Post your best Black and White Photo

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Originally Posted by Jayson

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

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Originally Posted by Jayson

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

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Originally Posted by conropl

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Thanks guys.
Dave

This one ended up making explore! Nice. It's #3 for me to be explored.

Lots of comments about black and white, but not many images posted!

I took this one about a month ago. It has a split tone effect applied, highlights are yellow and shadows are blue.

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7475/...0a1e0c20_c.jpg2014_11_01_9856_LR_upd_bw by dthrog00, on Flickr

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Dave

Like to see B&W images. Here's to more of them!
One from a long overdue walk with camera.


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I like it JRW. Here's another of mine.

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7517/...b4787135_c.jpg2014_11_01_9895_LR_upd_bw by dthrog00, on Flickr

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Dave

Here some shots that i love from a "tourist" day in my own city.

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7583/...b6570327_b.jpgFlorence, Ponte Vecchio by Andrea Magnelli, on Flickr

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8614/...20d92757_b.jpgFlorence, Art by Andrea Magnelli, on Flickr

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7502/...82b3e1a1_b.jpgFlorence, Art by Andrea Magnelli, on Flickr

You can find the other 10 here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/582363...57649745601602

Ahhh, Florence... <3

This shed is in need of attention!

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7462/...c88b4c0c_c.jpg2014_12_23_10288_LR_upd_5x7_bw by dthrog00, on Flickr

I added a split tone for effect.

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Dave

Here's another black and white, this time taken along a lake walk with a great reflection not long before sunset.

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8671/...8368dbd2_c.jpg2014_12_26_10683_LR_bw_upd by dthrog00, on Flickr

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Dave

Swing Isolation

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7502/...89a605c8_c.jpg2014_12_26_10639_LR_upd_8x10_bw by dthrog00, on Flickr

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Dave

"Village View…"

https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2919/...8bcf28ca_h.jpg
village by jerrytech1, on Flickr

Perhaps a bit cliched, but I hope reasonably well done.

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8618/...63575905_c.jpg2015_01_31_10776_LR_upd_bw by dthrog00, on Flickr

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Dave

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Originally Posted by jrw

Nice to see other folks' work. Some great shots in there! For this one the layer transparency was turned down as the scene naturally had a split toning effect going on that I didn't want to lose entirely.

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Cool pic, there's a nice natural texture working here.

Dave

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/643/2...8e1fbbf7_c.jpgSunburst 3 by Zachary Thompson, on Flickr

Taken during blacksmithing festival here in Tuscany, this mask always seemed to observe you, silently

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5742/...855ea230_c.jpgBlacksmithing Festival, Stia by Andrea Magnelli, su Flickr

Here's a rose with water drops shown in B&W.

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5727/...6032437b_b.jpg2015_09_04_12452_DPP_upd_bw by dthrog00, on Flickr

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Dave

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/675/2...21ba9d61_c.jpg
Lincoln Log Cabin Fall Frolic by Mark Johnson, on Flickr

Nice portrait Mark.

Here's a B&W of Hyde Mill.

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/754/2...805ed1a5_b.jpg2015_10_17_13426_LR_upd_bw by dthrog00, on Flickr

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Dave

This thread has been idle for too long!
Anyone else?

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Driftwood
https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1584/...f0332ff5_b.jpg1D3_0226bw by Mark Clem, on Flickr

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1597/...df2868f3_b.jpg1D3_0220bw by Mark Clem, on Flickr

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1595/...59ba49e5_b.jpg1DS_0005bw by Mark Clem, on Flickr

Playing around some more with B&W imagery to see where it goes.

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I really like the last one.

Dave

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.

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/...cd0d8ab9_b.jpg
Rose_BW by Denise Trocio, on Flickr

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/...b2f0dda6_z.jpgAfter the game at TAMU by Wesley Smith, on Flickr


American Girl
https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1719/...387d3d7a_z.jpgPearland Dive Meet by Wesley Smith, on Flickr


My Hero
https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1492/...7fe99fca_z.jpgMy Hero by Wesley Smith, on Flickr

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.

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Originally Posted by 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.

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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".

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/...32ecfab0_c.jpg2015_11_12_14121_LR_upd_8x10_bw by dthrog00, on Flickr

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Dave

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

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1582/...2beb2d64_b.jpg2015_11_13_14561_LR_upd_bw by dthrog00, on Flickr

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Dave

Fountain

https://c6.staticflickr.com/8/7406/2...0cc31390_b.jpg2016_05_31_16118_LR_upd_bw by dthrog00, on Flickr

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Dave

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

https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8847/2...90c3cba2_b.jpg2016_05_07_15785_LR_upd_BW_SILVER by dthrog00, on Flickr

Dave

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/9/8782/2...4761c9af_b.jpgSmall-4581 by 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/9/8785/2...5e4854d3_b.jpgSmall-5921 by kayaker72, on Flickr

Thanks for viewing....Brant

With low light conditions, black & white!

"At sunset"

https://c5.staticflickr.com/9/8168/2...2faf534b_c.jpgAt sunset by Andrea Magnelli, su Flickr

My daughter during a hike in North Cascades Natl Parkhttps://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8795/2...d0fc0c28_k.jpg

Fabulous

https://c5.staticflickr.com/6/5741/3...61b23946_b.jpg
Over the lake by Pierre, on Flickr

B&W abstract of a reflection in water

https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4189/3...3589ea67_c.jpg2017_04_22_18466_LR_upd_3x5_BW_SIlverEfex by dthrog00, on Flickr

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Dave

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/...1eabdafb_c.jpg2017_11_13_19014_LR_upd_bw_silverefex by dthrog00, on Flickr

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Dave

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

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...081ec66b_h.jpg537A3082 by kayaker72, on Flickr

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...bb5ff844_h.jpg537A3461 by kayaker72, on Flickr

Thanks for viewing...Brant

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/