Post your best Black and White Photo

I tried B&W processing on a recent waterfall:

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7450/9...8532b25c_o.jpg
small-6673 by kayaker72, on Flickr

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Brant

Three from the World War II reenactment on 9/22 in Rockford, IL using 6D and 70-200 f/4 L USM. I thought B&W was appropriate for the occasion!

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2844/1...a1b8630f_c.jpg
2013_09_22_3882_upd_8x10_bw by dthrog00, on Flickr

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2013_09_22_3848_upd_8x10_bw by dthrog00, on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7371/1...2f7036d2_c.jpg
2013_09_22_3879_upd_8x10_bw by dthrog00, on Flickr

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Dave

Shooting my shooter.
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Interesting effect with the shadow, David.

No 1 Leaves Fallen on Path

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7426/1...94740fc6_b.jpg
2013_09_28_4209_LR_upd_bw by dthrog00, on Flickr

No 2 Elephant (processed B&W with added blues)

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5465/1...c701398e_b.jpg
2013_09_28_4227_LR_upd_bw_blue by dthrog00, on Flickr

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Dave

What an incredible array of wonderful styles of black and white photography!

Portrait on Zebra Hill
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8539/8...54a7950d_c.jpg
Mesquite Sand Dunes Death Valley - Zebra Hill Hiker by ernogy, on Flickr

Bandon Beach, Oregon
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7253/7...0ec0abaf_c.jpg
Divergence (ver 1.1) - - - Bandon Beach, Oregon by ernogy, on Flickr

Fantastic images here, thanks for sharing Brant, JRW, David, Dave and erno.

Great images in this thread, you people inspired me to try my hand at bw conversion. Here is a landscape from my recent Lapland trip that I quite like in bw. The morning mist adds a nice feel to the trees. Processed using Lightroom and Nik Silver Effects Pro.

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-W...D5821-Edit.jpg

qwRad,

Great shot!

Dave

You all have inspired me to look for more ways to use B&W. I went through a set of shots taken a couple of weeks ago with the intent of converting some of them. Here are a few:

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3694/1...da68d7ef_c.jpg
Tahquamenon River -1318 by westmichigan, on Flickr

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5538/1...070941cf_c.jpg
Upper Bond Falls -0837 by westmichigan, on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7458/1...3d38f746_c.jpg
Upper Bond Falls -0824 by westmichigan, on Flickr

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You all have inspired me to look for more ways to use B&W. I went through a set of shots taken a couple of weeks ago with the intent of converting some of them. Here are a few:
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Very very nice.

A couple black and whites from Glensheen the historic Congdon estate in Duluth, MN.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7365/1...b8f72fbc_b.jpg
2013_08_28_3031_LR_upd_bw by dthrog00, on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7366/1...708713f8_b.jpg
2013_08_28_2993_LR_upd_bw by dthrog00, on Flickr

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Dave

Dave:

I always like the way you process the sky and clouds in you B&W's.

Pat

Thanks Pat! I really like B&W photography.

Dave

The lens actually was fogged up when I look this photo, but I like the look it gave.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7290/1...10c576cf_c.jpg
2013_08_29_3100_LR_upd_bw by dthrog00, on Flickr

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Dave

Here is my friend Kaleb, I got a good shot of him while wandering about Boston with his new toy, the 5D3. Him and I are twins now.
http://i.minus.com/i7UScvqv54xvR.jpg

I don't do many b&w's but this was one I actually liked how the conversion turned out ...

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3686/1...06af7e3c_c.jpg
IMG_0580 by Denise Trocio ( www.dtrociophotography.com), on Flickr

Very nice Denise, I like the gradients from black in the center to white on the periphery:)

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Nice job David, but Kaleb needs to lose the 5D3 strap! I think it'd make him a theft target.

Here's a couple of my B&Ws of vintage scenes, taken with the Zuiko 28 f/3.5.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7412/1...10eff948_c.jpg
2013_11_03_4802_LR_upd_bw by dthrog00, on Flickr

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3665/1...6e59d5ba_c.jpg
2013_11_03_4808_LR_upd_bw by dthrog00, on Flickr

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Dave

From this morning.

EF 24mm f/1.4 @ f/16, 2 sec, ISO 100

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3715/1...2f00d00f_c.jpg
Manistee- by westmichigan, on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7452/1...71f5377cc0.jpg
Image00030bw_fp by clemmb60, on Flickr

That's a great portrait Mark.

One from last week.

