The photography challenge for the next two weeks is Black and White photography. This challenge is about finding “essence” in tonal values without colour. This will focus your mind towards more abstract shapes and contrast. With the seasonal change toward autumn shadows will get longer opening up opportunities for Black and White photography as well.
Please keep image submissions at or below 1600 pixels wide or 1050 pixels high. This will keep image size reasonable while giving plenty of resolution on computer monitors.
As you know I love B&W, especially as I will often shoot a RAW file and a Fuji B&W fit simulation (like Acros or Monochrome). Recently at a Bugaboos Photo Workshop I captured some B&W images which I have “processed” further in Luminar NEO.
Camera was the detailed Fuji GFX 50Sii medium format on a tripod.
First image is from Aug 5 afternoon as a smoky sky partially obscured the mountains. ISO 125/ F 7.1/ SS@1/200 and a focal lenght of 28mm. in Fuji Acros (Y filter) My goal was to bring out the mountain detail despite the haze and smoke
Great image Joe. Really like the sharp foreground and the hazy distant mountains. The mountain scenery is spectacular! It really shows well in B&W.
Same camera but 06:40am on Aug 7th at the pond adjacent to the Bugaboo Lodge.
On tripod with a focal length of 28mm, Fujifilm Acros in camera B&W processed further in Luminar NEO.
ISO 1600/ F 5.0/ SS@1/60.
Portrait taken at Heritage Park. Desaturated and manipulated in Lightroom then exported to Photoshop for cloning out distracting signs.
I went to the zoo today to see if I could photograph something in black and white. I took a few shots of the African Porcupine which were not that great until I enlarged on section that appeared to have a blemish, It turned out to be a fly! I used Topaz Sharpen AI to bring it into focus. Strange little critter. Settings: FL 122mm, F5.6, S 1/80, ISO 1320, Auto WB and Matrix Metering.
I have never photographed in black and white and wasn’t sure where to even start. On Sunday I went on a BUMP (Beltline Urban Mural Project) tour and found some interesting paintings. BUMP has been running for 7 years and there are currently 140 murals in the Beltline area. There are 4 different tours and this one took in 20 murals in the Connaught area.
Taken with my iphone.
A second mural in the same area.
Taken with my iphone
Water patterns on the Elbow river
f/9, 1/500, iso100
Nice abstract Tony!
Thanks, Ron
Taken in N.Glenmore park (I actually got quite close)
f/11, 1/320, iso180
Hoodoos at the Calgary Zoo. 1/1600 sec, f/8, ISO 1000. Processed in Photoshop B&W adjustment layer, using multiple colour sliders.
For comparison the colour image
Big hat, little hat. ISO 125, f/20, 1/60.
wrong photo – Henri please replace above with this one. Thx.
Tighter crop to remove left and bottom distractions.
I love the two hats! Makes me wonder what the story is.
Eau Claire condos. ISO 200, f/20, 1/30.
Milkweed pods, taken with my Google Pixel 8, cropped tight, converted to black and white sharpened and increased the contrast using Microsoft Photo Gallery.
Exploded Milkweed Pods. Taken with Google Pixel 8.
Cropped tight, converted to black and white, and increased the contrast using Microsoft Photo Gallery.
out and about dropping off some pillows and getting new upholstery on 10th Ave. I liked the different lines so I looked for lines and got these two.
number two is the power towers in River Park. I laid the camera on my iPhone as a base then set the camera on 10 sec. timer.
Heritage Park Buildings – Canon EOS 6D Mark IV – 1/3200 sec. @ f/4.0, 75mm, ISO 100.
At Heritage Park. Post in light room with cropping and some sepia. 85 f1.8, 100 iso, 1/800 @ f8
Thinking about this session’s challenge I thought, “why not have some fun with it” So I roamed with three cameras as I searched for inspiration, Nikon digital (D610), Nikon F4 (35 mm film), and Yashhica C (120 film). This is one of two favourites, a sculpture tucked in a nook of a building across from the Sheldon Chumir Health Centre. Shot with the D610 and massaged in LR Classic. F/4.5; 1/100 sec.; ISO 160 at 55 mm
This photo has been shot with a Yashica C. I bought it some years ago on a whim (and paid too much for it). Introduced mid-1950s it shoots 120 film (2×2). I use a digital camera to take meter readings. There is not much to it (all manual), biggest thing is ‘did I advance the film to the next frame’. But I messed up development of the strip from which this photo comes. I failed to top-up the tank with developer to the proper level. Photo is as-shot and processed except for digitizing it for electronic transfer, i.e. it has not undergone digital post-processing magic (pretty obvious but needs saying).