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awoke_in_2003

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39. B&W is much more difficult

Reply to Maru Kitteh (Reply #25)

Tue Oct 4, 2016, 09:36 PM

Oct 2016

Last edited Tue Oct 4, 2016, 10:06 PM - Edit history (1)

Color can help mask poor framing.

On edit: the word I was looking for was "composition" not "framing".

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Truth. BlancheSplanchnik Oct 2016 #47

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That jumped out at me, too. brer cat Oct 2016 #4

She does the hard work. C_U_L8R Oct 2016 #3

Hillary is OK with a folding chair because the work is important. Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2016 #5

I see Barbara Kinney is too cool to use color photography Renew Deal Oct 2016 #6

funny bigtree Oct 2016 #9

Color photography works here because athena Oct 2016 #13

you can see in her instagram collection bigtree Oct 2016 #16

love that picture Skittles Oct 2016 #33

Good one too. BlancheSplanchnik Oct 2016 #36

Colors can sometimes detract from the message. athena Oct 2016 #12

Photography is also an artform lunatica Oct 2016 #17

Yeah, whether you like or not the subject matter, this photo is... GReedDiamond Oct 2016 #44

I think she knows what she's doing, sammythecat Oct 2016 #23

B&W often requires greater skill, in my opinion. Why disparage the artist? Maru Kitteh Oct 2016 #25

It does, even the shading is harder to get a good picture of uponit7771 Oct 2016 #32

B&W is much more difficult awoke_in_2003 Oct 2016 #39

Really!?!?? uponit7771 Oct 2016 #31

Yes; yes we do have colour photography lupinella Oct 2016 #45

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