Posforth Gill

Keith Haithwaite

Keith Haithwaite

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These are the before and after versions bearing in mind Toby's comment on the mono version. I don't keep detailed notes about processing so as this post doesn't quite meet the requirements of the section I trust the mods will delete it in due course. :)

Posforth_Gill_B&W.jpg Posforth_Gill_1000_IMG_1597.jpg
 
OK, I'm in a minority on this one .......

....to me the colours in the colour version are too saturated.

I am prepared to accept that it is me because at the local photo club images with this saturation of colours get good comments from judges. But they just don't work for me:(
 
Thanks Steven & Chris

Elines said:
OK, I'm in a minority on this one .......

....to me the colours in the colour version are too saturated.

I am prepared to accept that it is me because at the local photo club images with this saturation of colours get good comments from judges. But they just don't work for me:(
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Chris, I made my photographic philosophy clear in the last entry in a post in the previous forum (https://bthedigitalmonochromeforum.runboard.com/t202487 in case you didn't see it) and I certainly don't expect everyone to agree with or like what I do, so don't beat yourself up over this, you are as much entitled to your opinion as everyone else is to theirs and it is just as important to me. :)
 
Keith, thanks for commenting.

I know you will take critical comments in a constructive frame of mind, and I do the same. But I still try to frame my comments in a way that makes clear that I realise that my views are my subjective opinion.

Allegedly about 70% of communication is non-verbal (tone of voice, gestures, facial expression etc) and all of these are missing in forum posts (and e- mails etc) so I try to take care to phrase things in a way that can't be taken the wrong way.

I think we have a good tone in the forum and I'd hate to do anything that affected that adversely, especially when there are a lot of new year people joining.
 
Keith, with your permission I would like to download the colour version and apply an adjustment is some software that I use. It is purely to see the effect and NOT an attempt to improve an excellent image. If it works I will post it back here to show you.
 
I thought this was very interesting, Keith, and I've been scratching my head to know why. Maybe it's this... normally when I see colour and black and white versions of the same image, the colour comes first (as it usually does in the digital world). I often feel the mono version is a bit flat. In my own practice I don't have this problem, as all my mono is on black and white film, so (other than in reality at the moment of clicking the shutter), I don't ever see it in colour. This is the first time I can remember that I've looked at an image several times, and THEN seen it in colour. It's quite a shock. It looks all wrong! I very much prefer the mono version... but I think it comes from me and has nothing to do with the merits of either image.
 
Chris, I often go back and look at images from as recent as a couple of months ago and sometimes find one that looks 'odd', so I've come to the conclusion that my 'translation' of a shot into a finished picture can be influenced by my mood on the day I edit it so now I just shrug and close the file - unless I have to re-edit for a specific purpose.
 
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