Black & White pics, show yours !!!

[DHart]

Thanks for your comments, Michael. I processed the first one before really studying the rest of them and then later decided this one was better, so I re did the processing with this one. I can tell already that I'm going to be using SEfex a lot!

The tree image is wonderful. Great composition and rich tones and textures! It would be nice to see how this looks in color as well.

 

[Godfrey]

Concrete With Graffiti And Cracks

Olympus E-5 + ZD 11-22/2.8-3.5
ISO 2500 @ f/8 @ 1/20 second, 11mm​

on my walk this morning, i took the wide lens and meditated on the situation halfway around the world. this delicate graffiti caught my eye ...

thanks for looking, comments always appreciated.

 

[m3photo]

Re: Trees

The tree image is wonderful. Great composition and rich tones and textures! It would be nice to see how this looks in color as well.

Your wish is my command:

And as this is a Black and White thread (albeit a 4/3rds one) I'll add this palette of wisps I found above my garden taken with a D700+50mm f/1.4 Manual Nikkor 1/2000@f/8 ISO 200:

 

[f6cvalkyrie]

@ Godfrey : well seen, beautiful tones too
@ Michael : what a dramatic sky ! Superb :thumbs:

Here's a conversion from a photowalk last week.
Today is another dull grey day, so no photowalk

G1 with Rodenstock Retina-Rotelar 135/4

Have a nice day,
Rafael
​

 

[Ron Evers]

Here are a couple:

 

[DHart]

Michael... thanks for that. Not sure if I like it better in B&W or color. Both are really nice. From my own visual perspective, I would enhance the color rendition. There is a lot to work with there in terms of enriching the tones and vibrancy. Of course, one may prefer the more subdued tonality. There is no right nor wrong, just variations. So many different ways to go with this wonderful image.

 

[cs750]

Charles This was at a cactus garden. I am not sure of the name. This was all natural light. It was cloudy late morning.

Thanks Mark, natural light on a cloudy morning worked very well. Charles

 

[m3photo]

Re: Enhancement

From my own visual perspective, I would enhance the color rendition. There is a lot to work with there in terms of enriching the tones and vibrancy. Of course, one may prefer the more subdued tonality. There is no right nor wrong, just variations.

Actually you're spot on. The image I have and will be printed as such is enhanced, the conversion done by the GetDpi engine has toned it down considerably which in turn prompted this exchange . As you say; "just variations".

 

[Godfrey]

Thanks Raf!

The train shot is very nice. Has an old-timey feel about it that's very appealing, I like the long-lens compression too.

 

[turbines]

 

[RonSmith]

Sara
40/1.4 Pen F on GF1


20110313 019b by Ronald S. Smith, on Flickr

 

[jjsemple]

Frame and angle:

E-PL1, Pentax 110 25mm, 1/2000 @f/2.8, ISO 100

JJ Semple
Camera Obscura

 

[kweide]

Early morning

Ricoh GRD, no NR
ISO64 @ f4.9, 1 second​

 

[kweide]

Look back

Ricoh GRD, No NR
ISO64 @ f2.5, 1/10 second​

 

[Flintrock]

First time post. G2 with Super Takumar 85mm.

 

[Friedel]

B&W with a little gold.

Karl


Opera Paris von Karl-H.Friedrichs auf Flickr

 

[rga]

Lumix GH 1, 14 - 45, three weeks ago between snow dumps at Yosemite (click to make larger)

 

[Devon Shaw]

Construction in the reflecting pool

 

[Flintrock]

Mississippi beach. G2, Super Takumar 135.

 

[RonSmith]

25/1.4 Summilux on GF1


20110318 051b by Ronald S. Smith, on Flickr