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Post by Deleted on Aug 17, 2015 17:36:11 GMT
This article gives some very compelling reasons why you might want to convert your animal photographs to black & white versions. I had never really thought about doing this as usually I want to show all the lovely colours the animals have to display, but the more I think about it, the more I can see how sometimes colours can be a distraction in animal photography. So, I guess I will be picking a candidate photo tonight to try this out.
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Post by Squirrel2014 on Aug 17, 2015 18:51:47 GMT
Thanks for posting this link, Simone. Although I'm not a photographer, the article still meant a lot to me. Hopefully, I will appreciate the value of seeing black and white photos more.  |
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Post by hmca on Aug 17, 2015 22:28:45 GMT
Great post, Simone! I don't' shoot too many animals but will go on a hunt to see if I might have a couple to try in B/W/. Chris (Elines) just posted a great meerkat in another thread.
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Post by Squirrel2014 on Aug 17, 2015 22:33:07 GMT
Chris (Elines) just posted a great meerkat in another thread. Yes, I've just seen Elines' Meerkat, in black and white again and, after reading the article linked above by Storkington, I can see how the detail is so much more visual than it would be in colour. Thanks for this article, again, and to Chris for his B/W images he posts |
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Post by Madame on Aug 18, 2015 7:41:20 GMT
Very inspirational! *Back to Lightroom to play!  |
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Post by elines on Aug 18, 2015 22:07:40 GMT
Thank you all for your kind comments.
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Post by srmoment on Aug 18, 2015 23:46:30 GMT
Very cool!!! Maybe we should have a "black and white animal" challenge?
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Post by speters on Mar 6, 2017 10:34:11 GMT
Thanks for posting this link, Simone. Although I'm not a photographer, the article still meant a lot to me. Hopefully, I will appreciate the value of seeing black and white photos more. I've done that in the past every now and then, but never made a "habit" out of it, but I agree, some shots do benefit from that treatment!  upload album |
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Post by speters on Mar 6, 2017 10:36:47 GMT
Sorry, the wrong image loaded, I have this and the B&W vesion, for some reason, the color one is the only one cooperating!
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Post by Sydney on Mar 6, 2017 19:52:17 GMT
Great article with some great b&w images. Thanks for sharing it with us Simone |
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Post by kdcintx on Mar 6, 2017 23:41:35 GMT
Definitely a good thing to keep in mind especially when shooting on a gloomy day. Here are a B&W (using Topaz) and the original color photo of a ring-billed gull on a cloudy day. Not sure which one I like better, but the B&W certainly has a different mood.   |
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Post by blackmutt on Mar 7, 2017 0:56:44 GMT
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Post by Tpgettys on Mar 7, 2017 4:47:21 GMT
Sorry, the wrong image loaded, I have this and the B&W vesion, for some reason, the color one is the only one cooperating! No worries speters ; I appreciate seeing your colored one very much! In fact, while I haven't seen the B&W version, there is so little color there that the colored beak is quite striking; I expect I would like the colored version best. When there are many colors in an image they can be distracting, but not in your image. FYI: you are welcome to experiment with posting what you want, as you can always edit or delete a post you are unhappy with. |
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Post by mrkrnbrd on Mar 8, 2017 14:13:55 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Mar 8, 2017 15:07:58 GMT
Some fantastic examples of B&W animal photos - thanks everyone for sharing! Just goes to show that not everything has to be in colour.
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