nicolas claris
OPF Co-founder/Administrator
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I wish I would never fill that *¨%+£¨%++*! buffer, meaning I take full time to compose.
[edit] adding: and capture the magic of colors
In short, let's work and think our pics before we press the shutter!Asher Kelman said:No, Nicolas, your opinions and those of Dierk are not quite congruent.
As far as I can tell, Dierk has "nothing against dine modern B&W prints".
By contrast, you sayI've said it is not an easy way. Not that it is not good or impossible. Just not easy!Nicolas Claris said:Shooting/printing B&W cannot be an easy way to give value to a poor pic, in that case, for me this is a non creative way.
So there's a difference already. You appear to show rather less tolerance and admiration for even shooting B&W, albeit, by necessity today, with a full color camera.
Nope, this is not a question of tolerance! I cannot pretend to have tolerance or not. I like or dislike. A bit dfferent.
As far as getting rid of colors at the time of processing, I would argue that if the end result is impressive, artistic, desired, carries emotional weight and presence it still can be a fine picture, rescued from rubbish or not.
I tend to believe that if it has been "thought" prior to be shot/framed it may be. If it has been "thought" afterwards, it looks to me like being crushed to the tree's branch before falling (a french expression, difficult to translate).
Sometimes horrible colors, like the harsh shadows of noon sun need to be overcome. The latter with flash or reflectors or of course a light diffuser, the former by removing hideous distractions by removing the color.this is where, IMHO a true artist will make the difference with a"common" photog like me As I was driving along one street yesterday, almost everywhere I looked, the colors of stores were awful, yet the tones and shapes we interesting. I see nothing wrong with a sepia or platinum hue monochrome.then why not trying the provocative sight?
You are photographing the most beautiful blue and green seas and the skyscapes of God, The wood of the interiors are siennas from Italy. So why would you shoot in B&W?So true, no way! even my work on shadow keeps their beautiful grey colors...
Asher
I wish I would never fill that *¨%+£¨%++*! buffer, meaning I take full time to compose.
[edit] adding: and capture the magic of colors