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The Art of Photography => User Critiques => Topic started by: armand on March 19, 2019, 05:01:04 pm

Title: Hills
Post by: armand on March 19, 2019, 05:01:04 pm
Do these need color?
Title: Re: Hills
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on March 20, 2019, 12:09:29 am
The tonalities work well in all three in B&W, but now that you brought up the question, I'm curious to see the color versions for comparison.
Title: Re: Hills
Post by: rabanito on March 20, 2019, 03:32:19 am
Hm.
I like your photography, Armand, usually very much.
That said, I prefer to know if an image is (among other things) going to be monochromatic or else before releasing the shutter.
The so-called pre-visualization I guess (I've read about that  ;) ).
Don't get me wrong, I myself am no master in that either.
Title: Re: Hills
Post by: armand on March 20, 2019, 06:49:51 am
The tonalities work well in all three in B&W, but now that you brought up the question, I'm curious to see the color versions for comparison.

Thanks. I wanted to see if they stand on their own but I'll add the color version too.

Hm.
I like your photography, Armand, usually very much.
That said, I prefer to know if an image is (among other things) going to be monochromatic or else before releasing the shutter.
The so-called pre-visualization I guess (I've read about that  ;) ).
Don't get me wrong, I myself am no master in that either.

Thank you! I saw these in color but after I got home I feel something is missing in the color version and try to save it by going b&w.

Title: Re: Hills
Post by: Jonathan Cross on March 20, 2019, 09:13:00 am
To me, 1 is definitely better in B&W.

Best wishes,

Jonathan
Title: Re: Hills
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on March 20, 2019, 10:42:41 am
To my eyes, all three are much better in black and white.
The color shots are "pretty," but the B&W versions bring out forms and tonalities better.
Title: Re: Hills
Post by: armand on March 21, 2019, 10:28:20 pm
Thank you all! I liked the scene but with the flattish light didn’t translate well to color while b&w saves it at some extent even if I didn’t initially plan for it. It’s good to be able to reinterpret your own score from time to time.