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Anonymous
Shot this as the president's motorcade passed, so I didn't really have time to worry about composition
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>> Anonymous
Wish you'd shot the president instead.
>> Anonymous
>>41845

lulz

i think a good cropping is in order.
>> F64
"Shot this as the president's motorcade passed, so I didn't really have time to worry about composition"

You always have time to worry about composition, also, why is this black and white? To make it more artsy? Also, you underexposed.
>> Anonymous
>>41944
This guy speaks the truth. You need a good reason to use B&W these days. B&W is only for when the color of your shot fucked up, or you're trying to be a pretentious artfag. Which is it?
>> Anonymous
>>41980
WTF? Go away...
>> ac
>>41980
There are a lot of reasons for shooting black and white other than pretension and color screwups. A lot of times, color is just a distraction, so a shot works better in B&W (especially if you want to emphasize texture). Also, if you're shooting film, B&W is easy to develop at home, and B&W films can be less grainy at higher ISOs than color films (and I don't think there's a color film that goes as high as, say, Ilford Delta 3200).

That being said, there's no reason for this particular shot to be black and white other than "Well, it didn't look artsy in color, and a lot of black and white shots look artsy, so I'll just desaturate this bitch and send it out"
>> Anonymous
>>41990

Yeah, that's pretty much what I did :/
>> Anonymous
I know this isn't the right place but that picture screams out comunism to me.
>> Anonymous
>>41990

800 iso is the fastest colour film produced for consumer use in still format. Every now and then you'll run into some 1600p, but it's still 800 iso.

For super super low light conditions you're pretty much looking at either T-Max or Delta pushed to 12,800. Gotta know what you're doing with your chemistry when that stuff's in the tank, though, or you end up with prints that look like a third generation photocopy.
>> Anonymous
>>41925

Listen to this man.