Post your best Black and White Photo

[Dave Throgmartin]

I really like the last one.

Dave

[jrw]

Thanks, I am still feeling that it is more like playing with composites and doing exercises as I push rather hard on learning new techniques.

[ddt0725]

I too really like the last one posted. Very nicely done!

I am very much out of my comfort zone doing B&W. I took this shot while practicing with my new Lensbaby Velvet 56 and figured it would be a good one to also practice converting to B&W once I saw this thread was brought back to life ...

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1581/24582927545_89cd0d8ab9_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/DsiVUn)
Rose_BW (https://flic.kr/p/DsiVUn) by Denise Trocio (https://www.flickr.com/photos/dtrociophotography/), on Flickr

[wsmith96]

Nice picture Denise. I really like the blend of the texture onto the flower.

I've always felt that black and white photographs showed elegance and class - even if the subject was not elegant and classy. I do convert some of my images, but when I do I add grain to them to make them look a little older, or something like you would see in a news paper. Here are a few of mine that I like. They aren't new, but I like they way they turned out.

After the Game...
https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1632/24011615273_73b2f0dda6_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/CzPNEM)After the game at TAMU (https://flic.kr/p/CzPNEM) by Wesley Smith (https://www.flickr.com/photos/131217620@N02/), on Flickr


American Girl
https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1719/24270687249_31387d3d7a_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/CYHBJZ)Pearland Dive Meet (https://flic.kr/p/CYHBJZ) by Wesley Smith (https://www.flickr.com/photos/131217620@N02/), on Flickr


My Hero
https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1492/24010280264_887fe99fca_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/CzGXPo)My Hero (https://flic.kr/p/CzGXPo) by Wesley Smith (https://www.flickr.com/photos/131217620@N02/), on Flickr

[jrw]

Nice work with the texture Denise.
As I spend more time doing B&W it occurs to me that what I am drawn to is the light, form, and lines. When I see some colour images, often sunsets, that have amazing colours running through them but lack in subject matter or basic composition skills it serves as a reminder of the distracting power that colour can have when people make a fuss over them.

[ddt0725]

Nice work with the texture Denise.
As I spend more time doing B&W it occurs to me that what I am drawn to is the light, form, and lines. When I see some colour images, often sunsets, that have amazing colours running through them but lack in subject matter or basic composition skills it serves as a reminder of the distracting power that colour can have when people make a fuss over them. Thank you! I find doing B&W very challenging and what you have said makes me realize that sometimes I am trying to make the conversion with all the wrong photo. Now, every time I am thinking of changing one to B&W, it is going to help me by repeating those words, "light, form, and lines".

[Dave Throgmartin]

Film Noir Bird, I took this one in St. Lucia and tried a Maltese Falcon type of look with the editing style.

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1492/25155102556_d132ecfab0_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/EjStAL)2015_11_12_14121_LR_upd_8x10_bw (https://flic.kr/p/EjStAL) by dthrog00 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/68255851@N05/), on Flickr

Thanks for viewing.
Dave

[jrw]

Different take with that. Like where you are taking that one.
Came across a dilemma tonight when finishing the editing on some images before printing.
Found that the B&W gave the water the punch I wanted but the colour version had better depth in the scene while also taking focus away from the water. Blended in the B&W to get the water punch and desaturated a bit to avoid pulling focus away.
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[Dave Throgmartin]

Row of Cannons - Brimstone Hill Fortress National Park in St. Kitts

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1582/25922610950_162beb2d64_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/FuGa77)2015_11_13_14561_LR_upd_bw (https://flic.kr/p/FuGa77) by dthrog00 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/68255851@N05/), on Flickr

Thanks for viewing.
Dave

[Dave Throgmartin]

Fountain

https://c6.staticflickr.com/8/7406/27498581341_3b0cc31390_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/HTXqcp)2016_05_31_16118_LR_upd_bw (https://flic.kr/p/HTXqcp) by dthrog00 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/dthrog00/), on Flickr

Thanks for viewing.
Dave

[Dave Throgmartin]

It's very simple, but I like the tones.

https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8847/28550330672_8190c3cba2_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/KuTUCy)2016_05_07_15785_LR_upd_BW_SILVER (https://flic.kr/p/KuTUCy) by dthrog00 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/dthrog00/), on Flickr

Dave

[Kayaker72]

I did a couple of B&W conversions of cloudy landscapes. Weather in Alaska might be what you'd expect, 4 days of rain, 2 days where it was supposed to rain but was nice, and then a couple of nice days. Weather was always changing.


Cook inlet just south of Anchorage. Storm was finally rolling out. 5DIII, 70-200 II @ 160 mm, 1/400, f/8, ISO 100
https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8782/28698493976_6e4761c9af_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/KHZhqh)Small-4581 (https://flic.kr/p/KHZhqh) by kayaker72 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/kayaker72/), on Flickr

Clouds rolling in on day that was supposed to be "clear". Resurrection Bay (south of Seward)
5DIII, 24-70 II @ 57 mm, 1/3200, f/8, ISO 100

https://c6.staticflickr.com/9/8785/28730726885_495e4854d3_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/KLQu96)Small-5921 (https://flic.kr/p/KLQu96) by kayaker72 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/kayaker72/), on Flickr

Thanks for viewing....Brant

[jamsus]

With low light conditions, black & white!

"At sunset"

https://c5.staticflickr.com/9/8168/28464343100_3e2faf534b_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/Knicwd)At sunset (https://flic.kr/p/Knicwd) by Andrea Magnelli (https://www.flickr.com/photos/58236353@N05/), su Flickr

[PatrickH]

My daughter during a hike in North Cascades Natl Parkhttps://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8795/28806863976_ead0fc0c28_k.jpg (https://www.flickr.com/photos/131782913@N02/28806863976/in/dateposted-public/)

[Kayaker72]

Fabulous

[Tounis]

https://c5.staticflickr.com/6/5741/30522272500_4961b23946_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/Nv9CeA)
Over the lake (https://flic.kr/p/Nv9CeA) by Pierre (https://www.flickr.com/photos/tounis_9/), on Flickr

[Dave Throgmartin]

B&W abstract of a reflection in water

https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4189/34191831072_ed3589ea67_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/U6q59Q)2017_04_22_18466_LR_upd_3x5_BW_SIlverEfex (https://flic.kr/p/U6q59Q) by dthrog00 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/dthrog00/), on Flickr

Thanks for viewing.
Dave

[Dave Throgmartin]

There's been no action in this thread for a long time! I love B&W so I'll keep it going.

This is the British Colonial Hilton in Nassau, Bahamas. I converted it to B&W using the Nik Silver Efex.

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4647/24695904897_861eabdafb_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/DChY8K)2017_11_13_19014_LR_upd_bw_silverefex (https://flic.kr/p/DChY8K) by dthrog00 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/dthrog00/), on Flickr

Thanks for viewing.
Dave

[Kayaker72]

A couple of images I thought would be better as B&W...

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54033320906_db081ec66b_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2qjJTP9)537A3082 (https://flic.kr/p/2qjJTP9) by kayaker72 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/kayaker72/), on Flickr

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54031217100_28bb5ff844_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2qjy7qC)537A3461 (https://flic.kr/p/2qjy7qC) by kayaker72 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/kayaker72/), on Flickr

Thanks for viewing...Brant

[Busted Knuckles]

I did a whole series of color and B&W posts on my flikr of a couple of streams near Glacier.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/77760916@N05/