2009-11-27

Your world in... Colour or Black & White?

Over the past few weeks I have been focusing on basic, technical stuff like aperture, ISO speed; and I will continue with the basic technicalities into the new year. In the meantime; I thought it would be great to throw in a few more creative angles before we go on with the series.

On Sunday afternoon I went with a group of students to Sandton for our night photography fieldtrip. I was enthralled by the low light photo opportinuties the buildings yielded. So much so, that I went back there the following day to see if I could improve on the previous day's shots.

Today, I will be sharing a couple of very plain and simple compositions that was taken on Sunday afternoon, but unlike my other posts, I will not elaborate on any particular techniques, but rather leave you with a question.

The question is: "How do you prefer to see the world; in Colour or Black & White".

Click on any of the images to view it full screen:







Black and white images are all about contrast and tones. This image was "enhanced" in Photoshop, and using the Nik Silver Effex plugin. To me, this image is far more powerful than the colour version.




I prefer the colour between these. What's your take?




Looking forward to hear your opionions. Have your comments posted at the bottom of this post and tell us why you prefer the one over the other?

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Posted by Danie at 11:24
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6 comments:

  1. The first photo is definitely more striking in black and white, in color it looks like just another building. The second photo on the contrary, I like the color one more, the stripe of blue color gives the photo live whereas the black and white one seems dull. But that’s just my opinion.

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  2. I Agree Nilene, I also like the first shot in b&w and the second is better in colour. I think certain images works better in colour and others work better in b&w; even though I am a predominantly MONO fan!~

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  3. hmmm...you know me by now, im a black and white fan !!!! well done

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  4. Martie Basson27 November, 2009

    I agree with Nilene.
    Certain images are just better in colour....

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  6. Hi Danie!
    Nice shots, but not typical subjects for b&w. I actually prefer the second one, it has nicer contrast and a good abstract feel to it.
    I think when applied to the right subjects b&w can really bring out the "soul" of a photograph. Of course people are an obvious choice, but I have seen landscapes and abstracts handled very well in b&w.
    I also think that doing b&w digitally doesn't quite give the same feel as real b&w film, though sometimes people manipulate their digital to get fairly close. Maybe it's just the gritty feel or high contrast or something.
    Anyway, thanks for the great blog, I always look forward to reading your highly informative posts!

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