Black & White Mountain

haigoniony · 01-23-2020, 10:35 PM - **1 Like**

On top of the mountain of the national park Isalo, Madagascar.

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Bengan · 01-24-2020, 12:13 AM - **1 Like**

Nice lighting. I think that the DR needs a bit of a tweak. May I suggest this?

Stewtheking · 01-24-2020, 02:04 AM

I kind of prefer the slightly washed-out, "vintage" look of the original image, personally. I wonder, however, if there might have been a composition with the rock a little lower in the frame, getting more of the vista, or framed by the two rocks? (Although, you might have been deliberately hiding something with them?)

Prohibitiory · 01-24-2020, 02:45 AM

Very nice picture, I too prefer first one, more vintage style

haigoniony · 01-24-2020, 05:41 AM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by Prohibitiory

Very nice picture, I too prefer first one, more vintage style

Thank you

tuco · 01-24-2020, 07:52 AM

Why is a lower contrast image "vintage"? I shoot BW film all the time. More than digital and lower contrast is a choice and not a consequence of the medium.

Stewtheking · 01-25-2020, 01:41 AM

Originally posted by tuco

Why is a lower contrast image "vintage"? I shoot BW film all the time. More than digital and lower contrast is a choice and not a consequence of the medium.

Fair comment. I suppose I was just using it as a lazy shorthand for 'lower contrast'. I guess the age of instagram filters, and the 'film-look' being achieved by a combination of lower contrast, artificial vignetting, fake grain etc. has changed the common perception of how film *should* look.

tuco · 01-25-2020, 09:35 AM

Originally posted by Stewtheking

Fair comment. I suppose I was just using it as a lazy shorthand for 'lower contrast'. I guess the age of instagram filters, and the 'film-look' being achieved by a combination of lower contrast, artificial vignetting, fake grain etc. has changed the common perception of how film *should* look.

Yeah that's about right. And other things lost with time include that you have a lot of control over contrast and dynamic range when you develop BW film yourself. And there is more than just small format film that seems to drive the stereotypes of grainy, poor tonal scale and low quality images for film in general.

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01-24-2020, 02:04 AM	#3
Stewtheking Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2019 Location: Salisbury, UK Posts: 31	I kind of prefer the slightly washed-out, "vintage" look of the original image, personally. I wonder, however, if there might have been a composition with the rock a little lower in the frame, getting more of the vista, or framed by the two rocks? (Although, you might have been deliberately hiding something with them?)

01-24-2020, 02:45 AM	#4
Prohibitiory Pentaxian Join Date: Jan 2020 Location: Buckinghamshire, UK Posts: 471	Very nice picture, I too prefer first one, more vintage style

01-24-2020, 05:41 AM - 1 Like	#5
haigoniony New Member Join Date: Dec 2019 Posts: 6 Original Poster	Originally posted by Prohibitiory Very nice picture, I too prefer first one, more vintage style Thank you

01-24-2020, 07:52 AM	#6
tuco Pentaxian Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Pugetopolis Posts: 11,026	Why is a lower contrast image "vintage"? I shoot BW film all the time. More than digital and lower contrast is a choice and not a consequence of the medium.

01-25-2020, 01:41 AM	#7
Stewtheking Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2019 Location: Salisbury, UK Posts: 31	Originally posted by tuco Why is a lower contrast image "vintage"? I shoot BW film all the time. More than digital and lower contrast is a choice and not a consequence of the medium. Fair comment. I suppose I was just using it as a lazy shorthand for 'lower contrast'. I guess the age of instagram filters, and the 'film-look' being achieved by a combination of lower contrast, artificial vignetting, fake grain etc. has changed the common perception of how film should look.

01-25-2020, 09:35 AM	#8
tuco Pentaxian Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Pugetopolis Posts: 11,026	Originally posted by Stewtheking Fair comment. I suppose I was just using it as a lazy shorthand for 'lower contrast'. I guess the age of instagram filters, and the 'film-look' being achieved by a combination of lower contrast, artificial vignetting, fake grain etc. has changed the common perception of how film should look. Yeah that's about right. And other things lost with time include that you have a lot of control over contrast and dynamic range when you develop BW film yourself. And there is more than just small format film that seems to drive the stereotypes of grainy, poor tonal scale and low quality images for film in general.