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oh these bloody colors

riccadonna

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Recently when uploading B/W photos from museum, I wrote that I prefer to photo in B/W as the color is confusing and seductive. Too easy and too difficult.
Somebody said that you can`t take a bad color photo as such (probably meaning that if you hit them colors somewhat right, the blue sky and green,green grass of home cannot be fake).
Somebody else stated that all color photos are fake as they cannot duplicate the nature (meaning probably that the only perfect color picture is the one framed by your window or door opening or seen through your optical viewfinder).
It`s all so bloody confusing so I let the pictures talk. This time GXR with A12 28 unit. Good glass, for action best to use snap or manual in which case it helps with DOF and fast shutter.
By the way should somebody wonder about the man behind riccadonna, here your are. I`m polish guy living in Denmark, age 70, name Stanislaw Zolczynski. (riccadonna is the name of italian vermouth in which bottles, don`t know why, keep my chemistry for B/W films).
 

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Stanislaw,

You do have some interesting models! This subject clearly needed colour. I take about 80% in colour but when I want a graphic result or an emphasised subject - or even a fake old picture - I will use B&W. Neither is better - just different. Using the GRD4 I've also played around with the image settings and some of them such as Bleach Bypass can achieve a cold graphic effect which can be even better for some subjects than B&W. Most of us are trying to record something with impact rather than trying to reproduce 100% 'real life' so I just regard colour as 'paint'.

Richard
 
Blow-in":1hyeqo4h said:
You do have some interesting models!
+1 on this, they a great looking zombies. #1 and #2 sure have the facial expressions. :cool: :twisted:

Blow-in":1hyeqo4h said:
I will use B&W. Neither is better - just different.
+1 for me on this also. While I prefer BW often, I enjoy colour when done well as it is here! :D
 
What a bloody topic. Hard to imagine these shots working in B&W that strong.
#1 is really charming.

Peter
 
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