Weekend Photography Challenge #488 Black and White in the Garden

[Tersha]

Continuing with B/W …..
Flowers, leaves, trees, bushes, insects, etc, are most often photographed for their colour …. this time try B/W for tones and textures.

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[John Teate]

Gladiolus

[Charmaine Joubert]

The exposure is perfect, you have managed to capture all the detail and textures in the whites.

[John Teate]

Thanks Charmaine

[Dahlia Ambrose]

Beautiful John. Love it 🙂

[John Teate]

Thank you Dahlia

[JasenkaG]

The texture looks stunning!  That delicate sheen of petals feels almost palpable.

[John Teate]

Much appreciated Jasenka 🙂

[Andre P.]

Taraxacum (aka Dandelion)

[Andre P.]

Episyrphus (or kind of)

[Kristi]

This is an excellent image. I like how you’ve positioned it and the crispness of the bee!

[Bobbie]

Beautiful Andre. The sharp focus of the bee is outstanding and the composition is balanced. I love seeing images I would never make.

[Andre P.]

Amaryllis (Pyronia tithonus)

[Click]

Cascade

[Pat Garrett]

Another awesome one by Click. Just wonderful.

[Kristi]

Great Job Click! I love this in black and white!

[Charmaine Joubert]

Awesome photo Click. The textures and water have a very real feel to them.

[Bobbie]

I totally agree with what the others said. Black and white (as done by you) is perfect for this image, almost turning it into 3d.

[Charmaine Joubert]

Hibiscus.

[Frogdaily]

This is stunning Charmaine

[Charmaine Joubert]

Backlit leaf

[Kristi]

Very visually appealing. I love the detail and the lines!

[Charmaine Joubert]

Thank you KrisT

[LeanneC]

Great texture, Charmaine! Very nice.

[Charmaine Joubert]

Thank you Leanne.

[Tersha]

Auricula, too windy outside today, so I brought it in …

[Dahlia Ambrose]

Wow! Love this Diane. The patterns are brilliant and loving the contrast 🙂

[Tersha]

Thanks Dahlia!

[Patrick]

[Dave Watkins]

Crab spider lying in wait.

 

[Pat Garrett]

Dave – both this and the sunflower entry are stunning – very clear, many shades of gray/black.

[Dave Watkins]

Thanks Pat. 🙂

[Dave Watkins]

Sunflower.

[Kristi]

Great shot, almost unrealistic!

[Dave Watkins]

Thanks KrisT. 🙂

[David Chesterfield]

Jewel Spider

[David Chesterfield]

Agapanthus in the rain

 

[LeanneC]

Beautiful David!

[Kristi]

Wild Rhododendron

[yadmit]

[yadmit]

[Kristi]

I love the flower at this angle, very cool shot!

[Dahlia Ambrose]

Love the light and the details 🙂

[yadmit]

[Charmaine Joubert]

Dandelion

[Charmaine Joubert]

Grass

[Pat Garrett]

Charmaine, I have never met an image of yours that didn’t make me go “Oh WoW!” Animals, tiny flowers, little waterdrops. Wonderful

[Rob Wood (Admin)]

@patography – I think my new personal weekly challenge will be trying to come up with an image that can hang in the same company as whatever @joubie puts up that week. lol

[Pat Garrett]

@RobertWood a worthy goal to be sure. I keep working at it, but I’m just happy and honored to participate with all these wonderful artists.

[Charmaine Joubert]

Thanks Rob and Pat for the lovely comments.

[E. Q. de Souza]

[Joanne Van Praag]

[Lee Hopkins]

Agapanthus leaf

[Pat Garrett]

So simple and sso powerful

[JasenkaG]

Really effective simple composition!

[Dave Watkins]

Wild turkey hen. Thankfully not actually IN the garden but in our yard. 🙂

 

 

[Terry Rempel-Mroz]

WEEKEND PHOTOGRAPHY CHALLENGE #488 BLACK AND WHITE IN THE GARDEN

[Laura G]

Guinea fowl visiting my garden. Usually in the neighbourhood..

[Leesa]

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[Leesa]

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[Kristi]

Very beautiful!

[Leesa]

Thank you, KhrisT

[Leesa]

Beautiful, Yadmit

[LeanneC]

Something has changed with how to submit images? On my phone and can’t figure out right now. Will try and edit later.

[Tersha]

Hi Leanne, I’ve posted it for you, (I’m on my computer, but I’ve failed using my phone too). Glad you posted this, I remember it, really nice b/w ladybird!

