Digital BW, The Print

On 26 Sep 2004 at 15:14, weareallsosmall wrote:

> Since I got out of undergrad I've been shooting color film instead of
> my favored Tmax 100, mostly because its cheaper to get color processed
> by a lab, but I also like the fact that I can simulate using filters
> (something I never bothered with while shooting B&W).  
> 
> Funny thing is I have the hardest time giving up the color image now.
> I've never really been into color photography, nor have I ever been
> any good at it ( I believe I got C's in my color classes).  Must be
> something psychological-- my roommate is having the same delima.

I think it depends, a color image and a B&W image, require a different way of 
thinking, with B&W the idea is tonality, shadows, light patterns, without regard to 
whether something is red or green, but it will end up grey anyway.  Colour is mostly 
dependant on colours, your less worried about the shade of a shadow, but the colour 
of the shade in the shadow.  This means an image intended to be B&W, might look 
awful in colour, but looks better when the colour is removed.

This is why colorized movies often look awful, and many people prefer the original 
B&W version. 

W