Black and white is so easy to do in the digital age that I wonder why I see so little of it.












These pictures were all taken by my daughter with a Nikon D90 (12 megapixels) and a Nikkor 18-200mm zoom lens.

I think it is great when it is done well by pros such as you Wink.

There is a lot of "trial and error" going on here before I get something I like (unlike a pro). But sometimes photographs that don't have any particular interest in terms of color do turn out well in black & white.

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Originally posted by Wink:
There is a lot of "trial and error" going on here before I get something I like (unlike a pro). But sometimes photographs that don't have any particular interest in terms of color do turn out well in black & white.

I've tried taking a few photos with the intent of turning them "black and white" and some just happened to look better when I removed color too. They need the right contrast to begin with. It's something I'm trying more and more.

Evan, most of the same "rules" apply to monochrome photography, don't over or underexpose, make the composition graphically interesting, etc. It's better explained by Alain Briot:

https://luminous-landscape.com/about-black-and-white/

But I get a lot of help from software (notably from the DxO film simulation modules in Dxo OpticsPro). Straight conversions usually seem dull in terms of contrast.

Thank you Wink!