Friday, October 19, 2007

Soulful

The Mighty Fang demonstrates why black-and-white photography is not dead. I think it brings out his essential blackness quite well, thank you!

-- Badtux the Cat-owned Penguin

Posted by BadTux at 10/19/2007 12:01:00 AM
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6 comments:

  1. The Minstrel Boy18/10/07 10:00 PM

    i still adore B&W. it somehow seems more real.

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  2. Steve Bates18/10/07 11:34 PM

    What a gaze! You must be one strong penguin to meet that gaze every day!

    And yes, B&W is perfect for this kind of picture. I don't use it much myself, but a photographer friend says that it's like Mozart, a test of your musical/photographic maturity. I have some growing up to do in the photographic domain.

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  3. Jim Yeager19/10/07 11:25 AM

    There's nothing wrong with black-and-white photography. In fact, given the way colors are used by advertisers to make you gawk and shop, and by Fox News to lull you into a right-wing stupor, maybe we could benefit from more black-and-white and less four-color processing.

    Don't wait for a kind of Renaissance, though. People like George W. Bush have given black-and-white an evil name...

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  4. BadTux19/10/07 5:02 PM

    Steve, yes, I have much difficulty resisting that gaze, which is saying "feed me, please? Please daddy? Feed me?". But I do, because The Mighty Fang's furry wobbly little pot belly gets a little more wobbly and a little less little every year... much like his owner's own belly, alas.

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  5. Anonymous19/10/07 5:53 PM

    It's the best way to get the highlights in the coat and it reduces the need for flash which tends to wash everything out.

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  6. Marc20/10/07 2:33 AM

    Here is some black and white footage that may help you understand your cat (sorry for the huge URL):

    http://jeffandjer.star941sandiego.com/cc-common/mediaplayer/player.html?redir=yes&mps=jeffjershowgram.php&mid=http://a1802.v237956.c23795.g.vm.akamaistream.net/7/1802/23795/v0001/cchannel.download.akamai.com/23795/3372/richmedia/wake-up.wmv?CCOMRRMID=7586173&CPROG=RICHMEDIA&MARKET=SANDIEGO-CA&NG_FORMAT=personality&NG_ID=JAJ941IP&OR_NEWSFORMAT=&OWNER=3372&SERVER_NAME=jeffandjer.star941sandiego.com&SITE_ID=3336&STATION_ID=JAJ-IP&TRACK=cat_funny#

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