"...black and white is more."

[BrighamBB]

"Color is everything, black and white is more." Dominic Rouse

I believe black and white often shows detail and structure and texture that can be hidden in even the best color photo. 

EOS R5, RF24-105mm F4-7.1 IS STM, length 52mm, speed 1/200, aperture f/8.0, ISO 500.

[shadowsports]

Good Morning Sir.  

[BrighamBB]

And to you!  Hope all is well.

[Tintype_18]

I agree. B& photography seems to be neglected these days.

[LeeP]

In the film world, black and white is very popular.

When the RE1 comes out, I plan to convert my R100 to monochrome.

[SignifDigits · Accepted solution]

I am having fun printing out some photos and putting them on the wall.  I thought I would prefer this one better in monochrome but really couldn't make up my mind.  In the end I decided to put them in the same frame and see which one people prefer.  I agree that B&W seems underappreciated.  I notice somtimes it's been used more in some movies - Oppenheimer used it to good effect, I think.

[LeeP · Accepted solution]

I love black and white, but I don't have the patience to buy something like a Pentax K3 III Monochrome that is (1) overpriced for what it is, but (2) hobbled so that it can't "see" color. I also roll my eyes at those who get into their I-know-more-than-thou mode about the esoteric theoretical advantages of a monochrome sensor. I'm sure their esoterica is theoretically a "thing", but I just do not see neither the advantage nor the utility of a dedicated monochrome camera. A client will not be able to tell the difference between a color film image flipped to black and white, a black and white film image, a color digital flipped to back and white, a color digital in monochrome mode, or a dedicated monochrome camera. A client will not be able to see the theoretical advantage so why waste over $2K on a niche camera? I've won in competitions with color images flipped to black and white digitally. Given that reality, on my Canons, I shoot color and play with flipping to monochrome. With my film Pentaxes and Nikons I shoot a variety of emulsions.

[BrighamBB]

Lee, I couldn't agree more on the choice to shoot color and then examine the monochrome processes available in production. With the growing variety of lightroom presets, as well as my own favorites, it gives us as photographers so much freedom to focus on composition in the viewfinder confident that multiple images worthy of our efforts available. 

[BrighamBB]

I really like what you did here with to find the ripples on the water that captured the trees' reflection in a manner fitting of various monochrome and color processes.  I loves this kind of experimentation. Great minds...

[SignifDigits]

I wish I could take credit for having a great photographic mind, but, alas, I cannot.  I have decent intuition - sometimes.  I knew something interesting was going on in front of me but not exactly what.  When I got back I saw all the starbursts and the tree reflections that had attracted me without my being fully aware of what I needed/wanted to capture.  When I got the picture to processing THEN I "saw it".  Kudos to those that are gifted with "the eye" - I am still working to develop "the eye".  Folks here say learning is possible for some 🙂