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Photographer

Lotus Photography

Posts: 19253

Berkeley, California, US

so, is the picture black with white highlights, or white with black shadows...

Nov 28 06 03:51 pm Link

Photographer

J Welborn

Posts: 2552

Clarksville, Tennessee, US

Glass half full ???
Glass half empty ???
Is this a head game ? LOL

Nov 28 06 03:54 pm Link

Photographer

UnoMundo

Posts: 47532

Olympia, Washington, US

I would throw in  a Sepia shot to keep the Asians and Indian satisfied.

Nov 28 06 03:56 pm Link

Photographer

Lotus Photography

Posts: 19253

Berkeley, California, US

J. Welborn wrote:
Glass half full ???
Glass half empty ???
Is this a head game ? LOL

nope, it's not rhetorical either..

head is half full...

half empty

Nov 28 06 03:56 pm Link

Model

KM

Posts: 596

BRONX, New York, US

Is this a racial question?

Nov 28 06 05:09 pm Link

Photographer

Lotus Photography

Posts: 19253

Berkeley, California, US

Random Beauty wrote:
Is this a racial question?

it occured to me that an 8 page argument about backs and whites in photography could be looked at from another angle..

the angle being that shades of gray are important to black and white photography, so

yes and no..

Nov 28 06 05:14 pm Link

Photographer

Ray Cornett

Posts: 9207

Sacramento, California, US

imo, black and white photography needs no pure white in it to be black and white, it can be a mix of both creating grey,too.

Nov 28 06 05:18 pm Link

Photographer

REOO Arts

Posts: 135

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US

Black with white highlights. Why? Because if you never expose the film and just process it, you will end up with a black image. Right

Nov 28 06 05:19 pm Link

Model

Benny

Posts: 7318

Brooklyn, New York, US

lotusphoto wrote:
so, is the picture black with white highlights, or white with black shadows...

i do both smile

Nov 28 06 05:19 pm Link

Photographer

Veteres Vitri

Posts: 1994

MAYLENE, Alabama, US

what's in the glass.

i hope it's bourbon

Nov 28 06 05:23 pm Link

Model

Lelah G

Posts: 956

Inglewood, California, US

Random Beauty wrote:
Is this a racial question?

lotusphoto wrote:
it occured to me that an 8 page argument about backs and whites in photography could be looked at from another angle..

the angle being that shades of gray are important to black and white photography, so

yes and no..

I'm sure so many of us will be extremely happy when we lessen the amount of threads containing racial connotations.

Nov 28 06 05:47 pm Link

Model

KM

Posts: 596

BRONX, New York, US

So is the grey part bi-racial?

Nov 28 06 11:24 pm Link

Model

A BRITT PRO-AM

Posts: 7840

CARDIFF BY THE SEA, California, US

white of course
white, white! WHITE!

then the black bits are the shadow where you forgot to light the image
or didn't want to
they paint the shadows and the shapes
they do more work ... while the white bits just sit around looking
well, white!

then they are underpaid undervalued and have  a rich underground  culture for a while until its grabbed by the media and explioted

if they didnt work just right the whole thing would just be plain boring featurless and white - like a blank Kodak paper

the grey is everything
greys are the new race!!

(does this mean Aliens... are they breeding again??)

Nov 29 06 03:41 am Link