B+W series... too much contrast?

myopia · Dec 9, 2006

sorry about the subpar scans, only way i can get these up at the moment. keep the image small.

comments please, rip it up

i think i failed to save the last photo by pumping the contrast after scanning

fmw · Dec 9, 2006

They are too contrasty for my taste. The last one of the wooden building might work with that much contrast. My guess is the film was overdeveloped.

mysteryscribe · Dec 9, 2006

a little too harsh for me as well///

LaFoto · Dec 10, 2006

I quite like this harsh contrast in the first and would like this first one if it weren't for the full ashtray ... full ashtrays AS SUCH are a damper on things for me, in photos as well as in life. That's why... but if you had played with THIS contrast and only the wine glasses and their shadows, leaving out all the other clutter, it would have been really good. For the light you had for that one and the fact that the background to the wine glasses shows all black works well here!

Alex_B · Dec 10, 2006

2 and 3 are really spoiled by the contrast. But in 1 and 4 it really works in my opinion... with the effect ion one really being nice

I agree with Corinna though, that the filled ashtray ruins it ... at least for me personally. To me a filled ashtray instantly means bad air, the taste of cold smoke, coughing. So it is ver different from an unfinished plate of food or whatever. But that is just my personal psychology

Torus34 · Dec 10, 2006

B + W is a filter manufacturer. B&W is a type of photograph.

Alex_B · Dec 10, 2006

Torus34 said:
B + W is a filter manufacturer. B&W is a type of photograph.

:lmao:

BTW I like B + W, not just for B&W

Michael Humle · Dec 10, 2006

I think high contrast in the first image was neccessary...to my eye, anything less would have taken the punch out of the image!

ladyphotog · Dec 10, 2006

The first one is nice and needs the extra contrast, the others you are losing the tonal range because of the high contrast. I usually bump up contrast but it is a fine line that you have to walk before you lose all your range.

emogirl · Dec 12, 2006

the first one...the contrast is superb...gets rid of the background and really shows the scene...#2, #2, definitely too constrasty...#4, kind of works for me too!