Vancouver at Night
Hey, I'm still new at this. One thing I'm discovering is that sometimes I take a picture that looks good when I view the thumbnail, but when I view it full screen, I find it rather underwhelming. This was one of those. I'm learning, however, to manipulate the photo to see if I can improve the effectiveness of the photo. This image was boring when in colour, but when I changed it to black and white, I found it had a greater impact. What do you think?
posted by Bethany at 10:36 AM
17 Comments:
I have found that often...that a ho-hum image in color really takes on a different quality in B&W. I like this.
I like the B&W.
The same thing happens to me quite often. I am also "learning" how to better us the LCD screen on the camera.
I do wonder what your EXIF data was. I wonder if using a lower ISO and a longer shutter speed would have improved the shot. It seems a bit "noisy", unless of course that was the goal. I suppose it could also be a result of the post processing. Grain, or Noise, gives shots different feel and I have been know to "add" it to some of my photos.
black and white photos have a mystique about it. It almost doesn't matter what the image is there is something about it that when in black and white brings out some sort of mystry and sometimes even grace to it.
We've become accustom to colour and so black and white brings out the thoughts of our imagination to see more than just colour, but to see something different and special.
My first experience with picture taking was all in black and white. Being a kid at the time, that's all there was and colour was quite new and expensive. Opps - sorry - I just aged myself.
Black and white has always been the choice of mystry and fun. I have seen some great black and white photos and some crappy ones as well.
It's all in how you approach the shot to be taken, work at the best way to portray your shot, and then take the picture. After that, the fun is in developing something that is creative and awesome. Han in there for sure.
Take care
hey thats great tim - I love that your making so much progress so quickly - hope you've still got - getting the bug!
Look forward to next post
Its not bad, do a few more try lots of different settings, looks good in b&w!
Laurie asked about my EXIF data. I don't know what that is, but perhaps it refers to the settings on my camera at the time of taking this photograph?
I try not to ever use anything over ISO 50. Anything higher introduces noise (I have a somewhat cheap camera, about $400). I can't remember what my shutter speed etc. was, but I do know that I was tending to overexpose, as that was my first experience with night photography.
I did, in fact, add a small percentage of noise in order to enhance the b&W effect.
great B&W - love the relflection on the water!
i like it!! i´m a total rooky too so i think this is a really great pic!
It is a very nice b&w!
It's really nice! Like all the night lights and the reflections in the water!
It turned out very nice in B&W...I have put life into many so-so photos by stripping the colour out. It creates lines, shadows and contrast that colour takes away from. Nice job!
very nice. the reflection is gorgeous.
Beautiful night picture, b&w really works as I hate the orange tinge of big city skies at night.
You are right -- this is really good in b&w. Good work! B&W is more demanding than color, but here it makes the picture.
The B&W did add a dramatic effect to the photo, but you might want to try a aperture value that is lower next time. That will require longer shutter times, but the windows will come out more defined and will look less like blobs of white.
B & W does well with this.
Great perspective! The black and white works well for this. When I saw the photo, I knew I had to stop and comment. I love black and white scenes like this.
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