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I find this mentality rather odd if I'm being honest. You don't convert ANY digital photos to B&W?
Do you simply not like B&W, or do you think that because it's a digital image it shouldn't be B&W?
I have made a few B&Ws, but normally not because I am not good enough to make a good black and white photo.
I like B&W but simply turning a digital colour photo into a Black and White doesn't make it interesting. Too many people take a failed photo and make it black and white.
Using a B&W film camera will force you to think of the photo in B&W terms rather than a quick convert in LR like too many people do.
Besides which, black and white film exceeds a digital sensor. If B&W is your passion then buy a film camera.
To my mind the only time when the amount PP becomes any sort of relevant debating point is in the application of sharpness to an image. You could argue that in terms of comparing one lens/body system to another in terms of what it is capable of you perhaps should add no additional sharpening. You will often see comments like "Wow, that is sharp!" which may suggest the viewer is thinking the kit used must be better than that similar photo that other bloke took the other day, who didn't happen to crop and sharpen the pic. What I'm saying is is that making comments on how sharp an image looks is pretty pointless if the poster hasn't said how much it is cropped and sharpened.
Fair enough, can't say I agree though.
Photography is of course all about opinion though
A good photographer should not need PP, as he will try to get it right when he took it. Im a Purist!
That's quite ironic given your username
And I disagree with your statement.
A good photographer should not need PP, as he will try to get it right when he took it. Im a Purist!
Yep but im not a good photographer so I "cheat" and use PP.
But my philosophy is that which I state above and stick by it.
I would very much like to know who you consider to be good photographers?
I don't know any but there must have been great photographers before the dawn of Adobe Photoshop. Just look at the great pics from the World Wars...
Is Chase Jarvis a good photographer?