B&W …
or colour photography. Name your choice by leaving a comment.
Montsouris, Paris, July 2013
I'm a photographer and watercolourist. I have practiced photography since childhood and digital photography since 1995. I turned it into my main occupation in 2021. I own a photo studio in Paris, France.
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Je suis photographe et aquarelliste. Je pratique la photographie depuis l'enfance et la photographie numérique depuis 1995. J'en ai fait mon activité principale en 2021. Je possède un studio photo dans le 15e arrondissement de Paris
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Je suis photographe et aquarelliste. Je pratique la photographie depuis l'enfance et la photographie numérique depuis 1995. J'en ai fait mon activité principale en 2021. Je possède un studio photo dans le 15e arrondissement de Paris
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B&W, definitely. The color version appears washed out, hiding detail, but the b&w version brings out all of the intricate shadows and detail beautifully. Excellent photo!
Thank you so much. Maybe I did a poor job on the colour photography though, I could try and improve it quite easily.
Well, I guess I should have also mentioned that I adore B&W photography, but I also know that some photos just aren’t strong enough to pull it off. Your photo is. It’s beautiful as B&W.
That is very very kind of you. Thank you. I am now following your blog too. Let’s keep in touch and thanks for your kind feedback
this is so beautiful!
Thank you so much 🙂 This is indeed a heavenly part of town, a bit like the mews area around Craven Road in London if you see what I mean.
In the color version the clouds jump out, while in the BW it’s the cobbles. Interesting!
Thanks David. I will post two more today.
I prefer the b&w version. But this may be an example where selective colorisation of the blue sky on an otherwise b&w image might work well.
Thanks! would you do that with Photoshop? Would you require CS5+ or would a standard PSE do the job?
I only have lightroom but it is a function inside the Nik Silver efex plugin. You should be able to do it in PSE. Just google selective colorisation PSE and you should find something helpful.
Excellent! I’m a lightroom fiend too. I’ll check the Silver efex plugin. Thanks for the tip.
OK, I just learned something about selective colorisation in LR. I hope this helps:
Wow, this is absolutely brilliant! I love Gavin Howie’s video training sessions, they are just great. Thanks a million for the tip.
It works beautifully. I will soon post a picture using this technique. Thanks again for your help.