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<blockquote data-quote="Browncoat" data-source="post: 24374" data-attributes="member: 1061"><p>I couldn't disagree more. People generally like flowers because they're "pretty". While "pretty" is subjective, much the same as someone's interpretation of art, I think you'd be hard pressed to find someone who didn't like flowers because they believed them to be ugly. </p><p></p><p>Pretty is a synonym for beautiful, and describes something that is pleasing to the eye. One considers shape, lines, form, function, color, and composition...all elements of any good photograph. Even in removing color, the other elements still remain, but become even more important. We tend to favor B&W in some photos because they are more raw. The removal of color allows us to see past external beauty and look deeper.</p><p></p><p></p><p> </p><p>Yes, well done!</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Expanding on the above...It can be difficult to work with B&W. Noted photographer <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Outerbridge" target="_blank">Paul Outerbridge</a> once said: <em>"</em><em>in black and white you suggest; in color you state. Much can be implied by suggestion, but statement demands certainty… absolute certainty.” </em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em></em>With B&W, you have to focus more on the composition itself. Color has a lot of visual impact, and you must train yourself to seek out what exactly is interesting about your subject and focus on it. You have to make it obvious to the viewer. In the case of flowers, you are removing their most powerful attribute: their striking color. You must find what else dials up the drama.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Browncoat, post: 24374, member: 1061"] I couldn't disagree more. People generally like flowers because they're "pretty". While "pretty" is subjective, much the same as someone's interpretation of art, I think you'd be hard pressed to find someone who didn't like flowers because they believed them to be ugly. Pretty is a synonym for beautiful, and describes something that is pleasing to the eye. One considers shape, lines, form, function, color, and composition...all elements of any good photograph. Even in removing color, the other elements still remain, but become even more important. We tend to favor B&W in some photos because they are more raw. The removal of color allows us to see past external beauty and look deeper. Yes, well done! Expanding on the above...It can be difficult to work with B&W. Noted photographer [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Outerbridge"]Paul Outerbridge[/URL] once said: [I]"[/I][I]in black and white you suggest; in color you state. Much can be implied by suggestion, but statement demands certainty… absolute certainty.” [/I]With B&W, you have to focus more on the composition itself. Color has a lot of visual impact, and you must train yourself to seek out what exactly is interesting about your subject and focus on it. You have to make it obvious to the viewer. In the case of flowers, you are removing their most powerful attribute: their striking color. You must find what else dials up the drama. [/QUOTE]
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