jsc1 Posted March 16, 2006 Share Posted March 16, 2006 "]^|-|"<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eliot_rosen1 Posted March 16, 2006 Share Posted March 16, 2006 "B&W is better than color..." Yeah, that picture proves it. :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark.brennan Posted March 16, 2006 Share Posted March 16, 2006 Josiah - I've been enjoying all your work w/ Acros, but think my taste always comes back to Tri-X. Looks good in the D76. Alas I don't develop my own and my local lab uses Xtol, which I think is a little too smooth for my taste. Thanks for sharing. Regards,-Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaiblanke Posted March 16, 2006 Share Posted March 16, 2006 Especially if you have an old, scratched Summar in front of FP4+ :)<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeff voorhees Posted March 16, 2006 Share Posted March 16, 2006 Eliot is in a mood today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny massey Posted March 16, 2006 Share Posted March 16, 2006 I'm sure Eliot will agree:- it's a general demeanour . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsc1 Posted March 16, 2006 Author Share Posted March 16, 2006 Kai Blanke... The Summar 50/2 captures shadow detail that might be missing with another lens... "it's a wider range of black-and-white..." ...do the "flames" begin? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wmwhee Posted March 16, 2006 Share Posted March 16, 2006 I like your picture, Josiah. The dog reminds me of our dog of fourteen years. He frequently hung his head in the same way, perhaps a characteristic of the breed. Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john_r._fulton_jr. Posted March 16, 2006 Share Posted March 16, 2006 Oh goody. We haven't had a good digital versus film battle in about 36 hours. Let's start a "B&W is better than color". Juuuuust kidding. :->) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eliot_rosen1 Posted March 16, 2006 Share Posted March 16, 2006 "B&W is better than color..." Don't you people know a troll post when you see it? :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsc1 Posted March 16, 2006 Author Share Posted March 16, 2006 Sorry... The image I submitted is 100% "film." Black-and-white... Tri-X... Sometimes... B&W film is "better..." Just my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rj Posted March 16, 2006 Share Posted March 16, 2006 "B&W is better than color" I totally agree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeff voorhees Posted March 16, 2006 Share Posted March 16, 2006 Again Eliot: why do you care? Sorry, no smiley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael_kastner Posted March 16, 2006 Share Posted March 16, 2006 Sorry, but... Kai... Fantastisches Foto... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doug grosjean Posted March 16, 2006 Share Posted March 16, 2006 I like to use B/W whenever needed. When it's needed by me: Indoors, where the color balance of indoor lighting is so strange. Or so dim, that I need to push 400 speed way up.... Winter around here, when everything is black and white and grey outside anyway, and color film would add nothing. In General - because I can soup B/W myself, but haven't learned color yet. But it's funny - when I do shoot color, I sure enjoy getting the photos back and having all that multi-colored flavor in there. Doug Grosjean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anthony_brookes5 Posted March 16, 2006 Share Posted March 16, 2006 I think it was Kertesz who said that colour destroys atmosphere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsc1 Posted March 16, 2006 Author Share Posted March 16, 2006 At least 40 years ago "B&W vs. Color" had been "fought..." without resolution. I am not a PJ... I work to take "timeless" photos. Please. A favor. If you don't like my photos then don't comment. I am this || close to "good-bye." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al_kaplan1 Posted March 16, 2006 Share Posted March 16, 2006 Use whatever floats your boat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtdnyc Posted March 16, 2006 Share Posted March 16, 2006 I like your photos. I like your dog. I like b&w images. But, in this particular case, I wonder whether the dog might have stood out better against the background if the shot had been in color. Please keep posting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsc1 Posted March 16, 2006 Author Share Posted March 16, 2006 Al Kaplan , mar 16, 2006; 05:42 p.m. Use whatever floats your boat. I did expect a more thoughtful reply from you, Al. Still, I do like you past photos... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom h. Posted March 16, 2006 Share Posted March 16, 2006 I think black and white is better than colour. Easier to do, but harder to do well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vivek iyer Posted March 16, 2006 Share Posted March 16, 2006 I agree with Tom's post. I know it is frustrating during winter with little light to go around. I don't photograph feet and such during this time. Keep your cool and your passion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy m. Posted March 16, 2006 Share Posted March 16, 2006 Neither better nor worse. Just different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al_kaplan1 Posted March 16, 2006 Share Posted March 16, 2006 Sorry, Josiah. I didn't mean to come across so cryptic. I was just afraid that we were heading down the path to B&W versus color. I prefer shooting in B&W myself, but use color for pictures when my kids visit or I'm out fishing with friends. Also when somebody is paying me to take color photos. I conceptualize in B&W when I'm out shooting. When I'm shooting color I need to consider how the various color elements fit into the composition. With B&W I'm dealing with tonal seperation. In my mind "color photography" and "B&W photography" are two completely different mediums. Way back years before anyone even imagined digital this was a commonly discussed theme in the photo magazines. Color photography was relatively new and certainly a lot more expensive than B&W. Now B&W is no longer cheap and we all know that most color images have faded. I read that Kodak no longer supplies die transfer materials and Cibachrome is also a thing of the past. They were the two relatively archival color processes. Only time will prove what digital printing method will hold up best long term. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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