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drmike

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Go B&W?
« on: April 18, 2017, 03:48:14 am »

It's already almost monochrome but better in B&W would you think?



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Re: Go B&W?
« Reply #1 on: April 18, 2017, 06:30:25 am »

In my opinion:  No.

The single colour adds something to the composition.  In B/W, I feel that there is not enough tonal difference, nor a spatial pattern that would benefit from B/W.

Not saying that B/W would ruin this shot, but I don't think there would be any advantage of B/W over what you have here.
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Re: Go B&W?
« Reply #2 on: April 18, 2017, 09:22:24 am »

I agree with Otto. The bit of color is needed.
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Re: Go B&W?
« Reply #3 on: April 18, 2017, 10:14:42 am »

I agree too.

The picture seems to me to be about the continuity-discontinuity of the paint film and its dependance on the rigid support. 

I think the main risks here are too much continuity and too even support.

Matting or framing it could help.
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Re: Go B&W?
« Reply #4 on: April 18, 2017, 10:16:24 am »

Strikes me the main risk is that in either color or B&W there's no there there.
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Re: Go B&W?
« Reply #5 on: April 18, 2017, 11:56:58 am »

Thanks guys - I thought the colour was essential as well.

Russ: not sure what you mean :)

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Re: Go B&W?
« Reply #6 on: April 18, 2017, 12:08:28 pm »

Sorry, Mike. Maybe I should have been more specific. What is this a picture OF? Is it s rip in some cloth? What's the segmented tube on the right for? It certainly has ambiguity, but ambiguity without a subject doesn't really cut it.
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« Reply #7 on: April 18, 2017, 12:57:18 pm »

Not really a picture OF anything just a play on shape, shade and a little bit of relatively startling colour. I can't see any ambiguity and feel no need for any really although I know for some odd reason ambiguity plays a strong role on LuLa.
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