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| Tern dive |
I now only take monochrome images, or rather I only show monochrome. All the colour images have gone from the website mainprize.net. I will still be taking colour photographs but they will be developed into monochromes. I will also take personal photos of the family in colour, but I even prefer those in monochrome, but most of the family don't.
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| Scarborough Spa I |
So why monochrome? It is difficult to say other than the clarity of the images appeals to me. The image is broken down into it's constituent parts and I think my mind can concentrate on the main theme in monochrome, whereas the colour seems to distract me. This is why I preferred pastel colours to the usual bright 'in your face' colour that seems to be all the rage. Certainly when one looks at the most popular images on Flickr and Photo.net it is.
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| York Minster II |
There is a lot written by many more erudite and knowledgable than me, but in my opinion all that matters is whether you find your image aesthetically pleasing. I find monochrome more aesthetically pleasing and most of the images that others have taken that I wish I had taken happen to be monochromes.
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| The Bay IV |
So there it is. I am not going to rationalise why anymore. As the sky is full of variable cloud I am going out to take some photos.
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