Black and White

Antonio Correia

Can I have a comment on this picture, please ?!...
Thank you :thumb
What do you think of the B&W ?
Isn't it great ? :

Antonio Correia

Another
And this one ?

DavidTO

hey, Antonio...

While the second shot strikes me as something that most likely has more personal interest for you than for me, the first shot has caught a moment that I find interesting.

Two friends sharing a meal and a moment amid all the visual chaos that surrounds them. I like that. What is missing in the shot, for me, is the kind of dead-on composition that this shot really requires. The right side of the window is right at the edge of the frame...either give it a little room to breathe, or lose it. Also the tilt in the image is not enough to help, but is just enough to hurt and distract from the subject matter.

I also wonder why black and white? I'd like to see it in color, as I can't think of a good reason why the shot needs to be b&w.

Skippy

I like them Both

Antonio Correia wrote:

Can I have a comment on this picture, please ?!...
Thank you
What do you think of the B&W ?
Isn't it great ? :

I agree with David about your two shots, and I am sure they would look great done in colour .......were they shot in colour then changed to B&W ?
I'd like to see the colour versions of both shots Skippy (Australia)

burke

I like them both as well, and I like them in B&W
but I think playing around with your DOF would make more impact - it seems that the people aren't as crisp as they should be, and if you use a shallower DOF it would soften the background and make them pop more..

Antonio Correia

Sorry I did not
reply to you on the right time.
May be I read your posts and forgot to anwser later ...
I transformed the pictures to B&W because I was then very enthousiastic about the power of CR2 window in PS CS2.
I think the B&W is very nice and pure.

On the other hand I have been lately reading about LAB and Rutt pots and yourown.
I have bought the Margulis book (of course!... ) but I am already doing somethings better than before. The book is above the ocean now.

I do quite agree with the What is missing in the shot, for me, is the kind of dead-on composition that this shot really requires. The right side of the window is right at the edge of the frame...either give it a little room to breathe, or lose it. Also the tilt in the image is not enough to help, but is just enough to hurt and distract from the subject matter.

Anyway I am here now to thank you for the comments.:D
To you and to everybody else
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Only today I am joining the originals in color and the re-composed picture, this one now and the others in a few moments.
Is it better now ?

Antonio Correia

Skippy wrote:

I agree with David about your two shots, and I am sure they would look great done in colour .......were they shot in colour then changed to B&W ?
I'd like to see the colour versions of both shots Skippy (Australia)

Yes they were shot in color in RAW and converted to B&W in the RAW window in PS CS2.
Thank you

Antonio Correia

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