Black and Whites. Can soft be ok?

tmshotstmshots Registered Users Posts: 59 Big grins
edited May 16, 2004 in People
My friend and I were talking about a b/w of mine and he said sharpness is essential for contrast. I agree to a point but found this one more well played as it was. What are your thoughts on this?

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  • AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited May 13, 2004
    love it
    sharp is good, but not an absolute req't. your shot is lovely.

    here's one of mine, do you like it?

    2575593-M.jpg

    lots more b&w here

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  • tmshotstmshots Registered Users Posts: 59 Big grins
    edited May 13, 2004
    I do. You seemed to have pulled on the same aproach as I in a softer more warmer tone.
  • damonffdamonff Registered Users Posts: 1,894 Major grins
    edited May 14, 2004
    Here's a b/w of mine that isn't sharp...but I think it's effective...

    3623625-M.jpg

    Not sharp at all...notb/w either...duotone but the same idea...

    3516078-M.jpg


    A really sharp one...

    3228965-M.jpg

    And blurry...

    3646544-M.jpg

    And one more sharp...

    3270014-M.jpg

    I hope this helps with your perspective...
  • AltProAltPro Registered Users Posts: 478 Major grins
    edited May 15, 2004
    andy wrote:
    sharp is good, but not an absolute req't. your shot is lovely.

    here's one of mine, do you like it?

    2575593-M.jpg

    lots more b&w here

    andy :andy
    Andy, I really like this shot. I like how you captured her face, the tilt and the lighting. Her slight smile lends to the look of her totally being lost in the sounds she is listening to. The COBY earphones placed low still prominant in placement, yet not "in your face."
    Your contrast and tonal range is beautiful, the whites white, yet not blown away, and the blacks being a true rich black, with endless grays.
    The cropping which allows us a peek at her hair, a blonde... and in the shadows of her glasses, her eye-- you can still make out the creases at the under lid.
    The softness of this image, adds to it, and makes it not appear soft at all, but rather, ephereal.
    An AD? Very nice! Kudos.


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  • wxwaxwxwax Registered Users Posts: 15,471 Major grins
    edited May 16, 2004
    Andy, I assume there's more going on in that photo than just softening?
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