Magnificent Black and White Photos...Boston Rally 2017

[sheshe2]

They will take your breath away. It is as simple as Black and White. The stark reality has never been more clear.


























This.

[NastyRiffraff]

1. Those are beautiful!

I love B&W photography. Whoever took them was a great photographer.

[sheshe2]

5. I love B&W

I have dabbled in photography and always edited my photos to black and white or sepia. I find that color distracts from the scene in front of you. B&W draws your eye into the story that is unfolding.

Thanks NR.

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

25. Same here, although I've read that photos that are natively black and white

are different than editing our color photos to black and white. I get the general concept, though the details are a bit technical for my understanding.

Anyway, excellent photos from Boston. Thanks for sharing.

[Ms. Toad]

29. You have a great deal more control over the mood

When you shoot in color then convert based on which causes colors you use to filter the conversion, and you have the original full spectrum shots, so you can keep converting until you get it right. When you shoot in black and white you've said already given up the additional information.

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

30. Thanks for the reply. I read and thought more about this after posting.

It seems I was misremembering or misinterpreting the idea of, Better to shoot in black & white for a final B&W image.

I think the idea is that while any particular color image can be converted to a wide range of B&W images, shooting in B&W will lead the photographer to specific choices, particularly related to composition and light, choices which won't be available after the shot is taken.

However, the author of this piece on the subject suggests that if one learns to "see in B&W," a shot can be optimised for a B&W outcome even when shooting in color.
https://www.slrlounge.com/black-white-camera-post/

I also found this article about why one would bother making B&W images at all, which I found very interesting. https://fstoppers.com/education/why-its-still-important-shoot-black-and-white-48141

I only have a failing point & shoot and my failed phone camera just now, so I'm lucky to get any shots that are even half decent, so I won't do much with this info now. But maybe in the future. So, thanks again for your response!

[Ms. Toad]

31. My basic philosophy is that the taboo on post-processing in an electronic lab

is snobbery.

I've done extensive photography, and personally processed the photographs in both a physical and an electronic darkroom.

When B&W and the physical darkroom was popular, you made choices at a different stage. You chose and shot through filters to create the B&W mood you wanted. You added softening, sharpening, darkening, gamma correction, etc. during the physical darkroom process.

All the electronic processing does is shift when you make those choices. You capture full data - and decide what to discard in the darkroom.

There is a qualitative difference between film photography and digital photography - but I don't see a qualitative difference based on when you make your creative choices. (Making them during post-processing makes it easier to get just the image you want, because you have control over the tweaking - without having to sacrifice data before you enter the darkroom (whether electronic or physical).)

(I'm not addressing photo manipulation - such as photo restoration. That's more art than photography, and isn't the same thing as shifting the same kind of creative choices all photographers make. I do both, but I'm clear about when I'm manipulating a photo to alter reality v. when I'm post-processing (either darkroom) to evince the mood I want from my photograph.

[NurseJackie]

2. Wow!

❤️👍

[mcar]

3. That crowd!

I love me some Boston!

[a kennedy]

4. Only way to show what this nazi, white supremacist, shit is all about.

What fantastic photos.

[sheshe2]

6. Thanks, a kennedy.

They are amazing.

[FailureToCommunicate]

7. Great shots. Any idea whom to credit for them?

[sheshe2]

11. I found it on Yahoo...

Thought I posted the link and now can't find where it was.

[weissmam]

8. make racisits afraid again is awesome

[uponit7771]

9. Powerful

[yuiyoshida]

10. Subarashi shasin

Honto ni!

[bucolic_frolic]

12. Wonderful photos

You can just feel that ordinary Americans are blistering peeved!

[KT2000]

13. the woman at the window

and her phone is really touching, as are all the photos, but her smile says a lot.
Also, it was good to see the minister/priest taking part.

[bdamomma]

14. what great pictures

B&W pictures have a more powerful look huh???

[Lifelong Protester]

15. Thank you so much!!

I love B & W photography.

[spanone]

16. K&R...

[DesertRat]

17. Wow! Thank you for posting these

[brer cat]

18. Powerful images.

They give me hope, sheshe.

[longship]

19. Astounding photos!

The size of that crowd is itself astounding.


R&

[mrsadm]

20. Incredible photos!

Thanks for posting! I like that there are so MANY young people there!

[Gothmog]

21. Great pictures

[iluvtennis]

22. Nice - thanks.

[ismnotwasm]

23. K&R

[BlancheSplanchnik]

24. Wow, like the good old silver halide days!

Beautiful and powerful.❤️

[MontanaMama]

26. Beautiful.

Made my day. Thank you.

[treestar]

27. Nice ones!

I like the t-shirt with the names.

[heaven05]

28. much love

exhibited in these photos. This 'little' resistor holding the flower is precious and beautiful.