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Gemini Cricket

08-01-2007, 08:06 AM

I saw this picture on BBC News this morning. It blew me away. B/W photography does that to me sometimes. Powerful.

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b268/braddoc310/WIH.jpg

Sub la Goon

08-01-2007, 08:07 AM

So THAT'S where that came from...

CoasterMatt

08-01-2007, 08:19 AM

They got really mad when I wrote that on my hat at work...

Snowflake

08-01-2007, 08:40 AM

An awesome photo, leaves you breathless, at least it did me.

CoasterMatt

08-01-2007, 08:43 AM

I don't know why this is in Daily Grind, it's a beautiful photo.

katiesue

08-01-2007, 09:27 AM

Why does it seem that black and white photos capture more emotion than color ones?

Brigitte

08-01-2007, 09:45 AM

You're not distracted by all the colors around the subject. I took b/w photography in college and loved it. I take some with my digital camera now, but not nearly as much as I should.

alphabassettgrrl

08-01-2007, 01:23 PM

Also with black-n-white I think you have to pay a little more attention to how you compose the frame than with color.

That is definitely an amazing picture. I love how he's looking directly into the camera.

Gemini Cricket

08-01-2007, 02:47 PM

I guess I put it in Daily Grind because of what his helmet said and then I figured it may go into a political discussion. But, I guess it could have been put in the Lounge.

I love b/w photography. I should take more pictures. One of my goals is to save up to buy a digital camera. I've never owned one and would like to.

What gets me about this picture is that he's really young but seems wise for his age. Like he grew up a lot while serving in the military. Really cool. His eyes are really clear, too.

I guess that's why I like b/w movies a lot too, you're forced to concentrate on the dialog and faces. It's wonderful.

Alex

08-01-2007, 02:58 PM

For me, I think part of the reason that black and white automatically feels more artistic to me is that it inherently removes the interpretation of a photograph as simply a window catching a moment. The reality has been interpreted in some way, even if it is as minimal as translating color to grayscale. And with that front and center it keeps in your mind that a photograph has an intent, a structure. That the person behind the camera is approximately as important as what was in front of it.

katiesue

08-01-2007, 03:15 PM

Visable Alex mojo - well put!