However, for a while now, I have been developing a greater appreciation of monochrome, not necessarily black and white, but warm tones such as sepia, reminiscent of the pictorialist style. I've discovered that the range and contrasts in tonality open a whole new way of looking at things. However, I do like colour and would never be able to completely eliminate it from my work. What I like even more is the idea that I can introduce colour in a monochrome piece by selecting a specific area of the image I wish to highlight in its original colour. This adds the necessary punch or splash of colour to a warm toned image and draws the eye immediately to that area of the photo.
I explored various applications such as Snapseed and Tonality which provided some degree of success with warm tone filters and selective colouring.
Colour photo in Photoshop with B&W and Hue/Saturation adjustment layers |
Various filters in Tonality |