Black and white picture show!

joeradza said:
It’s hard to tell how many of these are true black and white photos and how many are just desaturated.
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Mine are from a Samsung S5 Mini cell phone camera that has various filters like b/w, sepia, vintage, etc. I'm not a camera expert but I do what I can to be creative with that. Like the one I posted above, it has a filter that only picks up the blue color in the knife. The one above that, the peachseed Schrade, I used the vintage filter.
 
veitsi_poika said:
Mine are from a Samsung S5 Mini cell phone camera that has various filters like b/w, sepia, vintage, etc. I'm not a camera expert but I do what I can to be creative with that. Like the one I posted above, it has a filter that only picks up the blue color in the knife. The one above that, the peachseed Schrade, I used the vintage filter.
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It’s all good whether you use your phone or camera use whatever you have.
I started the thread for a bit of fun to see what inspiration people come up with and it’s been impressive 🤩😃
 
Been out for a bit. Not everyone wants or can afford a monochrome camera, personally I don't think it matters but I enjoy gear discussion. Anywhos. I have been taking my B&W snaps with a Pentax K3III Monochrome.

From today's walk. Picked this up about 2 months ago on sale, didn't even realize Civivi made a slipjoint version of the Elementum.
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OldHercDude said:
Been out for a bit. Not everyone wants or can afford a monochrome camera, personally I don't think it matters but I enjoy gear discussion.
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I agree, I don't think it matters where the color data is omitted, whether in the film emulsion, the sensor, or the processing software. A camera doesn't "see" in the same way that our eyes and brain see and perceive. (There's a good Rob Sheppard quote about that.) In the end a photo can represent "what you saw," "what you were feeling," or "what was in your heart" when you took it.
 
Ace Rimmer said:
I agree, I don't think it matters where the color data is omitted, whether in the film emulsion, the sensor, or the processing software. A camera doesn't "see" in the same way that our eyes and brain see and perceive. (There's a good Rob Sheppard quote about that.) In the end a photo can represent "what you saw," "what you were feeling," or "what was in your heart" when you took it.
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Yup. How one captures and displays their images is a matter of personal taste or intent, and we're all different.

IMHO a photo doesn't have to "tell a story" or make people feel something, nor does it need to be a masterpiece of photographic art. It can simply be a documentation of what one saw as they snapped the image. Unfortunately, too many photographers believe they way they do photos is the "right" way, and if someone does it differently it's "wrong". Some even can't help themselves from telling others their images are "bad" simply because the images weren't done in that photographer's way. I may or may not like someone else's image, if I don't like it I don't tell them they stink because their image may be exactly what they intended.

Pic thread.

Quick snapshot from a color camera using the in-camera monochrome picture mode, no post-processing just resized for posting.
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OldHercDude said:
Yup. How one captures and displays their images is a matter of personal taste or intent, and we're all different.

IMHO a photo doesn't have to "tell a story" or make people feel something, nor does it need to be a masterpiece of photographic art. It can simply be a documentation of what one saw as they snapped the image. Unfortunately, too many photographers believe they way they do photos is the "right" way, and if someone does it differently it's "wrong". Some even can't help themselves from telling others their images are "bad" simply because the images weren't done in that photographer's way. I may or may not like someone else's image, if I don't like it I don't tell them they stink because their image may be exactly what they intended.

Pic thread.

Quick snapshot from a color camera using the in-camera monochrome picture mode, no post-processing just resized for posting.
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Agree. Sir Ansel Adams, had his own way of taking photos ... exposure times and f stops, and development techniques to deepen or lighten shadows, depending on what he wanted.
As far as I am aware, he never disparaged other photographers work because their style was different, or because they used a smaller format camera, (Recall Mr. Adams used an 8x10 view camera) faster larger grained films, or color films, or used different techniques in the dark room when printing.
 
afishhunter said:
Agree. Sir Ansel Adams, had his own way of taking photos ... exposure times and f stops, and development techniques to deepen or lighten shadows, depending on what he wanted.
As far as I am aware, he never disparaged other photographers work because their style was different, or because they used a smaller format camera, (Recall Mr. Adams used an 8x10 view camera) faster larger grained films, or color films, or used different techniques in the dark room when printing.
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Ansel Adams certainly spent time in the dark room working his negatives to get the results he wanted. I have no issues with people these days taking time in post to work their digital negatives, even though that's not my jam.

Some people are just class acts. Others aren't judgmental, or keep their opinions to themselves and don't disparage people. Photo forums and social media have peeps who openly disparage, or always avoiding interacting with those they believe aren't worthy. Worse yet are those who act friendly and helpful, then go other places and vent about having to tolerate/ interact with "untalented hacks" and such, thinking the "unworthy" don't visit the same site and see the comments. Pretty classless IMHO.
 
OldHercDude said:
Ansel Adams certainly spent time in the dark room working his negatives to get the results he wanted. I have no issues with people these days taking time in post to work their digital negatives, even though that's not my jam.

Some people are just class acts. Others aren't judgmental, or keep their opinions to themselves and don't disparage people. Photo forums and social media have peeps who openly disparage, or always avoiding interacting with those they believe aren't worthy. Worse yet are those who act friendly and helpful, then go other places and vent about having to tolerate/ interact with "untalented hacks" and such, thinking the "unworthy" don't visit the same site and see the comments. Pretty classless IMHO.
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One of the Rob Sheppard quotes that I particularly like:

"Your best photography will always be personal. It’s what pleases you and not what you think others will like. If others don’t like it, maybe they just haven’t come around to appreciating it yet."
 
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