Color

[Bill Clark]

For color I use digital, saving the photograph in RAW format.

Several features I like with digital. To mention one, is the ability to delete the sidecar file and start the process over as I see things differently. For me, I have much greater control with the process stage with digital compared to film.

Sorry, I don't want it to seem I'm hijacking your thread, but for folks that are interested in color in a rainbow of how we perceive it here is an interesting place to check out:

http://www.color-management-guide.com/introduction-color-management.html

 

[DwF]

I really got to see color differently when I picked up a book of Ernst Haas photographs sometime just after he passed in the 80s. I feel that he achieved a sort of splash of color effect that coupled with his narrative as a photojournalist by using motion with the slow film he had; and which became part of his signature. It also drew attention to color for colors sake in a sense.

Regardless of dragging the shutter, I try to maintain a sense of that or at least approach what I do with that in mind because it is what inspired me. Of course there are also "too many" images out there and thinking about that would be cause to put the camera away. Rather than try and compete, I am comforted having a mantra in images by great photographers like Haas and Allard, to name a couple.

Just this past week, I came across a bag of old 35mm film in my closet, most of it B&W. I decided it is time to shoot some up (Agfa 25- Neopan 1600). My first foray though was with Agfa Vista 400 and so I have been enjoying color as below. This was on a visit to Portland with an old Konica Auto S3

David

 

[DwF]

This is a lovely and timeless image Peter!

Through a Glass, Darkly by Life in Shadows, on Flickr

 

[farlymac]

What are the specs on your computer? There are many raw converters out there and many/most should be able to work with D80 files. Should be something available that could run on your computer.

No color digital camera shoots monochrome RAW files. The RAW file is the raw sensor data from the camera which includes color info.

Shawn

Lets just suffice it to say it's eleven years old, and wouldn't pass an FRA boiler inspection.

And yes, I do know how raw files work. I just prefer to do conversions in the computer so I can keep the original file original.

PF

 

[Bill Pierce]

http://www.color-management-guide.com/introduction-color-management.html[/url]

Hardly a hijack - one of the best color management overviews around.

 

[Bill Clark]

Thanks for your kind words.

 

[Rangefinder 35]

Some subjects call for color photography. Some others need the emphasis of form and texture without distraction of color. I seem to see the world in color, even though I used to work as a B&W printer for a while and love the B&W as well

[/url]WA_Seattle_Fremont Solstice_058 by Paul Cooper, on Flickr[/IMG]

 

[Richard G]

I really got to see color differently when I picked up a book of Ernst Haas photographs sometime just after he passed in the 80s. I feel that he achieved a sort of splash of color effect that coupled with his narrative as a photojournalist by using motion with the slow film he had; and which became part of his signature. It also drew attention to color for colors sake in a sense.

Regardless of dragging the shutter, I try to maintain a sense of that or at least approach what I do with that in mind because it is what inspired me. Of course there are also "too many" images out there and thinking about that would be cause to put the camera away. Rather than try and compete, I am comforted having a mantra in images by great photographers like Haas and Allard, to name a couple.

Just this past week, I came across a bag of old 35mm film in my closet, most of it B&W. I decided it is time to shoot some up (Agfa 25- Neopan 1600). My first foray though was with Agfa Vista 400 and so I have been enjoying color as below. This was on a visit to Portland with an old Konica Auto S3

David

I like this very much. While clearly the colour is integral to showing the mural, the limited colour palette is something I try for in colour photography sometimes. A black and white photograph is serious, or implies a serious intent. A colour photograph might be just a snap of what is there. A great colour photograph is all about the colour and the photograph has to seen ahead and made and is never just a record. This one of yours is of the type I like to call colour black and white: it sneaks under the radar, a little more mystery than a snap, the colour there, but not loud, almost required but not indispensable.

 

[DwF]

Richard- Thank you! I appreciate your kind words but also your thought on both my photograph, and the larger analysis regarding color. Whether or how often I succeed, I do after many years, have an increased sensibility of what it is I want to see in an image. This mural, the scene and the light that afternoon drew me in.

David