B&W vs Color / Steam Engines

[WackyRoger]

Gumnut wrote:

for me
i am not keen on either version of the first one, the train doesnt seem to stand out enough
in the second i prefer the colour version the b/w again doesnt stand out enough
in the third i prefer the b/w it is a really big bold train and i like all the shapes and shadows

just to confuse things more lol

oddly enough people use to hand colour b/w photos
now we have colour and we turn them to b/w

I remember reading how people colored photos years ago. Thanks for the reminder.


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[Hayward]

WackyRoger wrote:

I remember reading how people colored photos years ago. Thanks for the reminder.


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And at that it was only two tone (usually blue and red) as three color was far two much work, still giving a slightly colored sepia effect..... where the brownish green came from. (The print sepia toned to beging with)

[julianne]

i love them all so no help here. but i think i prefer the B&W

btw my son loves this series so much every time he sees me on this forum he want to see the trains . he like the colours better ( but then he is 3 so not sure if i would take his advice)

[Monza76]

As well as the period look, I also find that b&w brings out the detail in the complex mechanical parts of the engines. I suppose it is because b&w takes away all of the distractions of the colours and leaves us focused on the textures.

Great shots by the way.

Ira

[WackyRoger]

Hayward wrote:

WackyRoger wrote:

And at that it was only two tone (usually blue and red) as three color was far two much work, still giving a slightly colored sepia effect..... where the brownish green came from. (The print sepia toned to beging with)

Hayward, thanks for the information I am going to have to google this process so I can see a few examples. Thanks again.


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[umenon]

Very interesting captures ... but I think you went a little overboard with the sharpening.

Would love to see it in its original version. To that point - pictures from the old era never looked tack sharp.

/\/\ax

[WackyRoger]

umenon wrote:

Very interesting captures ... but I think you went a little overboard with the sharpening.

Would love to see it in its original version. To that point - pictures from the old era never looked tack sharp.

//ax

umenon thanks for commenting and for taking the time to look.


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