I really like the last one.
Dave
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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.
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
Thanks for viewing.
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
Thanks for viewing.
Dave
Fountain
https://c6.staticflickr.com/8/7406/2...0cc31390_b.jpg2016_05_31_16118_LR_upd_bw by dthrog00, on Flickr
Thanks for viewing.
Dave