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Discussion has been taking place in this week's Forum topic (ending13th March) as to whether group members wish to continue having the option of entering sepia toned images for challenges. Please may I have any additional challenges by Wednesday (13th March) evening?
I'll summarise members opinions the next day so that we can get cracking with the next topic.
Jack
Sepia is monochromatic - I personally see no reason why this cannot be acceptable. The processing of old black and white film also encompassed sepia toning. I can just look at old images of my great grandparents and find sepia images among them.
Thank you Anne. I've been looking at some back copies of "Black and White Photography." They all contain sepia toned images.
Hope all is well in Texas. It's still atrocious winter weather over here, with motorists being stuck for over 8 hours on a motorway. Brrrrrr!
Jack
Hi All, One question. 
So would rule #4 be rewritten to state B+W and Sepia only, so as to not open the way for other tone and filter effects?
Shakey
Black and white images can be toned with selenium toners, coffee coloured toners etc. It doesn't make them not black and white. At least that's how I see it 
when I was working in the darkroom with silver halide I loved sepia, blue, copper and split toning and all would have been classed as monochrome. I think that all of these traditional techniques work within the "Monochrome" world. Maybe the question should be "is this the pure black and white group or is it the Monochrome group" and if so do we need a "toners" group
In the same way the colour green covers a range of green tones, and the colour blue covers a range of blue tones, so the colour sepia covers a range of sepia tones. The B and W group accepted sepia without changing the name of the group, or engaging in the semantics of the word 'sepia'.
No need, its just a silly rule.
Colour tinted B&W is still B&W.
Maybe this needs to remain the Black and White group and only accept Black and white images. We could then start a "Traditional Monochrome processes" Group (someone may be able to come up with a better name) in which all images that had a hint of colour which is akin to traditional silver halide processing (Toned, split toned, Duo toned, Hand Tinted)
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