the camera, on a whim, I bought some black and white film, fully expecting the photographs to be inferior to the color ones.
The prints that came back from the lab stunned me - they were awesome photographs. There was more feeling in one of the black and white pictures than in a whole stack of color ones.
So, my experience with black and white is quite the opposite of yours, Jack.
A few months after buying the camera, on a whim, I bought some black and white film, fully expecting the photographs to be inferior to the color ones.
The prints that came back from the lab stunned me - they were awesome photographs. There was more feeling in one of the black and white pictures than in a whole stack of color ones.
So, my experience with black and white is quite the opposite of yours, Jack.
mto'brien
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He does have a point... I mean you can barely tell the apart in the b/w:
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Hilm3
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He does have a point... I mean you can barely tell the apart in the b/w:
Hahaha! Point. Set. Match.
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benlees
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Some people, of course, are colour blind...
I'm confused as to seeing in colour; is that Reala colour, or Ektar colour, or is it a raw file at a temp of 5500 or 5750? Goodness, I'm confused😕!
I'm confused as to seeing in colour; is that Reala colour, or Ektar colour, or is it a raw file at a temp of 5500 or 5750? Goodness, I'm confused😕!
j j
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When you say B&W has no soul are you referring to your soul, my soul or our souls?
14770019 - Version 2 by jj birder, on Flickr
Only in B&W can you photograph a grainbow. If you try and capture one in colour it just comes out a mess of yellows, reds and blues.
14770019 - Version 2 by jj birder, on Flickr
Only in B&W can you photograph a grainbow. If you try and capture one in colour it just comes out a mess of yellows, reds and blues.
RanceEric
The name is Rance
How old are you, Jack?
oftheherd
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1 RAR by any chance?
fixbones
.......sometimes i thinks
I have no problems with colour.
I just prefer Black and White.
My grandparents look no less beautiful because their pictures were taken in black and white. It does not matter to me what colour is the blouse she was wearing or what coloured suit he was wearing.
My grandparents look no less beautiful because their pictures were taken in colour.
It still does not matter to me what colour is the bouquet of flowers she has in her hands or the fact that my grandpa has white hairs (now).
Sometimes.... colour just does not matter...... and yet sometimes it does. =D
I just prefer Black and White.
My grandparents look no less beautiful because their pictures were taken in black and white. It does not matter to me what colour is the blouse she was wearing or what coloured suit he was wearing.
My grandparents look no less beautiful because their pictures were taken in colour.
It still does not matter to me what colour is the bouquet of flowers she has in her hands or the fact that my grandpa has white hairs (now).
Sometimes.... colour just does not matter...... and yet sometimes it does. =D
Gabriel M.A.
My Red Dot Glows For You
It is a choice.
People who live on a beach take a vacation to the big city. People who live in a big city take vacations at a beach or a small city.
People who know English study something other than English, and vice-versa. I know that native English-speakers more often than not complain than non-native English-speakers about the need of speaking something other than English (why bother?)
Some people love riding on rollercoasters, even though the brain registers it and the body interprets it as a life-threatening experience.
Many people love adding tongue-burning spices. Some brains register the pain, but others register pleasure.
I guess not all brains process the same things the same way, and some are more adept at making choices accordingly.
n5jrn
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Because black and white is a a further abstraction of what we see in our minds, and some want to take photographs with that abstraction.
Because it is easy to develop at home, which cuts costs (and for many in small towns that have lost their last local lab, is the only option remaining if you want to shoot film and have it developed the same day).
Because it frees one from having to worry about white balance, making it easier to shoot under artificial light.
Because developed b/w film has a longer archival life than developed color film.
There's four reason right off the top of my head.
Because it is easy to develop at home, which cuts costs (and for many in small towns that have lost their last local lab, is the only option remaining if you want to shoot film and have it developed the same day).
Because it frees one from having to worry about white balance, making it easier to shoot under artificial light.
Because developed b/w film has a longer archival life than developed color film.
There's four reason right off the top of my head.
cosmonaut
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A good b&w is not flat and lifeless. It takes someone with talent to do it right.
Turtle
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What I find so silly about this thread is that the OP made a statement about his dislike for B&W and then seemed not to value other people's opinions to the contrary... while purporting to be starting a discussion. How strange.
So you don't like B&W and cannot understand why anyone else would value it over colour. So why post the thread if you already know the answer?
So you don't like B&W and cannot understand why anyone else would value it over colour. So why post the thread if you already know the answer?
nakedcellist
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I don't think the OP's goal was discussion.