Black & Whites vs Color
12-19-18 | 08:46 AM
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Black & Whites vs Color
Just playing around with pictures and I thought this was interesting. What does your bike look like in black and white compared to full color, here is my celeste in color and a b&w.
Lets see your grey tones.
Lets see your grey tones.
12-19-18 | 10:08 AM
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I like the idea behind this thread. Ill have to get busy.
I know Celeste is the color to have on any Bianchi, but I have to say your Bianchi looks killer in B&W.
I know Celeste is the color to have on any Bianchi, but I have to say your Bianchi looks killer in B&W.
12-19-18 | 12:23 PM
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Great idea for a thread, here's my contribution...
It's important to note that black and white, coming as it does originally from color, can vary dramatically depending upon how you filter each color in the translation. The pink tubing typically would be a much lighter value in a neutral conversion. Instead, I filtered toward an infrared bias and really like the dramatically darkened frame.
It's important to note that black and white, coming as it does originally from color, can vary dramatically depending upon how you filter each color in the translation. The pink tubing typically would be a much lighter value in a neutral conversion. Instead, I filtered toward an infrared bias and really like the dramatically darkened frame.
12-19-18 | 02:08 PM
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12-19-18 | 02:55 PM
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12-19-18 | 03:02 PM
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Works for the tandem:
12-19-18 | 04:19 PM
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t's important to note that black and white, coming as it does originally from color, can vary dramatically depending upon how you filter each color in the translation. The pink tubing typically would be a much lighter value in a neutral conversion. Instead, I filtered toward an infrared bias and really like the dramatically darkened frame.
12-19-18 | 05:56 PM
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I like these, as an old photographer, with a wet darkroom, I just love the new photography . Photo shop, convert to gray scale, adjust, control+P, done. KB
12-19-18 | 06:05 PM
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Picked up a used Pentax DSLR last year and this is one feature I have played with. Just like film, a B&W photo really needs to be composed and exposed for that purpose. I learned from taking images in color for color they don't always translate nicely to B&W.
12-19-18 | 06:36 PM
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I did a couple of mine real quick.
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12-19-18 | 08:31 PM
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removes the colors from our sight
red is gray and yellow white
but we decide which is real, and which.......is an illusion."
just as true today as 50 years ago.
removes the colors from our sight
red is gray and yellow white
but we decide which is real, and which.......is an illusion."
just as true today as 50 years ago.
12-19-18 | 08:43 PM
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12-19-18 | 09:01 PM
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Here's my Legnano in black and white, 1964.
Black and white, 2018.
Color, 2018
Black and white, 2018.
Color, 2018
12-19-18 | 09:20 PM
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Nice thread, here's a couple more.
12-20-18 | 07:52 AM
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Great idea for a thread, here's my contribution...
It's important to note that black and white, coming as it does originally from color, can vary dramatically depending upon how you filter each color in the translation. The pink tubing typically would be a much lighter value in a neutral conversion. Instead, I filtered toward an infrared bias and really like the dramatically darkened frame.
It's important to note that black and white, coming as it does originally from color, can vary dramatically depending upon how you filter each color in the translation. The pink tubing typically would be a much lighter value in a neutral conversion. Instead, I filtered toward an infrared bias and really like the dramatically darkened frame.
12-20-18 | 08:05 AM
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12-20-18 | 08:22 AM
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