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Thanks Brian and William!
@Elmo, I love the 2nd shot of the bike and lamp post.
@Mark, Beautiful shot of the Bride on the piano.
@ William, Wonderful dichotomy of the 2 kids, not only in their expressions, but also in their matching shirts; his is unbuttoned, stained and wrinkled, and hers is all buttoned up, pressed, and spotless.
Rich
Cemetery and ancient Cathedral ruins in St. Andrews, Scotland
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Great images on this page, Elmo, Mark, William and Joel. Wait a minute is that a bird Joel? Did those ruins get in the way. :)
I really love B&W photos and the ones posted here are fantastic!! I have a really tough time getting the B&W effect I'm going for but it is alot of fun trying!
Here are two I just did ...
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http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6140/...28c681e0_z.jpg
They're still not exactly where I'd like them but close!
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Wally this is a very good photo. The context determines its appropriateness. If it was placed in a joke email then clearly it would be distasteful, but images like these have their place. This photo documents a very real facet of our human condition and I would hope that it would bring our attention to the plight of the less fortunate. Not many of us in the West realize that this kind of poverty represents a substantial portion of humanity. It
@Denise, like the second one the best, just the wire across the eyes is a little annoying.
@Wally, very gritty realistic shot, great exposure.
Good work both of you.
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I know, it is for me too ...I kept telling him to move alittle to the right, but he wouldn' listen.
Here's one I took a couple months ago ...
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I like the shape of the neck. The angles look like origami.
That
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Canon 5D Mark II - 50mm f2.8 Carl Zeiss
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Yes, see those gulls in the distance? I was trying to capture them but was short on focal length[;)]
@ hippoeater, looks like difficult lighting with the bright BG and exposure on the fir.
@ Joel, did you use a TS lens for this shot, nice lines.
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I used the 28-135 mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM lens hand held with the 1D3
Topaz Adjust for the B&W conversion and sharpening and Topaz Denoise to clear up the sky.
Great shot Denise....mirror everything that Steve U said!!
Here's one from Yosemite Nat'l Park...Bridal Veil falls..
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I hadn't really considered doing B&W conversions until I saw this topic, but it has prompted me to look back at some recent photos to find suitable candidates. Here is a group of marine iguanas in the Galapagos.
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6016/...4d98be49_b.jpg
1D Mark IV, EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM @ 310mm, f/13, 1/250s, ISO 2000
Took this because I
Couldn't resist after seeing this thread....
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Ham...great composition..I feel like I'm falling in. Very cool!
Joel...Incredible detail on the dove. What lens?
Andy...love the Iguanas! when you went to the Galapagos Islands, which travel agent did you use? The reason I ask, is , Where I deliver UPS at in Aptos CA, I some customers called "Galapagos Travel", and there, Mark Granthom is the owner(and friend who is also a photographer!). Just wondering if you know of or have heard of him. He's always at the Islands at least twice a year!! Just asking...
Gregg
Love the Yosemite waterfall Gregg, what shutter speed were you using?
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Some melting candles. 1/3sec, f/3.5, 47mm
Thank you It was handheld at 1/40th using the Zeiss ZE 35 1.4 @f13 on a 1DIV. I attribute the detail to the Zeiss...incredible lens!!
W349...I love the composition of melting candles!! Really cool...
Gregg
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1D MKIII 300mm 2.8L 1.4 TC II
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I book most of my adventures with Exodus, and I have never been disappointed. I'm in the UK, so I haven't heard of your friend's company, but I wish I had his job!
Joel... I thought you had the 300 2.8...very nice!! One of my customers has the 200 2.0 that he said he'll let me borrow...been jonesin' pretty bad for it, too!!
Joel...that's an awfully long way to go to shoot Iguanas...!! Just kidding....
Cheers,
Gregg
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It's a breathtaking shot! The kind of thing I'd want on my wall. There seems to be a bit of colour banding in the sky though -is thatjust an artifact of squeezing it onto a webpage?
w349...WOW...thank you for the comment!! I exported the photo from LR3.4 into CS5...did my usual post to it in color, then decided to do BW on it, so I copied the image via CS5. But in doing the copy command, I created a different file. The original went back to LR when I was done, but the BW had to be saved as s tiff, then re imported back into LR. Then...sorry...I have a resize action via windows that brings images to a more normal size for viewing, and that , I think, is where the banding came to be!! Whew...so to answer you question...yes!!
@greggf
Thanks, hopefully you
Whoops....let me look at that again!! Then you succeeded as a photographer...great shot!
High ISO shot, so I decided to give it a bit of the film noir treatment.
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Thanks for viewing.
Steve
Hi, here is my try in black and white: Silent mountain...
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Canon EOS 30D EF S18-55mm f3.5-5.6II: 1/750 f11.0 ISO200 @ 50mm (handheld)
Nice work. I like the tonal transition from Black (tree silhouette), to Grey mountains, to white sky. Have you cooled it off with a blue adjustment or is that just my eyes playing tricks?
This was barely a keeper for me because some of the tones and detail aren't quite right, but a few people liked it so...
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Matej and William...great shots. William, looks like you're playing around with your BW's now!! Careful, it's addictive!! Here's a small one shot yesterday with the Zeiss ZE 35 1.4@1.8...
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thank you for comments, very nice photos here from you all! This very shallow depth of field really inspired me. I
Nice work Denise, the angle and background are really nice. The car is super sharp and the reflections are killer. DOF is awesome too.
This is a friend who wanted some shots for an album cover
1D3 + 28 135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
B+W conversion with Topaz Adjust
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