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[twerppoet]

B&W saves the day.

With the exception of the last one, none of these was good, but even that one looks a lot better in black-and-white.

First, a dead bug in Gypsy's water bowl. iPhone.

Then, a couple of fowl shots from my walk along the river today: Canon EOD 20 D.

And a duck, in color, just because.

 

[scifan57]

B&W saves the day.

With the exception of the last one, none of these was good, but even that one looks a lot better in black-and-white.

First, a dead bug in Gypsy's water bowl. iPhone.

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Then, a couple of fowl shots from my walk along the river today: Canon EOD 20 D.

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And a duck, in color, just because.

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Black and white can really make the difference in some pictures.

 

[scifan57]

I saw these Pelicans while on my afternoon walk.

 

[scifan57]

Here are colour and black and white versions of the same photo. I think the black and white image looks better.

 

[twerppoet]

Here are colour and black and white versions of the same photo. I think the black and white image looks better.
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Agreed. Though part of the improvement is the cropping. The signs are unnecessary and distracting. You could remove about half of what's left at the top and left for more sense of forward movement.

 

[BobbyBoomer]

B&W (greyscale) accents composition more than color does. It's a whole different thing. Some things certainly look better in B&W despite what Paul Simon said in the song "Kodachrome".

 

[scifan57]

Agreed. Though part of the improvement is the cropping. The signs are unnecessary and distracting. You could remove about half of what's left at the top and left for more sense of forward movement.

How about this?

 

[twerppoet]

How about this?
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That's what I was thinking. I like it better, but I'm a compulsive cropper. It's generally the first thing I do with a photo when I'm editing; finding the most important subject and balancing it in the frame, or highlighting the relationship between different elements of the photo. In my twisted little mind, it's fun.

Of course the important thing is whether you like it better.

 

[twerppoet]

B&W (greyscale) accents composition more than color does. It's a whole different thing. Some things certainly look better in B&W despite what Paul Simon said in the song "Kodachrome".

B&W can also highlight textures and contrasts.

It's not like these things are absent in color photos. Done right you can get wonderful compositions and texture. It's just harder to draw attention to them with to many distracting and often clashing colors.

Which is why color studies, where a photo's subject is primarily of one or two colors, can also produce unexpectedly interesting photos.

 

[scifan57]

That's what I was thinking. I like it better, but I'm a compulsive cropper. It's generally the first thing I do with a photo when I'm editing; finding the most important subject and balancing it in the frame, or highlighting the relationship between different elements of the photo. In my twisted little mind, it's fun.

Of course the important thing is whether you like it better.

It looks quite good. I was lucky that the car was stopped at a red light when I took the picture.

 

[The OB]

B&W saves the day.

With the exception of the last one, none of these was good, but even that one looks a lot better in black-and-white.

First, a dead bug in Gypsy's water bowl. iPhone.

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Then, a couple of fowl shots from my walk along the river today: Canon EOD 20 D.

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And a duck, in color, just because.

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Good shots! I don't think they would have the same impact in colour...probably because we tend to take colour for granted now and see black and white with a fresh viewpoint...well, these days anyway
Andrew

 

[BobbyBoomer]

Woodstork in the Everglades close up, and manipulated in a 'sketch' app - in B&W and color. I believe the woodstork is the only stork native to N. America.

I reduced the photos because my DSL has gotten very slow. 3 attempts to fix it so far have failed. Another tech due today. Wish me luck.

Bob

 

[twerppoet]

Woodstork in the Everglades close up, and manipulated in a 'sketch' app - in B&W and color. I believe the woodstork is the only stork native to N. America.

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I reduced the photos because my DSL has gotten very slow. 3 attempts to fix it so far have failed. Another tech due today. Wish me luck.

Bob

Very nice. There is almost never a need to to send full sized photos to a website. Most people are viewing them on mobile devices or lower resolution displays anyway.

Good luck with the tech today.

 

[J. A.]

Venus (right) and Jupiter (left) two days/nights ago

A bird on my neighbour's tree

Both taken with my DSLR.

 

[twerppoet]

And the bright star to the left and up from them (in a line) is Regulus; not showing in your photo. Following the arc formed by these stars, Saturn is near the south east horizon, roughly the same hight as Venus (in the early evening). It's only slightly brighter than the surrounding stars.

Star Walk is a fun app.