Assuming a spectral sensitivity over the same colour range as for colour
neg/slide film, for a black and white film.
I don't see that there should be any great difference in the result
from a converted or from an unfiltered shot-in-BW image.
Fact is, most of the "intentional" BW shots have been taken with some
kind of filter to change the tonal range or contrast right from the outset.
I see the conversion from a well exposed/true coloured neg or slide as a
more "honest" basis for BW.
Douglas
Tina Manley wrote:
At 11:53 PM 10/11/2005, you wrote:
Tina,
I think I have to favor the color. I don't think the pictures have the tonalities, form, structure to do as converted b&w; particularly the b&w that I've seen you do in the past.
These were just converted by dragging a folder of jpegs to a droplet. I still have the RAW that I haven't even looked at yet, much less tried to process.
I think there's a different way of seeing and constructing a picture in b&w than there is in color.
I've heard this but I don't agree. I don't think there's any difference in seeing a scene in color and photographing it in black and white and seeing a photo in color and converting it to black and white. I'm not thinking as I take the photo, "Well, I've got black and white film in here so I'll photograph this scene this way". I'm only looking at the people and trying to capture an emotion. I don't usually pay any attention to the technical details as I'm taking the photo - only to see that I've got enough light to hold the camera steady.
Thanks, Carl.
Tina
Tina Manley, ASMP http://www.tinamanley.com
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