This week’s CFFC topic is Black and White vs Color.
Please note that I have started a series of Tips from Cee page. I posted several tips for black and white you may want to check out.
This challenge both new and archived photos are allowed. The main purpose of this challenge is to create community and get to know each other through photography.
Ship and Astoria Megler Bridge


Featured Bloggers
I had a marvelous response from all of you on last week’s Real vs Fake challenge. I want to say thank you to each of you for joining along in my challenge. Here are the featured bloggers for this week. Their posts really grabbed my attention. They are all worthy of a second or third look.
Current Challenge Series – Vice Versas
- Natural Light vs Man Made Light
- Real vs Fake
- Old vs New
- Black and White vs Color
- Male vs Female
Next Challenge Series – Nature
- Flowers
- Green Foliage: Shrubs, trees, leaves, plants
- Nature Animals: Birds, squirrels, deer
- Ground: sand, dirt, paths, walks, trails
- Water: puddles, rivers, lakes
Please check out my Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge to check out more of what this challenge is about.
My entry for this week
Freddie


Colouds


Dahlia


Haystacks


I’ve put together a list of challenges and their hosts. So if you know a challenge host, please direct them to my blog. Feel free to contact me anytime. I hope everyone will be able to use my lists.
Qi (energy) hugs
Cee

Beautiful shots. The ship and bridge really changed the perception of the photo. The black and white looks like a stormy black sky instead of the beautiful blue.
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I hyped up the blues which made the sky dark too. The fog stayed light. You are so right. 😀
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Lovely captures and the comparisons are striking.
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Thanks ever so kindly 😀
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Nice collection and contrasts, Cee!
And thanks for the special mention, too.
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My pleasure Sandy 😀
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I like the bridge and ship best – it’s really works in both, monochrome and colour.
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Thanks Elke for your great comment 😀
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What a great theme, Cee. Shows how both approaches are often an option depending on the mood we want to create. And what our story is. I especially like the ship and bridge and find it impossible to choose between colour and mono.
I’ve gone with a recent spring shot which I also like in both.
https://travelwithintent.com/2021/05/18/mono-or-multi/
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Thanks for your wonderful observation and comment. 😀
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https://weirdsareword.wordpress.com/2021/05/18/cffc-black-and-white-vs-color-how-do-you-see-life-in-black-and-white-or-color/
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Great shots. Here’s mine
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Freddie looks so amazing while it is very hard to ignore dahlia, in both versions 🙂
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Thanks for your comment Hammad 😀
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I used the same format as you did, but my pictures don’t line up when I preview them. They line up in the draft, but not in the final product. i was too tired to try and figure out why they aren’t lining up. Maybe they will be fine when posted.
I like the black & white of the cat and the sky which definitely seems far more ominous in black and white. The flower I like better (much better) in color — and the bales look pretty much the same in monochrome and color.
It’s a very interesting exercise. I didn’t take the portrait my post myself, so I had no control over it, but it was an interesting exercise. I may do some more black and white portraits. i would like to see how they turn out if I do them from the start in black & white..
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Thanks for your comment Marilyn 😀
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Love your examples Cee. Favourites hay stack and the dramatic effect B&W brings to storm clouds 🙂 🙂
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Thanks Brian. So glad you like those two photos 😀
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Cee, how do you do this???
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The slider or black and white?
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The slider.. but I’ve been told that it is in the block editor which I don’t use.
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Yep, its only in the block editor. If you ever want to convert, we can set up a call and I walk you through some of it. Some stuff is easier, some clumbsier than the old format.
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I can’t believe the difference. It’s a great use of the slide, Cee. I thought the hay stack and ship were aged by the B&W, the clouds gave the biggest change, from being a time of day shot to one of weather. The dahlia and your cat were beautiful both ways.
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I’m so glad you like these photos. Thanks 😀
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Striking comparisons. In most cases, neither is better or worse – just … different.
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That’s kind of what I was hoping for. 😀 😀
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🙂
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Monochrome and colour versions of a couple of recent photos:
https://davidmsphotoblog.com/2021/05/19/monochrome-and-colour/
I haven’t done much monochrome recently. I should start again.
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Thank you so much for featuring my blog, Cee! Much appreciated!
I love all your photos and sometimes its difficult to chose: which one? colour or black and white!
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It was my pleasure to feature you Aletta 😀
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💕
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Here is mine for this week
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Great images! Especially love the flower and it’s details, 🙂
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So glad you like the dahlia 😀
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Wonderful photos. It’s hard for me to decide which I like better in black and white, but I think it might be the dahlia! Here’s my entry! Thanks again for hosting so many challenges and also for the link to your Tips! https://catsandtrailsandgardentales.com/2021/05/19/downtown-seattle-in-black-and-white/
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Thanks Susanne for your great comment. I’m hoping to do a tip a week or every other week. So keep checking it to see if there is anything that interests you. Ideas are always welcome.
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I appreciate it! Thank you!
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Here’s my contribution: https://thisandthatthenextpart.wordpress.com/2021/05/19/cffc-blackwhite-vs-color/
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Here is my selection
https://sallys-scribbles.blogspot.com/2021/05/cffc-black-and-white-vs-colour.html
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hi cee, again a great and interesting theme that you have chosen for this week, I am very happy because I am an enthusiastic fan of black & white pictures. here is my contribution https://wp.me/p2AvI7-3MJ.
many greetings robert
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I never knew you liked black and white LOL So glad you played along. D
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I love the color photos and also how the b/w brings out the detail
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Black and white is great for detail. Thanks Nora 😀
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Here is mine for the week
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That was fun. I must see if I can work out how to use that slider feature. I liked the way you used it to compare the same photos.
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If you need help, let me know.
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Great photographs.
https://joannescraftsandadventures.wordpress.com/2021/05/24/cffc-black-and-white-vs-colour/
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