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 The beauty of HC B&W images.

Colour and 'normal' black and white photography is fun. In fact I grew up at a time when b&w was the predominent format and I processed many images in the darkroom of my employer.

Of course with the Instamatic Photography, colour became dominent, even that at those time a single print could cost as much as 1.30 Deutschmark. This would equate to about DM 10.00 per print, based on purchasinge power.

So in Australia, that would be about 10 Dollars, depending on the exchange rate applied.

Not a cheap hobby, then. 

However over the next 5 years the price of prints reduced to as little as 0.3 DMK and even less further on.

B&W became the choice only for serious amateurs and professionals, often acrchitectual photographers. In the mean time millions of colour images are uploaded to social media every day. So a B&W image and even a HC B&W image can have a real attention grabbing effect and appeal.

Nowadays most digital cameras have a b&w setting and some even feature High Contrast B&W.

HC B&W images always have deep shadows with little or no details. Set against the white lines, these images really 'jump' out. If you have an imaging editing software, you can also try to convert colour images. These work best, if they have already a higher contrast, so shot at midday or night. While images with lower contrast or shot during rainy and overcast days may not 'feel' right once converted.

In any case it is a great exercise to try it out.

In some softwares you have a 'filter' setting, like high contrast red. This is similar than shooting with a dark red filter on your camera. Blue sky gets almost black, as does green. You get a very high contrast. 

Of course you can also by a red filter for your camera. But do not e surprised if you image in saved in RAW or DNG, still comes in full colour. If you want to save the filter effect you need to set the camera to save in JPG.

Here are some examples of HC B&W. All images are copyright Norbert Schmiedeberg/ ncas_48Photography.

 

Helsinki in winter. Converted from colour. Added a slight blue tint to the render.

Makuhara, Tokyo, Japan. Walkway in midday sun.

Sydney during covid lock down.

Tokyo, National Art Gallery

New Zealand on the way to Mount Arthur.

Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan

 

Sydney CBD

Takayama, Japan

Fern leaves in my backyard

Grass on the roadside. Image in colour and converted to HC B&W.

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