ABSTRACT

When color film arrived over half a century ago, the pundits who presumed that black and white images would die a quick death were surprisingly mistaken. Color is all very nice but sometimes the rich tonal qualities that we can see in the work of the black-and-white photographic artists are something to be savored. Can you imagine an Ansel Adams masterpiece in color? If you can – read no further. Create dramatic black and white images – Yosemite, California. Mark Galer https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9780240523811/8a6e3c2a-5257-40fa-955f-a091e7e4c787/content/figu1_133_C.jpg" xmlns:xlink="https://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"/> The original color image and the result of choosing the less-than-satisfactory Remove Color command https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9780240523811/8a6e3c2a-5257-40fa-955f-a091e7e4c787/content/figu1_134_C.jpg" xmlns:xlink="https://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"/>