Hi all, I just learned photography not long ago. I would like to ask, what makes a black and white photo appealing and mysterious? What do you think of my shots here? Any inputs from you would be very much appreciated.
I thought I would try out my 50 year old lenses: Canon FD 50mm f/1.5 SSC and Canon FD 28mm f/2.8 on my Canon R5 with the use of the appropriate adapter.
These photos were taken just outside of a small town in central Portugal.
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For me it is energy.
Colour shows the surface beauty of a subject, while black and white shows the energy.
Hi Donny,
I'm also new to photography, and I continually find myself drawn to black & whites. Our brains are hardwired to interpret colors in a way that impacts our mood and feelings. While color sometimes plays nicely with a scene (especially if color theory is used), I often find that it detracts from what I consider to be the most important element of a photograph - context.
Monochrome strips away the emotional associations that we make when seeing color, and instead we are forced to view the subject matter of a photograph in more detail. That's not to say B&W photographs are devoid of emotion; I often find it quite the opposite. Whether it's a scene of refugees from war-torn Syria, a stunning landscape vista, or a monolithic skyscraper, a black and white photo will allow me to perceive the contextual emotion of the detail, rather than the associative emotion of color.
I love your photographs by the way.
I asked the same question before: https://www.dpreview.com/forums/thread/4227712
Well, I feel like there something more that I can see in B&W, rather in color.