Are there any colour combinations that are difficult to capture in monochrome?
I believe that black-and-white photography should be perceived as a release from the distraction of colour, not as a practical difficulty to master. It’s true that some tonal qualities are hard to capture (blue and yellow look very similar in monochrome, for example), but provided you have an awareness of tonality and the effect this has on your image, ultimately the absence of colour frees you to concentrate on what it is you are trying to capture. Q: I’m (gradually) learning to think in monochrome and want to push the boundaries. What are the advantages of shooting a big landscape in black and white? A: Black-and-white images, particularly landscapes, allow you to play with the idea of space and scale as well as tone and texture. Whereas colour photography can detract from your lines of perspective, monochrome emphasises them. This creates a graphic sense of scale and size which, coupled with detailed texture in the foreground and a range of tones throughout, can often produce a real
