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Title: Black & White shots
Post by: DubFan on 22 April 2013, 22:55
Been shooting a lot on the streets and found black & white really working nicely for these:

(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8531/8671663967_aca646af21_z.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/alistairbeavis/8671663967/)
Street Musicians (http://www.flickr.com/photos/alistairbeavis/8671663967/) by AlistairBeavis (http://www.flickr.com/people/alistairbeavis/), on Flickr

(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8404/8672766022_866cc9561f_z.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/alistairbeavis/8672766022/)
Street Beatbox (http://www.flickr.com/photos/alistairbeavis/8672766022/) by AlistairBeavis (http://www.flickr.com/people/alistairbeavis/), on Flickr

Slightly different B&W process on this one:
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8252/8663306605_57d5e0d610_z.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/alistairbeavis/8663306605/)
Portable Audio (http://www.flickr.com/photos/alistairbeavis/8663306605/) by AlistairBeavis (http://www.flickr.com/people/alistairbeavis/), on Flickr
Title: Re: Black & White shots
Post by: TheRaven on 29 April 2013, 23:18
I've never tried street shots, but they do work well in B&W, find that it stops everything else being distracting and keeps the focus. Love the first one, framed really well!
Title: Re: Black & White shots
Post by: DubFan on 30 April 2013, 10:11
Cheers.

A fresh one from yesterday. Not technically street, but candid in the station:

(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8119/8693013687_7bc09ecd9e_z.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/alistairbeavis/8693013687/)
The Wait (http://www.flickr.com/photos/alistairbeavis/8693013687/) by AlistairBeavis (http://www.flickr.com/people/alistairbeavis/), on Flickr
Title: Re: Black & White shots
Post by: DubFan on 02 May 2013, 20:48
Been at it again.
A quick trip to a small lake reminded me of the Ansel Adams exhibition I saw recently.
In particular, I was reminded of this quote and so, I processed these photos a couple of times (in Lightroom) and eventually decided that these worked well in a vintage black & white film style.

"The negative is comparable to the composer's score and the print to its performance. Each performance differs in subtle ways."  - Ansel Adams

(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8133/8702983898_ee956c4513_z.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/alistairbeavis/8702983898/)
On the water (http://www.flickr.com/photos/alistairbeavis/8702983898/) by AlistairBeavis (http://www.flickr.com/people/alistairbeavis/), on Flickr

(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8411/8701862201_c6c96f4676_z.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/alistairbeavis/8701862201/)
On the bank (http://www.flickr.com/photos/alistairbeavis/8701862201/) by AlistairBeavis (http://www.flickr.com/people/alistairbeavis/), on Flickr

(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8554/8702984324_dbd41189fa_z.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/alistairbeavis/8702984324/)
Tree (http://www.flickr.com/photos/alistairbeavis/8702984324/) by AlistairBeavis (http://www.flickr.com/people/alistairbeavis/), on Flickr
Title: Re: Black & White shots
Post by: DubFan on 03 May 2013, 13:58
Quote from: DubFan on 02 May 2013, 20:48
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8133/8702983898_ee956c4513_z.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/alistairbeavis/8702983898/)
On the water (http://www.flickr.com/photos/alistairbeavis/8702983898/) by AlistairBeavis (http://www.flickr.com/people/alistairbeavis/), on Flickr

This one just got explored Today at no: 229. Quite pleased with that.  :grin:
I like this monochrome version, but I also like the colour one I produced, which I haven't uploaded yet.
Title: Re: Black & White shots
Post by: Toby on 03 May 2013, 18:34
The one above was my gave of the 3!  I do like b&w