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05-18-2017, 10:11 PM - 7 Likes   #9451
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beautiful shot Patriot

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Frenchman's Beach, North Stradbroke Island - D-FA 28-105


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A photo of my daughter shot with the DFA 70-200. Not sure if anyone has thoughts of black and white versus color...





She was picking cherries from our little cherry tree.
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It is the bright red cherry on the tree in front of her that makes me like the color version.
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You nailed the DOF perfectly which gives the B&W version a special look. But I'm rather partial to B&W anyway, especially film

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More Ireland countryside with K-1 and FA 77.
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QuoteOriginally posted by Rondec Quote
A photo of my daughter shot with the DFA 70-200. Not sure if anyone has thoughts of black and white versus color...





She was picking cherries from our little cherry tree.
If the nets weren't there it would be the B&W, now the colour one

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its a thirsty day

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A photo of my daughter shot with the DFA 70-200. Not sure if anyone has thoughts of black and white versus color...





She was picking cherries from our little cherry tree.
Beware, totally personal opinion: I usually like B&W when color is a distraction or doesn't add to the subject. In this case, the dreamy low contrast nature of the shot and the soft colors and pink skin of youth all add to the important elements of the shot more than the simple textures and contrast that B&W can provide.

So, as shown, I'll take the color... BUT... if you cranked up the contrast and blacks in the B&W version, without overdoing it and being harsh, the B&W shot could potentially become the winner (for me anyway, it may be that I am just not a fan of low contrast B&W) but then it might change the mood and feel inappropriate to the subject matter...hmmm... the color version would still win for me.

I downloaded the full res color to play with, and using Photoshop / Image/adjustments/b&w you can do selective color filtering on the color version (like shooting B&W film with that color filter). I liked the green filter best, but that was with sliding the green slider from its default of plus 90 to negative 70 and the other sliders at their defaults for invoking the green filter. Your B&W conversion doesn't look pure B&W on my screen... so I checked, and when I desaturated it became B&W, so that has some sepia treatment or something, yes?

Man, you sure ask hard questions. LOL! (You can tell I have been stuck working overtime lately, no time to shoot my own stuff so I'm living vicariously through y'all.)

Great shot, thanks for sharing,
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My mate* went to collect his new motorbike yesterday and tagged me along to take a few photos of it.

Really happy how this one turned out. It's my closed thing to a portrait that I've shot in months lol



Lens choice.. well, I'm not sure why I packed the Cosinon 50/1.8 and not my K or M 50/1.4, sharpness isn't quite where I'd like it.


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QuoteOriginally posted by SteveD Quote
It is the bright red cherry on the tree in front of her that makes me like the color version.
QuoteOriginally posted by longbow Quote
You nailed the DOF perfectly which gives the B&W version a special look. But I'm rather partial to B&W anyway, especially film
QuoteOriginally posted by Franc Quote
If the nets weren't there it would be the B&W, now the colour one

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its a thirsty day
QuoteOriginally posted by Erictator Quote
Beware, totally personal opinion: I usually like B&W when color is a distraction or doesn't add to the subject. In this case, the dreamy low contrast nature of the shot and the soft colors and pink skin of youth all add to the important elements of the shot more than the simple textures and contrast that B&W can provide.

So, as shown, I'll take the color... BUT... if you cranked up the contrast and blacks in the B&W version, without overdoing it and being harsh, the B&W shot could potentially become the winner (for me anyway, it may be that I am just not a fan of low contrast B&W) but then it might change the mood and feel inappropriate to the subject matter...hmmm... the color version would still win for me.

I downloaded the full res color to play with, and using Photoshop / Image/adjustments/b&w you can do selective color filtering on the color version (like shooting B&W film with that color filter). I liked the green filter best, but that was with sliding the green slider from its default of plus 90 to negative 70 and the other sliders at their defaults for invoking the green filter. Your B&W conversion doesn't look pure B&W on my screen... so I checked, and when I desaturated it became B&W, so that has some sepia treatment or something, yes?

Man, you sure ask hard questions. LOL! (You can tell I have been stuck working overtime lately, no time to shoot my own stuff so I'm living vicariously through y'all.)

Great shot, thanks for sharing,
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Thank you for the comments. Yes, I developed it in Silver Efex and use the Fine Art preset and put the mildest sepia on it. For some reason, I don't usually connect with some of the harsher black and white conversions and was trying for something a little softer. But I'm not a master of black and white photos either, so I'm sure I could have done something different that would have stood out better.

I tend to be more of a color guy, in general...

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Pier at Dawn (DFA 24-70 with pixel shift).

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