At the Dragon Parade - First 3

TonyCooperTonyCooper Registered Users Posts: 2,276 Major grins
edited February 20, 2013 in Street and Documentary
2013-02-10-29-L.jpg Like father, like son.

2013-02-10-64-L.jpg A view from Daddy's shoulders with lunch.

2013-02-10-24-L.jpg Out for the New Year parade
Tony Cooper - Orlando, Florida
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  • bfjrbfjr Registered Users Posts: 10,980 Major grins
    edited February 18, 2013
    #1 works OK in B&W, sorry :D
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  • TonyCooperTonyCooper Registered Users Posts: 2,276 Major grins
    edited February 19, 2013
    bfjr wrote: »
    #1 works OK in B&W, sorry :D

    I am well aware that black and white is preferred in this group,
    and every time I post a color image here I sit back and wait for
    someone to say it would look better in black and white.

    Before I post a color image I render that image in black and white
    and compare it to the color image. I feel it works best in color,
    that's the way it goes up.

    In this particular image, black and white blends the two figures
    into what I see as a monotonal group in the center without any
    distinction of the individuals. In color, the red and blue add some
    some pop with the red sleeve joining the boy and the father.

    The blue propeller on the boy's cap contrasts to the black hair
    poking out the opposite direction on the father.

    Not to make too much of this image, though. It's a rather ordinary
    shot. It isn't going to be a really good shot no matter how it's
    rendered. I don't think, though, that black and white improves it.
    Tony Cooper - Orlando, Florida
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  • bfjrbfjr Registered Users Posts: 10,980 Major grins
    edited February 19, 2013
    TonyCooper wrote: »
    I am well aware that black and white is preferred in this group,
    and every time I post a color image here I sit back and wait for
    someone to say it would look better in black and white.

    Before I post a color image I render that image in black and white
    and compare it to the color image. I feel it works best in color,
    that's the way it goes up.

    In this particular image, black and white blends the two figures
    into what I see as a monotonal group in the center without any
    distinction of the individuals. In color, the red and blue add some
    some pop with the red sleeve joining the boy and the father.

    The blue propeller on the boy's cap contrasts to the black hair
    poking out the opposite direction on the father.

    Not to make too much of this image, though. It's a rather ordinary
    shot. It isn't going to be a really good shot no matter how it's
    rendered. I don't think, though, that black and white improves it.

    The above reasons you state for being in color are the reasons I would like it in B&W.
    I have no reason/wish to focus on red sleeves, blue propeller etc. Rather would like to focus on your images faces and reslutant simularies between father and son.
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  • williaeswilliaes Registered Users Posts: 110 Major grins
    edited February 19, 2013
    I have to agree with Tony on this. #1 & #3 need to stay in color in my opinion. Although my opinion may not be worth much. I think the colors direct the attention to the father and son in #1. My main focus in 1 is the dad then the boy. In #3 the colors really allow the focus of subject to draw straight to the point. The little girl becomes my main focus within mili seconds of opening my eyes. It starts with the lady or mom but goes straight to the girl.

    I like them, they tell a story with out the context of what they are doing.

    "Shoot the verb not the nouns."
    2 Corinthians 9:15

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  • TonyCooperTonyCooper Registered Users Posts: 2,276 Major grins
    edited February 20, 2013
    bfjr wrote: »
    The above reasons you state for being in color are the reasons I would like it in B&W.
    I have no reason/wish to focus on red sleeves, blue propeller etc. Rather would like to focus on your images faces and reslutant simularies between father and son.

    I'm always willing to expand my thinking, so here's the black and white
    version. Personally, I don't see it as an improvement. It makes the
    image a bit gloomy instead of a fun father and son combo. Your milage
    may vary.

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    Tony Cooper - Orlando, Florida
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  • lensmolelensmole Registered Users Posts: 1,548 Major grins
    edited February 20, 2013
    I prefer the B & W .

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  • EaracheEarache Registered Users Posts: 3,533 Major grins
    edited February 20, 2013
    How many photographers does it take to change a light bulb? 50. One to change the bulb, and forty-nine to say, "I could have done that better!" - Harry

    Color
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  • michswissmichswiss Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 2,235 Major grins
    edited February 20, 2013
    Tony,

    For what it's worth, I'm agnostic on the whole "colour vs B&W" thing these days. Look at my posts. I think one of the reasons it's important to people just starting in documentary, street, candid, whatever, to work in B&W is that it brings composition and form to the fore. Those are fundamental skills. That, and using colour effectively is hard.

    In the case of #1, I don't think it matters too much. Sure the B&W version feels more "artistic" but that's not the issue. For me, I simply don't sense any vibrancy or interaction or excitement being shared between the two. If anything, it's almost a sense of boredom? And to that point, I think colour works better as it adds the juxtaposition of bright colours to the ennui of the two.
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