[LeanneC]

Thanks for the posting help, Diane!

[Dahlia Ambrose]

Wow! Love the image and the composition Leanne 🙂

[Anonymous]

[Pat Garrett]

The lilies look as if they are satin

[Kristi]

I agree with Pat, great job!

[Kristi]

[Pat Garrett]

Wonderful light, KrisT. It “smells” so fresh after the rain.

[Kristi]

Thank you Pat! I love the smell of fresh rain too.

[Tersha]

Re-processed an oldie …. teasel

[LeanneC]

Super image, Diane! Great textures and tones.

[Dave Watkins]

Lovely shot Diane. I used to fight the teasel that wanted to spread throughout the pasture but it made a great photo subject.

[Aurimas]

[Pat Garrett]

Dew on Roses

[Pat Garrett]

Tried something different with lilacs.

[Kristi]

[Rob Wood (Admin)]

Here’s my effort this week.

 

[LeanneC]

Very nice Rob! I am a sucker for water on plants.

[Rob Wood (Admin)]

I goes nicely with the 200 really crappy macro shots I tried to get of insects with drops of water in the hour before I snapped this one. lol

[LeanneC]

One from today…

[E. Q. de Souza]

[Pat Garrett]

So soft yet so clear.

[David Chesterfield]

Leaf Cutter Bee

 

[Kristi]

This is very impressive! Look at that eye! Great shot!

[Charmaine Joubert]

Leaf and waterdrop

[Terry Rempel-Mroz]

How does one reply to another post, so that the reply sits directly below the post?

[Dave Watkins]

For now click reply on the post you want to comment on. Wait for dialog box to appear at the bottom of the thread. Scroll back up to where you want to comment and click reply again.

[Leesa]

Charmaine, this may be my favorite of the challenge. I am referring to “Grass.”

[Dave Watkins]

Straw Flower.

[John Teate]

The lighting on this is so wonderful Dave, it really highlights the texture.

[Dave Watkins]

Thanks John. Good to hear you like it. I changed the look of this shot in post so many times I started to go a bit daffy. 🙂

[JD]

Went out into the garden about mid morning today and saw this bad boy. I saw Andre’s great photo and thought I would put up a different view. The markings are so distinctive. I just hope there isn’t a nest close by.

[Bobbie]

Sorry I’m not commenting on a lot of images but the site is loading very, very slowly and that, combined the continuing need to scroll back and forth (it feels like miles …) is very annoying. I hope it will be fixed soon.

[Bobbie]

Black and white in the lake (garden has nothing interesting)

[Helge]

[Andre P.]

Thanks, Kris T and Bobbie. Sometimes these little beasts don’t want to take the pose you want.

[Joe Jenkins]

Black and white in the garden – Joe Jenkins

[Holly K]

[Preston]

The garden is currently dirt so here’s one from last year.  The Three Amigos

[Graham Hart]

Agave in B&W

[JasenkaG]

This is my favorite photo posted in this challenge so far, I love those delicate white lines!

[Graham Hart]

Hi Jasenka, I only ever get to quickly pop in and out of LS lately since my wife took over our computer working from home. Far too many new posts for me to even begin posting comments but I had to say a quick thank you for your kind words 🙂 .

[Tersha]

B/W fern…

[Bobbie]

Amazing texture, Diane. It almost looks like embroidery.

[Tersha]

Thanks Bobbie, now you’ve said it, I can see it! 🙂

[JasenkaG]

Indeed, this really looks like embroidery! I love fern and its texture.

[Holly K]

This goes with Aurimas’ photo of the wide leaf, maybe from a cabbage plant?  The backlighting in this photo is eye-catching.

[Frogdaily]

[Elaine Schmitt]

Dancing Lady Orchid – D850, 1/60, f/3.8, ISO 100, 105mm macro

[Dahlia Ambrose]

This is beautiful Elaine 🙂

[Elaine Schmitt]

Thank you Dahlia.  Takes me a million pix to get a good one.

[E. Q. de Souza]

I posted on the wrong location. Oops.

[Lee Hopkins]

Thank you very much for commenting on my image. I am yet to figure out how to reply to individual comments in this forum.

[yadmit]

Thanks!

[Lee Hopkins]

A rose from my back garden, low key.

[Lee Hopkins]

Not sure what sort of flower this is (I’m not a gardener).

[Tom M]

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