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The second set of examples pretty much have to be in colour, OTOH, as the colours do a lot of heavy lifting in conveying the story #montreal #photos #photography 3/6

The autumn colours in the park look neatly divided into three groups. A woman stands in the distance between the trees

A very chonky cat stands outside a store in Montréal

A green chair has been left to rot under a bridge in Montréal

The sun sets behind a birthday party in Parc Jarry. People are having fun among the trees

Baldur Bjarnason

@baldur@toot.cafe replied · 2 days ago

The first example has to be in black and white, because the whole point of the colouring of many animals is to break up the shape and make them a bit harder to spot. A few of the photos I’ve been posting lately have been in black and white for similar reasons #montreal #photos #photography 2/6

A black and white photo of a duck behind some reeds. The shape of the duck is clear despite being broken up by the reeds.

Baldur Bjarnason

@baldur@toot.cafe replied · 2 days ago

The second set of examples pretty much have to be in colour, OTOH, as the colours do a lot of heavy lifting in conveying the story #montreal #photos #photography 3/6

Baldur Bjarnason

@baldur@toot.cafe replied · 2 days ago

In this case, I strongly prefer the monochrome version and found initial the colour versions using any of Fuji’s profiles to be substantially worse. So, I sat down and did a bit of thinking and came up with the approach I used in the third version. #montreal #photos #photography 4/6

A second colour version where the blue has been toned down.

A colour version of the same. The yellow autumn colours and the reflected blue colours clash.

A black and white photograph of a group of people talking in the rain under umbrellas. Looks like a still from a film noir movie.

Baldur Bjarnason

@baldur@toot.cafe replied · 2 days ago

I had a similar problem with this winter scene from Parc Jarry. I LOVED the black and white version, personally, but most people I tested it on preferred the colour version, which I didn’t like. So I came up with a third version that accomplished much of the same as the black and white, but in colour. #montreal #photos #photography 5/6

That same photo in colour except with the blue toned down.

That same photo of the family except in colour. The sunset is bright yellow. The shadows are bright blue. The shapes in the picture are less distinct

A family looks out on the sun setting over a frozen pond in the park. It is in black and white which makes the shadows and shapes obvious

Anca

@anca@mastodon.xyz replied · 2 days ago

@baldur Thank you for sharing your process for these. It's neat to see them side by side and consider the implication of removing the blue from the scenes while keeping the contrast. It makes everything seem much colder.

Gueule d'atmosphère

@gueuledatmosphere@mastodon.green replied · 2 days ago

@baldur
One thing I came across and found distracting in some of my photos with low sun angle, is the difference in color temperature between the shaded and lit parts. Your processed colour image takes care of that aspect.

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