hepcat
Former PH, USN
This would be SO much better if it wasn't in color. The color is really distracting. 
I really don't see what the fuss is about. You can always make a colour shot of a black and white subject...
hepcat
Former PH, USN
No doubt he sees b&w photography with the same view as he'd see a b&w TV in today's world.
GarageBoy
Well-known
I like B&W for the pure moodiness it gives
Contrasty light, gritty city feel
I think I have delusions of film noir
Contrasty light, gritty city feel
I think I have delusions of film noir
menos
Veteran
I shoot mainly B&W since I picked up first a simple Nikon film SLR and a a little later my first rangefinder camera a few years back.
I used mostly DSLRs and PS digitals before.
Often I get comments from people who see my photographs for the first time, that this or that looks so nice in B&W, they never had seen it like that before.
People who know I am mainly doing B&W (family and friends mostly) seem to be let down every time I show them something, that it still is shot in B&W.
Sometimes they are curious why I do this and "take the colours out" or not use a "modern camera" (especially as they know I have cameras, that are able to produce colour pictures).
Over the years I gave up, trying to explain why, as the more I try to explain my true motivations behind it, the least it seems it is understood.
My main motivation a few years back, to commit to B&W only was actually that I simply do not understand colour photography - it is too complicated, to hard, to advanced to handle.
I tried to simplify and concentrate on one thing first.
Since then I learned over the years, that even this approach isn't as simply as I thought back then, as understanding colours is a basic part of understanding B&W photography.
Anyway I continued to shoot in B&W and do less and less colour.
I cannot sufficiently explain to people who ask, why B&W.
Another thing I learned over the last years is that it is extremely important to not break your head about this philosophical question or worse, let people, questioning your B&W photography on the terms, they are disappointed it "only to be without colours".
Ignore such comments, keep on moving!
I now use my colour digitals mostly for B&W.
My most used camera of all is a M Mono (pre-ordered it the day it was announced, as I waited for this camera since I had my first M8.2). It is in my opinion is the best camera, ever made.
I have given up on all colour films over the last year, stocked up on TriX in 120, Neopan400 in 135 and HP5 in 4x5 and have upgraded my darkroom with development gear to do all dev in house.
I love B&W
I used mostly DSLRs and PS digitals before.
Often I get comments from people who see my photographs for the first time, that this or that looks so nice in B&W, they never had seen it like that before.
People who know I am mainly doing B&W (family and friends mostly) seem to be let down every time I show them something, that it still is shot in B&W.
Sometimes they are curious why I do this and "take the colours out" or not use a "modern camera" (especially as they know I have cameras, that are able to produce colour pictures).
Over the years I gave up, trying to explain why, as the more I try to explain my true motivations behind it, the least it seems it is understood.
My main motivation a few years back, to commit to B&W only was actually that I simply do not understand colour photography - it is too complicated, to hard, to advanced to handle.
I tried to simplify and concentrate on one thing first.
Since then I learned over the years, that even this approach isn't as simply as I thought back then, as understanding colours is a basic part of understanding B&W photography.
Anyway I continued to shoot in B&W and do less and less colour.
I cannot sufficiently explain to people who ask, why B&W.
Another thing I learned over the last years is that it is extremely important to not break your head about this philosophical question or worse, let people, questioning your B&W photography on the terms, they are disappointed it "only to be without colours".
Ignore such comments, keep on moving!
I now use my colour digitals mostly for B&W.
My most used camera of all is a M Mono (pre-ordered it the day it was announced, as I waited for this camera since I had my first M8.2). It is in my opinion is the best camera, ever made.
I have given up on all colour films over the last year, stocked up on TriX in 120, Neopan400 in 135 and HP5 in 4x5 and have upgraded my darkroom with development gear to do all dev in house.
I love B&W