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jrs5fg Offline • • Upload & Sell: Off p.1 #1 · color versus B&W street photography I have a few Lightroom filters with mild desaturation, tone curves and split toning that seem to work for street photography sometimes... I was hoping to maybe get a discussion of B&W versus color street photography -- I really don't see the latter so often. To me, B&W night street photography often doesn't work, since night photos are already high contrast to begin with and taking out the color removes too much information. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. Dec 29, 2012 at 01:12 AM

Steady Hand Offline • • • • • • Upload & Sell: Off p.1 #2 · color versus B&W street photography Howdy, Whether you use color or BW, the most important thing is to create or capture or shoot an interesting image. Dec 29, 2012 at 01:59 AM

carnac Offline • • Upload & Sell: On p.1 #3 · color versus B&W street photography ^ agree...these look more like long lens private eye photos vs. traditional street photos; shot from close-in, B&W, grainy, AND with an interesting scene that tells a story. Not; "I got a picture of someone walking down the street that didn't know I was taking their picture". Take a look at these by Richard Sandler: http://www.richardsandler.com/photography.html He makes B&W work. Although many are candid, they are intimate, street photography. Or this free e-book by Thomas Leuthard: http://book.85mm.ch/GoingCandid.pdf He talks about B&W vs. Color. He has some strong opinions that some don't agree with, but his results pretty impressive. Lots of "rules" can be broken and still get results. Dec 29, 2012 at 03:37 AM

jrs5fg Offline • • Upload & Sell: Off p.1 #4 · color versus B&W street photography I do try to go for the intimate aesthetic, but I like a long lens mainly for the ability to throw the background nicely out of focus-- I think it places emphasis on the individual being immersed in his environment. Dec 29, 2012 at 03:52 AM

Jim Rickards Offline • • • • • Upload & Sell: Off p.1 #5 · color versus B&W street photography I like this series of shots. One of the things I noticed throughout is nice light in the eyes of the subjects, so good planning there. I agree with Steady's comment. I think that some of these would be less appealing in B&W with the colour missing. Dec 29, 2012 at 08:18 AM

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