Throwdown: Black and White – really Black and White

[chris pook]

Take that…. Kpow…!

[Tobie]

Well, those patterns play games with my eyes, that’s for sure! 🙂

Interesting display of these animals’ patterns – and to think these patterns are like finger prints – no two are the same!

[Chrissie Bee]

Chris, good Throwdown and love your nature abstract.

[Robert Apple]

See below. VvvvvvvvvvvvV

[Robert Apple]

Spending the night in the hospital, so I had to edit out the blue carpet on this pic. on my 2.5 inch phone screen it’s kind of bumpy but so is riding in one of these, something I did far to often in my youth. Took this at a car show a while back.

https://imgur.com/DhHVkCk

[chris pook]

I hope you are no longer spending the night in Hospital Robert. the car reminds me of 1950’s TV shows re run in them 1960’s and ’70’s when I was a kid!

[Robert Apple]

Thanks Chris, got out this morning, overnight tests. This car was supposedly used on the set of the Andy Griffith Show, with Opie, Aunt Bee, and Barney Fiffe.

[chris pook]

Well hope the tests are all positive. Or at least, well, I hope they all point to good health.

[Erik Fransman]

Robert, hope the tests are positive. Wish you well.

[Kent DuFault]

[chris pook]

Prize for photo with highest uTility……. Street, black and white, shadows….!

[Beth W]

Didn’t see the silhouette of the bug until after I looked at this photo on my computer screen. So it was luck, rather than timing. Taken with my mobile phone so pardon the ‘noise’ but I thought it is an interesting BW photo. That bug wanted to be in the photo, but was kinda shy as he hid behind the petal.

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[chris pook]

Very smart -had not noticed the bug till you pointed him out…

[Erik Fransman]

It looks better when you click:

[Robert Apple]

I thought the subject had to be black and white as well as the photo ?

[Erik Fransman]

Well, the car is black, the snow is white and the mountains are in the mist so they are a shade of grey. True, the mountain has a tint of brown and the air light blue color cast.
The only part that has real color is the yellow license plate.
If it should not be here, admin can delete it.

[chris pook]

Well that was my idea but now I’m rolling with it,,,!

[Chrissie Bee]

Erik, how in the heck!!!??? Amazing. (When I click on to enlarge, I get the photo for a second and then it turns black so I can’t study it. Maybe that’s when the wipeout occurs!)

[Erik Fransman]

Hi Chrissie,
No idea what happens. When I click I see the picture and it stays.
Since I cannot replicate the problem, I do not know a solution.

Thanks for clicking though!

[Rob Eyers]

It never ceases to amaze me how nature persists. Plants can get a toe hold in the most unlikely of places.

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[chris pook]

Roll with it! This is the car you drive while your wife is Biking?

[Erik Fransman]

Hi Chris,
That’s the car. Volkswagen Eos, 211 HP, Dubble DSG automatic transmission. Absolutely fabulous.

[chris pook]

My biking days are not quite over, although since we had children my wife no longer rides pillion. I think when we stop holidaying with our kids I’d like a small hot two seater to go away in. I have a few years of camping yet though. 🙂

[Erik Fransman]

My biking days are over after a severe motorcycle accident in 2012 in Germany. One month in the hospital in Germany and after that one month medical rehabilitation in Germany. After that a few month getting back on my feet in Holland. All in all, I have been out of work for 7 – 8 months. Self-employed as I am, I cannot afford that another time. No work, no money. That’s why we chose our new arrangement and riding this convertible is fantastic.

[chris pook]

It looks like fun. Sorry to hear about your accident. I have a pal who lost a leg from MRSA after a biking accident, below the knee. He still rides, and changes gear with a hand control. He does track days. One day he had a smash on the circuit, and his false leg flew into the pits, causing great consternation… He enjoyed confusing my children when they were younger by wearing his foot the wrong way around. boys will be boys. your smash sounds bad. Glad you are still around to share your work and wisdom!

[chris pook]

I have staff like that Rob!

[Erik Fransman]

In color it is already BW but this is BW in BW.

[Kent DuFault]

Love this shot, Erik!

[Erik Fransman]

Street Chess Board.

[chris pook]

I like those Eric.

[Dustin Carter]

Long Exposure Night Shot of Downtown Boston

[Chrissie Bee]

Really lovely. Memories … Lived in Boston for a while so it’s nice to see it again!

[Nancyka]

My small contribution, almost black and white on a cloudy day

[Chrissie Bee]

https://flic.kr/p/E39dVJ

Thanks for the throw down, Chris. The more I work in B&W, the more I enjoy it.
I’ve been dabbling in Chiaroscuro and this is one of my attempts. (use of bold or strong contrasts between light and dark)

[chris pook]

That is a work of art.

[Erik Fransman]

Well done Chrissie! Perfectly balanced.

[Chrissie Bee]

Thanks, guys!

[Bobbie]

Stunning, Chrissie

[Chrissie Bee]

click for Flickr
https://flic.kr/p/DQEVQr

This man was “doing his thing” in the park and luckily I had my camera ready.

[chris pook]

You are very versatile! Great capture.

[Chrissie Bee]

Thanks, Chris. Photography to me is like food, I like it all. 😉

[Kent DuFault]

I love this shot!

[Bobbie]

This is an interesting companion to the flower. They both show strength and grace but in very different ways.

