Black & White (photo inside)
@ValeriyasSegal (7)
Petah Tiqva, Israel
September 5, 2015 6:55am CST
Black and white photography is a hard thing to do, you don't have many colors that you can play with, only with light and darkness, I think that monochrome photographs has more expression and more powerful.
Sadly I don't make it that much, I learned to love all colors and what to experience them all.
I think my most powerful photo in B&W is this one with an ape in a zoo, just look at her... the expressions are so humane, makes you understand that humanity didn't go so far from that.
The pondering boredom... while other apes were playing or doing something, this female ape just were sitting there and maybe thinking about something deep just hers to understand.
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4 responses
@owstalaga (4707)
• Philippines
5 Sep 15
Nice photo! I did black and white photography in college and it was a lot of fun even if it's challenging. 
My favorite was a contrasting photo of a jar and it's background. Don't have it lying around but I would love to share it too when I can. 
My favorite was a contrasting photo of a jar and it's background. Don't have it lying around but I would love to share it too when I can. 
@ValeriyasSegal (7)
• Petah Tiqva, Israel
5 Sep 15
@Gina145 Yes when you can play with channels is also a nice way to get a good B&W photograph
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@TexanTornado (5573)
• United States
5 Sep 15
Nice photo. Me personally I prefer black and white photos, I think they classier and make more of an impact in a weird kind of way. I don't know how many colored photos I have taking and made them into black and whites.
@ValeriyasSegal (7)
• Petah Tiqva, Israel
5 Sep 15
I don't know what I prefer most, but indeed there is some special i,pact on pictures when they're in b&w
@owlwings (43910)
• Cambridge, England
5 Sep 15
A very good study and an excellent subject for black and white. In fact, it has more 'punch' in black and white than it would in colour.
@WanderPhotog (143)
• United States
8 Mar 17
What a beautiful portrait, Valeriya!
I, too, love black & white photography - one of my idols is Ansel Adams. It takes a lot of skill to produce a great black & white image since you don't have spectacular colors to carry the composition.
