All my good pix are on old school film/photos.
Mine too. In fact, MOST of my 'I'm proud of that' pics are in black and white. Unlike many 'contemporary' photographers, I actually prefer a heavier grain in my prints, which unless specific techniques are applied while taking the pictures, ends up being a darkroom technique to enhance the grain (such as contrast filters). Using higher-speed films and under-exposing them is one in-camera method for enhancing grain I've used a lot.
I have gone so far as to try 'reticulation' of the negatives (essentially 'cracking' or 'clumping' the emulsion-layer of the negative), but even dumping near-boiling Developer and running an ice-water wash and 'stop-bath', it is almost impossible to 'crack' modern film negatives. [Shrug]
Trying to 'photograph' digitally a true photograph never does it justice, and of course I am too cheap and too lazy to make a valiant effort -(I don't need suggestions on how to do it either, thanks
).
But it isn't because I hate color that I prefer black and white photographs. In fact, I prefer them because the lack of color enhances contrast, which to me makes the image more impactful. But there is nothing wrong with color.
But, even though I prefer monochromatic pictures for the effect of contrast, I openly admit that in some instances color itself creates the contrast, and sometimes less is more:
Unfortunately, the digitized 'pic' here lost not only clarity, but much of the depth of the original photograph, but I promise it did come out good, at least on paper.
I didn't recognize the structure on the right with the green circles.