Originally Posted by
billtils
Yes it was [tongue-in-cheek], Ted!. But for a reason, namely that the term "monochrome" crops up all over the place in photography - including CIC's competition (which is where this personal journey started) - but not with any consistency of meaning, especially in regard to blacks and whites, Typically a B&W image will be judged by how well the range from blacks(that retain detail) to whites (ditto) and a good range of in-betweens. The answer to my question at post 7 is probably that it all depends on (as the saying goes" where you are coming from: an artist, a physicist ...