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Color is Too Obvious

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Just got back from Seattle, and when reviewing my photos:

The photos I shot on monochrome are far more interesting to me than my color photos.

Why is this? My simple thought:

Color photos are too obvious.

Monochrome abstracts and makes more artistic, colors show reality as it is.

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