[chris pook]

A new twist to ‘really black and white’… I’m using this little baby camera all the time. And it will be 2 months before I find out if it works at all! Great little camera though, really recommend it if anyone wants to try a fully manual range finder for street…. (Topic of the day / month / year??). Really well designed for it. All the controls are visible looking down on the camera when held at waist height, light meter on top, shutter speed on the left, aperture on the right, focus, well, where you would expect it to be. Only just bigger than the roll of film – box for scale shown. I’m told you can push Tri-x – never ever tried it before…. No idea what results to expect, but shooting this 400 at 800 and see where it ends up. As ever any advice welcome, but perhaps that’s a topic for another thread.

[Erik Fransman]

Hi Chris,

Seeing that camera again makes me smile and a little sad. My father used to have it and I made quite a few photo’s with it.
Great little camera. When my father bought a new camera, my brother took this one. So far no problem. But after a few years he gave it away to a neighbor (instead of asking me!).

You can easily push Tri-X one stop. It has a very nice grain.
Wish you lots of fun shooting and developing (and printing!)>
As you have read, don’t expect me to give any printing advise. 🙂

[chris pook]

We have something in common. I bought the camera because it is the same type my dad had. Doing the ‘have you met’ interview reminded me of it, and with eBay these days… it is only a moment from the thought to the purchase. I’m not ready for my own developing yet… But maybe later!

[Tersha]

Wow! that makes my eyes hurt! Love it!
This was meant to go with the zebra abstract …..

[chris pook]

🙂

[Tersha]

Some brilliant images in this thread!
Here’s a ‘real’ black and white, from a few years back …..

[Erik Fransman]

An old one. Analogue.

[chris pook]

Well some great responses to the throwdown, thanks for picking up the gauntlet everyone. Robert and his cop car get the prize for speed – and getting the topic! Kent gets the prize for utility, with his street shadow BW. Something bugs me about Beth’s :). Boston is bright and I like the starkness of Rob’s slow growers. Eric has lots but continues to see what I would walk straight past, with the bow of the boat. I like that. Nancy your bird looks chilly and I hope you were wrapped up warm. Tersha I hope no Zebras were harmed in the making of your guitar! It’s been fun, thank you. If there is one that I would love to be able to do, despite it being a million miles from my style, it would be Chrissie B flower. That has a delicacy and fine art feel I would love to master. Thanks again everyone.

[Will Meades]

Here’s a self portrait I shot the other day playing around with long exposure using 2nd curtain flash. Kind of looks like a composite or double exposure. But this is a 1.3 second shot. I used this in a Long Exposure competition at our local camera club. I called it “Inner Conflict”

https://flic.kr/p/GcwVVf

[Erik Fransman]

Hi Will,
Nice effect and good black and white treament.
Well done.
Obviously makes me curious to the inner conflict.

[Will Meades]

thanks Erik…the only inner conflict I was dealing with was how to create this shot! 😉

[Mistyisle]

I really like this Will, great concept and execution ! 😀

[Mistyisle]

Took this quite a while ago on Takapuna Beach, Auckland, New Zealand. It took me about four years to identify that it was best in B&W. So never give up on a photo you feel has promise. It can just be finding the right treatment.

[Robert Apple]

No idea what kind of bird he is but they seemed to be in charge of the wetlands.
https://flic.kr/p/J1pQMk

[ElinL]

Must be relevant for this throwdown

[chris pook]

:). Well if we are going there…. Let me see what I can find!

Ah… Could not find what I want, mus be in the other place! In a few days then.

[chris pook]

Here we go…

[Tersha]

🙂

[Yvonne]

Stormy afternoon and evening, but the sun had the last say as it broke through the clouds near end of day. This is the view off my deck, black and white seemed the way to show it off nicely. And a serendipitous moment appeared when I signed on here and found “black and white” near top of the forum page.

True to my word, last Sunday I dusted off my oldest IR converted camera (an old Sony cybershot), charged up the battery and had at it a few times this week. (boy does my brain hurt now, had to remember all the IR conversions stuff after not touching it nigh on 2 years). But I’M BACK!

[Bobbie]

Very dramatic. I think you’re right in the b&w choice.

[Tersha]

Cool shot, Yvonne … I’m very impressed by you remembering the IR conversion stuff after 2 years, I forgot it after only a few months! It was your IR photos that inspired me to get a camera converted. 🙂

[ElinL]

This is really great Yvonne

[Yvonne]

Thanks Bobbie, that’s what I adore IR, it lends itself to dramatic so well.

[chris pook]

V cool!

[Yvonne]

Thanks @tersha

I’m sure there are several nuances & tricks I’ve still got to re-remember, but it will come. I didn’t know you’d converted a camera, I’ll have to have a peak at your photostream. Fun, isn’t it?!?!

[Yvonne]

Thanks Chris : )

[Yvonne]

Another B & W IR, this one with the help of my grand daughter. She is usually a bundle of energy and hard to get to hold still for a shot. But I guess our walk in the woods bled off enough of it to get the moment of contemplation here.

[Erik Fransman]

Very nice Yvonne. Will work even better is you have a wider version with her shadow.

[stevematten]

Am I too late for the party?

[chris pook]

Tri x? Always welcome!

[ElinL]

Unable to resist this one

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