September 2010, BW "Out-of-Camera" Side-Challenge

09/21/2010 12:46:35 AM · #101

Originally posted by noel122308:

On the couch

The deep DOF helps make this shot. By having good focus from the nose back, I can enjoy all the little details in that doggy gaze.

09/21/2010 01:03:23 AM · #102

Originally posted by noel122308:

On the couch

Is this photo cropped at post process?

noel122308

Kodak C713

09/21/2010 02:50:58 PM · #103

Thanks for the comments. That photo was taken straight from the camera to Flickr. I didn't crop it at all.

Here is another one with my dog.

Morning walk

Off to comment your photos. I have been having computer problems so I haven't been able to be online much. I am behind on comments.

Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6

09/21/2010 03:16:17 PM · #104

Originally posted by noel122308:

Thanks for the comments.

Here is another one with my dog.

Morning walk

Nicely done with the low angle. It's a dog's eye view of the scene. The dog looks very similar to a dog that I had that died of old age. He was left here as a pup. His full name was Stupidyellerholediggingbarkingdog, or Yellow dog for short. He was all love and no brains.

retake

Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT

09/21/2010 04:05:39 PM · #105

Haven't posted in a while. I haven't been shooting well lately. I think my camera is like a digital mood ring. When I'm cranky, I take bad pictures! Thought I better contribute something anyway. Hope everyone else is doing well!

Hostas

From our walk at the park

My piano

spiritualspatula

Panasonic LUMIX DMC-LX100

Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED

09/22/2010 02:59:30 AM · #106

PennyStreet

Olympus OM-D E-M1

Olympus 17mm f/1.8 M.Zuiko

09/22/2010 10:56:53 PM · #107

09/22/2010 11:21:00 PM · #108

09/22/2010 11:25:56 PM · #109

I think better tones here with little faster shutter speed :)

09/23/2010 12:21:07 AM · #110

09/23/2010 08:45:50 PM · #111

09/25/2010 03:11:30 PM · #112

The new lens @ 70mm giving me a very nice results on BW. Contrast on this photo is pretty well imo.

09/25/2010 03:43:47 PM · #113

I haven't shot anything worth seeing in B&W with my big cam lately, but here is something from yesterday morning to keep the thread active.

Panasonic LUMIX DMC-LX100

09/26/2010 10:28:12 PM · #114

spiritualspatula

Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED

09/28/2010 05:52:47 AM · #115

Got a couple for the last push of the month.

Just want to say this has been a fun exercise for me, and I really liked it a lot. It also encouraged me to take my LX3 along a lot more often than I used to.

09/28/2010 07:50:23 AM · #116

Not everyone's thing to actually go into the machine and change settings around. Most people uses Auto everything, even they buy a very nice DSLRs, just put on auto and use it as "Point and Shoot" camera. It's a shame. But other people are very curious about their machines, and they do know inside and out what all those settings are... which probably gives them advantage to get better results.

This SC has been not only BW and settings practice but also practice to get good crops from your viewfinder. Pay more attention to your viewfinder, you don't have to use CS5 to move horses around LOL

Even we have another three days until this one is over, thanks to participants and showing your talents ;)

I am starting another SC. It's about using off-camera flashes to create street photography. You can use one or more flash to take original photos. Please do check out the thread here :)

A good sample photo of the idea