Hi Jens and Antonio thanks for your honest comments on my b/w adventure first. I see the lack of "shadows" in most of the shoot too and agree, that the swans and the house of the artist for example would look better in color. The same is true for the ceramic stones, they are very colorful in reality.. I like the b/w photo of Zafra the dog sitting on the cobble-stones with that cross pattern, this one does work for me, better than the one in the grass. The shadows on the golfer photos are not strong enough, but I still prefer it in b/w than color even without really having the chance to compare them directly. Okay the dog and the golfer where black "dressed" , maybe that led me into the wrong direction (weak excuse I know) to shoot them in b/w.
As far as I understood you, the subjects I choose do not justice to black and white photography, right? Or did I maybe just mess it up in Photoshop with auto correcting the photos? They may have more gray levels on the prints I got from the lab but I did not like them that way. So maybe it's just my "not knowing any better" :-) No, I depend on expensive b/w lab work, but I would love to be able to develop b/w photos myself and I am playing with the idea of taking some lessons on that. Here's a colored photo of the peacocks and the stone dragon snake of Bruno Weber as a "thank you"! http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2374612 happy pentaxing Markus Jens wrote: ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Nice photographs, Markus. > I believe the special beauty of B&W photographs is connected to > emphasizing > the visual impact and special quality of "light and shadow". > I may be wrong, but I actually believe most of your photographs > would appear> more stunning in colour - the dog in the high gras/flowers > perhaps exempted. > Jens Bladt Antonio wrote: --------------------------------------------------------------------------- I agree with Jens. It may be the computer screen but a lot of you B&W seem to lack proper tonal range. Color would help out here I think. Are you developing your own stuff? Have you looked into the zone system. Antonio
