W/NW Rain, pictures taken in the rain

Ho-hum... another day in paradise​
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Sony A7III, Sigma 90mm f2.8
Std. Sony B&W in camera JPEG
Yokohama, Japan - March 2023
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It does since the essence of rain translates into black and white. I've tried some color pics but they don't entice a response. This said I'm in the pre-monsoon season; this afternoon we clocked 41C and so I stayed indoors and took care of the house and took some pics in the upstairs bathroom where the temperatures were in the high 40s. Cheers, OtL
 
Erik van Straten said:
Striking, isn't it, how many black and white photos there are in this thread. Would black and white have anything to do with rain?

Erik.
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In the last couple of years I’ve been embracing B&W more than ever before.

Initially I started shooting in black & white because it seemed to be kind of trendy, and that may appear to be a bit shallow on my part but I think trends can be influential, that’s why they’re trends. Anyway, after a while I started to become addicted to monochrome. Everything started to look better in black and white. I was hooked! Hell, I started taking pictures of cherry blossoms in monochrome!

As a self-critical-analyzer… meaning, I was questioning myself; I questioned myself - why, why, why the sudden (it took a year) embrace of B&W? And, I think it comes down to this: in some situations color can be "distracting" from the main subject. Not all situations, but enough situations that it has to be a constant decision factor in WTF am I going to do… color or b&w.

I’m so glad to get that out in the open. Yes, rain pictures do look better in black & white!

Mike
 
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