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Not sure if this link will work but essentially, it gives even more compelling reasons to shoot in colour. Of course, the pre-processing black and white photo on my LCD gives me an idea of if I've got the shot right in black and white. I'm happy I shot in RAW + JPEG. I instantly have black and white available to distribute without the need for post-processing in JPEGs and can use RAW later to convert the colour photo to a suitable black and white shot. Apparently I don't need to fork out on filters as I can do this all on post-production. I know… understand the tech to control it.
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Now here are some tips on why you should shoot in colour and in raw, especially for black and white photography.
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I was rather surprised that my photos which I had shot in black and white on my D90 turned up in Lightroom as colour photos. This was sort of my fault for not understanding the technology behind it all and how RAW works. This link gives a short explanation to why this happens. Essentially, RAW captures everything untouched (hence the name) and the b+w setting on my camera simply processes it to look like black and white. I think it raises a marker that I intended it to be black and white so that Nikon software will read it correctly while Lightroom is unable to read that marker so imports it to colour.
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kipperk
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Filters can be useful for stuff other than effects that Photoshop can re-create easily. Circ. polarisers to reduce reflections, ND grad filters to balance out the exposure of the shot, etc…
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Eshin
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A small oversight on my part as I was thinking purely coloured filters, which I was thinking of buying but now less likely to. You are right, filters do other things as well.
Quite unhappy as I seem to have lost my polarising filter for my old lens. I’m hoping it will turn up somewhere.