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2840/1...aa65c615_b.jpg
Bec des Rosses by Tounis_9, on Flickr

Nice one jrw, I like the mirror looking water shots.

Dave

Here is a shot from the Desert View end of the Grand Canyon. There were some fires in California and one on the North Rim causing the canyon to be relatively smoke filled.....

Canon 5DIII 24-105 @ 85 mm, 1/30, f/22, ISO 100, B+W CPL from a tripod

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3898/...c068c252_b.jpgSmall-7536 by kayaker72, on Flickr

Thanks for viewing...Brant

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Here is a shot from the Desert View end of the Grand Canyon. There were some fires in California and one on the North Rim causing the canyon to be relatively smoke filled.....

Thanks for viewing...Brant

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Love the layers on this, and B&W was a great choice.

Thanks Pat. I seem to be converting several of the shots I took to the Grand Canyon to B&W. Seems to fit the scenery.

Here is another I PP'd this morning....

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5494/...2d4bd10a_b.jpgSmall-7518 by kayaker72, on Flickr

During a walk through the mall looking for some shorts yesterday, I came across a store having a canvas sale. I was amazed at some of the black and white work and it inspired me to see what some of my nature closeups would look like in BW. Here is what I came up with. I definitely don't take enough time to look at things in BW and I think that might change.

http://www.alderimages.com/img/s10/v...24800520-5.jpg

http://www.alderimages.com/img/s7/v1...68886547-5.jpg

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A view from Wallace Falls hike near Seattle, WA

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Wallace_Falls_Hike__MG_2430 by findley.john.s, on Flickr

Kinda still proud of this one...

http://flic.kr/p/k9bCLa

Location is Derwent Reservoir, Derbyshire, famous as the training location for the dam buster squadron before their raid on the Rhur Valley Dams in 1943

Haydn, your picture brings back childhood memories of visits to the Derwent Valley. I grew up in Nottingham so the Peak District was a favourite weekend destination for the family.

B&W isn't my usual style, but you've inspired me to convert this shot of Connel Bridge.

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3909/...6b8dc51b_b.jpgConnel Bridge by Andrew Stringer, on Flickr

Great picture Andrew, and I like the conversion. Haydn, I understand why you're proud of this picture. It's great too.

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Jerome Arizona

I couldn't post more than a few pictures lately, mainly because the weather has been so bad that's it was even difficult to go out for a short walk. In my region, we had up to 2.5 times the average amount of rain in July. In fact, the only thing that avoided terrible floods in the Alps was that it was cold enough for a lot of this rain to fall as snow on the top of the mountains.
Fortunately, we had a little break on the national Day, the 1st of August, with a somewhat clear weather. Well, at least it didn't rain for most of the day. I took advantage of this to go for a hike to see one of the famous "cabanes" (little cabins in the mountains for alpinists and climbers to spend the night before going higher the next day) in Switzerland, the "cabane d'Orny". Being usually built in very spectacular places, these cabins have become a goal on their own for a lot of less skilled people like me. For most of the day we were literally covered in fog, but we had a few moments when we could see a bit farther.
This mountain, the "Petit clocher du Portalet", is known as a little climber's paradise, as you can imagine from the picture. It emerged from the fog for about 2 minutes before disappearing again. I decided to convert the picture to B&W.


https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3865/...57f57a14_c.jpgPetit clocher du Portalet by Tounis_9, on Flickr

Tounis - Thanks for the effort and for sharing with use. The mist coming off the peak is a great catch and converting to B&W was a good choice.

Pat

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Pierre, that is a stunning picture. I think BW conversion is perfect for this one. Glad to hear that you are able to get out and enjoy the sun!

The color version works nicely too, but I like the black and white.

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5599/...e1e0a2fa_c.jpg2014_09_27_8024_LR_upd_bw by dthrog00, on Flickr

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Dave

I'm primarily going for an abstract and geometric type of effect here -- this is a light fixture from Stronghold Castle in Oregon, IL.

6D w/ 17-40

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3931/...84772099_c.jpg2014_10_05_8236_LR_upd_bw by dthrog00, on Flickr

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Dave

In her home of leaves, Tuscany Woods, by Jamsus

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5611/...1d9a0420_b.jpg

Leaf with Morning Dew

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5605/...a5bbbc33_c.jpg2014_10_19_9219_LR_upd_bw by dthrog00, on Flickr

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Dave

Dave, that is a great bw conversion. The drops on that leaf really stick out in bw.