Black and White can turn the mundane into something special / myLot

Sydney, Australia

March 6, 2019 1:27am CST

When I first starting using a Digital Camera, I would take a picture of everything. Why not, it's not like the old days where you waste film. If you dont like it you can always delete it, except I never did. I horded my pictures, even the mundane ones and one day I started experimenting with Black and White. This is one of my early pictures. In colour, it's just another bird pic, but in B&W it seems to come to life and has become one of my favorite pictures. Do you remember when Black and white was the norm?

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Arya

@yoalldudes (35040)

• Philippines

6 Mar 19

There's something about black & white.

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Teddy

@ThreeTeddies (2038)

• United Kingdom

9 Mar 19

@yoalldudes many professional photographers still use B&W

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Arya

@yoalldudes (35040)

• Philippines

10 Mar 19

@ThreeTeddies B&W is still in.

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John Roberts

@JohnRoberts (109857)

• Los Angeles, California

6 Mar 19

I am old enough to remember black and white TV.

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Teddy

@ThreeTeddies (2038)

• United Kingdom

9 Mar 19

Me too!

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Torunn

@Torunn (8609)

• Norway

6 Mar 19

No, I'm not that old :-) But I have used black and white film and I change quite a few of my pictures to black and white

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blackandwhite photo

George B Vieto

@Deepizzaguy (94657)

• Lake Charles, Louisiana

11 Mar 19

I am old enough when television shows were in black and white as well as the televisions back in the 1970s.

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Lee Boueri

@CoachME (140)

• Sydney, Australia

11 Mar 19

So am I George, I remember waiting patiently for colour TV to arrive in my country :).

Hanni Harel

@Hannihar (129493)

• Israel

14 Mar 19

@CoachME I love using a digital camera. I think Black and white shots are very cool. Yes, I love that you can delete the picture if you do not like it.

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Raúl Reyes

@karibe (689)

• Venezuela

6 Mar 19

Yes, I have taken pictures since I was very young and had an analog reflex camera. I even had the opportunity to be in a laboratory, revealing and copying in black and white. This picture that shows us originally was in color and you passed it to black and white with the photo editor?

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Lee Boueri

@CoachME (140)

• Sydney, Australia

6 Mar 19

correct Paul.

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Shavkat

@Shavkat (137212)

• Philippines

6 Mar 19

I do remember the first movie that I had watched using a black and white TV.

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Mavic123456

@Mavic123456 (21898)

• Thailand

6 Mar 19

hahaha i love B and W and you are right now we just aim and shoot .. then if we are not happy delete. so easy these days no waste. that's why if someone takes photo of me or something then it's not good i feel disappointed.

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