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05/03/2007 10:40:09 AM · #251 |
Day 3 - Let me out!
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05/03/2007 11:25:37 AM · #252 |
Day 3
Another gray, rainy day, but I took my camera along with me for my morning walk. |
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05/03/2007 11:37:02 AM · #253 |
I am looking for the original thread for B&W - Color carnival told me there were some great suggestions for making black & white
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05/03/2007 11:45:10 AM · #254 |
Originally posted by dsterner:
I am looking for the original thread for B&W - Color carnival told me there were some great suggestions for making black & white |
There's a b/w tutorial that Leroy did that's really nice.
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05/03/2007 11:47:11 AM · #255 |
| The original thread is here. |
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05/03/2007 01:11:14 PM · #256 |
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05/03/2007 01:12:27 PM · #257 |
day 3 fo meee
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05/03/2007 01:24:01 PM · #258 |
Day 3
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05/03/2007 01:51:38 PM · #259 |
| Oh dear. I've missed three days and it looks as though there will be no way to catch up with the commenting already! I may post a few but forgive me if I don't keep up with the comments. I'll do what I can! |
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05/03/2007 02:01:25 PM · #260 |
Originally posted by Melethia:
Oh dear. I've missed three days and it looks as though there will be no way to catch up with the commenting already! I may post a few but forgive me if I don't keep up with the comments. I'll do what I can! |
i love your b&w's deb. i'm looking forward to seeing as many as you can post in this challenge :) |
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05/03/2007 02:01:46 PM · #261 |
Day 3 - Tired
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05/03/2007 02:12:43 PM · #262 |
Day 3
Lack of creativity has set in early. I like this, I'm not sure how much it really works as a bw photo but ...
A rope coiled around a wooden post.
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05/03/2007 03:12:45 PM · #263 |
Day 3
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05/03/2007 03:18:40 PM · #264 |
I thought I'd pop in here and mention something that I've said in a couple comments. Maybe it will prove helpful to others, too.
Most of us are used to relying on color to pop our subjects. In black and white, we no longer have this luxury. When we're looking for a scene that works in b/w, we need to stop looking at the world in terms of color. Instead, we need to pay closer attention to textures and contrasts since these are the tools available to us to show off our subjects. I find myself walking around and mentally "turning off" the colors I'm looking at - ignoring and looking beyond them. I think that's a HUGE key to shooting a successful b/w photo.
Any one else have tips like this? Stuff that doesn't involve processing?
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05/03/2007 03:20:23 PM · #265 |
Originally posted by Rebecca:
Any one else have tips like this? Stuff that doesn't involve processing? |
Yes. Shallow DoF is your friend. |
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05/03/2007 03:21:48 PM · #266 |
Originally posted by routerguy666:
Originally posted by Rebecca:
Any one else have tips like this? Stuff that doesn't involve processing? |
Yes. Shallow DoF is your friend. |
This is true, if for no other reason than it blurs out a lot of the messier details that would otherwise distract from your subject.
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05/03/2007 03:23:38 PM · #267 |
Rebecca - this is a really good point. B/W is ALL about the light. Dynamic colors will always get the 'ooo - isn't that pretty crowd', but B/W is all about light and how it interacts with the world. The textures and reflections and tones are everything. I am not great at B/W, but when I am trying to shoot for B/W I really try to look more closely at the light.
Originally posted by Rebecca:
I thought I'd pop in here and mention something that I've said in a couple comments. Maybe it will prove helpful to others, too.
Most of us are used to relying on color to pop our subjects. In black and white, we no longer have this luxury. When we're looking for a scene that works in b/w, we need to stop looking at the world in terms of color. Instead, we need to pay closer attention to textures and contrasts since these are the tools available to us to show off our subjects. I find myself walking around and mentally "turning off" the colors I'm looking at - ignoring and looking beyond them. I think that's a HUGE key to shooting a successful b/w photo.
Any one else have tips like this? Stuff that doesn't involve processing? |
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05/03/2007 03:30:55 PM · #268 |
Originally posted by Rebecca:
I thought I'd pop in here and mention something that I've said in a couple comments. Maybe it will prove helpful to others, too.
Most of us are used to relying on color to pop our subjects. In black and white, we no longer have this luxury. When we're looking for a scene that works in b/w, we need to stop looking at the world in terms of color. Instead, we need to pay closer attention to textures and contrasts since these are the tools available to us to show off our subjects. I find myself walking around and mentally "turning off" the colors I'm looking at - ignoring and looking beyond them. I think that's a HUGE key to shooting a successful b/w photo.
Any one else have tips like this? Stuff that doesn't involve processing? |
Actually, one thing that's sort of curious is that the same thing works backwards, for colour photography. At least it does for me. If I discard (or try to discard) colour when looking at a scene, I'm able to concentrate better on shape/line things like that.
I remember reading somewhere about somebody saying that he (I think it was a he) was a B/W photographer who liked to work in colour. That's when I started to think of how to try to see things in B/W regardless of the final version. |
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05/03/2007 03:35:17 PM · #269 |
Day 3
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05/03/2007 03:38:45 PM · #270 |
is it too late to join this suckah? i just finished my finals! :)
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05/03/2007 03:45:21 PM · #271 |
Originally posted by muckpond:
is it too late to join this suckah? i just finished my finals! :) |
Ready, set, go!!
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05/03/2007 03:49:13 PM · #272 |
Originally posted by muckpond:
is it too late to join this suckah? i just finished my finals! :) |
Just comment on everyone's photos first and then feel free to jump in! :p
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05/03/2007 03:54:25 PM · #273 |
My Day 1 is a cheat, only because I really, really like how it came out in B&W. Taken on 21 April (so only a week or so off).
I can't always shoot every day, but I will try to at least use shots taken in the month of May from now on. Maybe. :-) |
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05/03/2007 04:01:02 PM · #274 |
Originally posted by Melethia:
My Day 1 is a cheat, only because I really, really like how it came out in B&W. Taken on 21 April (so only a week or so off).
I can't always shoot every day, but I will try to at least use shots taken in the month of May from now on. Maybe. :-) |
Oh heck, Deb, I've broken that rule twice already myself. :) I see this challenge not just as an opportunity to take shots but also to spend time learning digital b&w conversion techniques, so when I don't have anything current I've been digging out an old image and working with it. Hopefully no one else minds when the image was actually taken, but I certainly don't. |
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05/03/2007 04:14:40 PM · #275 |
Ok after 3 days of plenty of empty space, I finally relented and have filled the frame
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