B & W

Trevlan

I've been seeing so many gorgeous black and white shots. I'd like to contribute these. C & C always welcomed.

#1


#2


#3


#4


#5


#6


I know this one doesn't belong here, but it's one of my favorite B&Ws.

The House of Light


Thanks for looking.

torags

Nice........... 5 & 6 Sepia?

wadesworld

Very nice!

#2 is nice, but I think a little too much shadow on the right side. There needs to be at least a hint of facial features on the right side IMO.

#3 is a little blown out on the top of the head - but I can see that it's a challenging shot to expose, given that it's got a lot of range.

JustPlainMe

#2 and #4 are particularly notable. I don't know how I feel about the darkness of #2---I think it would be great with more detail on the left side of the face, but then again, it's kind of a suitably menacing dichotomy the way it is. I don't know . . . #4 is so peaceful, the lighting is perfect (to my eye, which doesn't necessarily mean anything!).

FWIW.

jvgphoto

I think #1 is by far your best effort - like it a lot!

Cheers,
Jon

JustPlainMe wrote:

#2 and #4 are particularly notable. I don't know how I feel about the darkness of #2---I think it would be great with more detail on the left side of the face, but then again, it's kind of a suitably menacing dichotomy the way it is. I don't know . . . #4 is so peaceful, the lighting is perfect (to my eye, which doesn't necessarily mean anything!).

FWIW.

D'Buggs

jvgphoto wrote:

I think #1 is by far your best effort - like it a lot!

Cheers,
Jon

Include me on this bandwagon!
I like whats goin on in the 'picture within the picture' (sunglass reflection).

Gary752

D'Buggs wrote:

I like whats goin on in the 'picture within the picture' (sunglass reflection).

I agree as well! Even though you have cropped this one in close, you still can see what this person is doing, without seeing what he's doing!

GaryB

Trevlan

Thanks for all of the comments my friends.

#1 was the hardest one to convert to B&W. In the original photo, the sunglasses have a blue tint. When I first converted it, it didn't have the same impact as the color photo. The framing, (full 200mm focal, not crop) was to give the allusion of him doing something out of the frame. (Extra points to who can guess what he's preparing.) The challenge came when I needed to figure out how to convert to B&W, but keep everything clear, without risking the exposure. What I ended up doing was two B&W's of the same picture. One exposing for the face, and the other for the sunglasses. I was satisfied with the final result.

#2 was really more of a 'fun' shot that anything else. The expression was sort of showing the menace side of him. That's the reason why there was no fill on the camera right.

#3 as you can tell, was the toughest one to expose. My camera doesn't have the dynamic range to expose for all of that detail. And it showed once the picture was converted to B&W. I'm pretty fond of the framing and how the shadow covers the double chin he had. I attempted to mute the blown highlights, but it took away from the picture, so I left it as is.

#4 the young fisherwoman apprentice. I like it overall. Peacfull, calm, a genuine expression of intrest and intrigue. Nothing is sweeter or more innocent than the curiosity of a child.

#5 #6 are both sepia. I'm not sure what the question was refering to. Whether the colors were displaying incorrectly, or if the addition of a color tone disqualifies those as B&Ws. From what I know, those are B&W's with a sepia tone, and still fall under the B&W family. I particularly like #5. Her hair is simply marvelous. The full face shot, was nice. But for some reason, she and I prefered this crop.

Once again, thanks for taking the time to look.

jvgphoto

Trevlan wrote:

Thanks for all of the comments my friends.

#1 was the hardest one to convert to B&W. In the original photo, the sunglasses have a blue tint. When I first converted it, it didn't have the same impact as the color photo. The framing, (full 200mm focal, not crop) was to give the allusion of him doing something out of the frame. (Extra points to who can guess what he's preparing.) The challenge came when I needed to figure out how to convert to B&W, but keep everything clear, without risking the exposure. What I ended up doing was two B&W's of the same picture. One exposing for the face, and the other for the sunglasses. I was satisfied with the final result.

Well done, Frank - great solution!
Cheers,
Jon

D'Buggs

Trevlan wrote:

(Extra points to who can guess what he's preparing.)

Fishing tackle (????)

Trevlan

D'Buggs wrote:

Fishing tackle (????)

Winner!!!!