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[Tula_Montage]

My favorite style of photography is monochromatic. I adore B+W shots. I have visions of this thread growing into a black and white picture fest, please oblige and post your best B+W shots!

I'll go first. Please name your camera kit and why you like the picture you are posting.

Nikon D40, 18-55mm nikkor lens

Slightly underexposed, but I thought the silhouette was a bold statement and well composed.

 

[Weebonilass]

Oooooo, I can't do anything from work as they have photobucket blocked, but I have one or two to post this evening. I spent several hours yesterday walking around looking at our overflowing creeks and because the sky was so overcast, it didn't turn out very appealing... in colour... I like the ones that I did in B&W, which I love too

 

[Tula_Montage]

Thats what I love about b+w too, most of time when colour shots are way overexposed they make terrific mono shots.

 

[Toshiro]

My skills aren't as higly advanced as yours, Elle
and my camera-kit isn't really a kit, just a digital camera [Sony DSC-W55]

But I like taking pictures and B/W looks lovely.

Like the way you can see the little hairs on its legs, but not the web

Perfect unperfect mushroom + I like it when some parts are a bit blurry

I like how the lights fall in this one.

 

[Tula_Montage]

Really gorgeous shots, I love the spidie one!

It just goes to show you DON'T need a big fancy camera to take really lovely shots. A camera is only as good as the person behind it.

 

[Weebonilass]

Okay, figured out how to attach things on here directly, so I can bypass the filter at work I'm using a new to me Cannon Rebel XT with just the standard 55mm lens.

 

[ArpeggioAngel]

Those swan pictures are lovely!! They are such elegant birds.

 

[Weebonilass]

Those swan pictures are lovely!! They are such elegant birds.

Thanks, just one bird though I'm not sure where it came from.. it seemed to show up a month or so ago... just the single one.

Found out that they arch those fingers when they feel threatened. If I was still, he'd relax and they would lay flat, but when I moved in a way he/she thought threatening, he'd make this noise deep in his throat and raise those feathers up... fasciating. I took a ton of pictures of him

 

[Weebonilass]

Thanks, just one bird though I'm not sure where it came from.. it seemed to show up a month or so ago... just the single one.

Found out that they arch those fingers when they feel threatened. If I was still, he'd relax and they would lay flat, but when I moved in a way he/she thought threatening, he'd make this noise deep in his throat and raise those feathers up... fasciating. I took a ton of pictures of him

Feeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeathers... not fingers... sheesh, I really need to get me one of those edit buttons.

 

[ArpeggioAngel]

Strange that there is only one. Wonder if it lost its mate? Swans mate for life and you rarely find just one.

 

[Weebonilass]

Strange that there is only one. Wonder if it lost its mate? Swans mate for life and you rarely find just one.

That's what I fear has happened

 

[Toshiro]

Really gorgeous shots, I love the spidie one!

Thanks

It just goes to show you DON'T need a big fancy camera to take really lovely shots. A camera is only as good as the person behind it.

Explains why your shots are so great

 

[MegF.]

I decided to play with the monochrome on my picture editor program. Here are some I liked:

 

[Weebonilass]

Some great shots! Esp. that one of the butterfly! But I don't think you told us what kind of camera you were using for them

 

[MegF.]

Olympus C-5050 5.0 megapixel camera. Used to be one of the best around...now it's just archaic!

 

[Stregone]

Here's a couple of mine from DC.

 

[Weebonilass]

You forgot to tell us what kind of camera you are using That first shot is really wild. Care to explain the story behind it?

 

[Toshiro]

Would it be okay for me to post 2 other b/w-shots?
In these two I like the contrast between the darkness and the light

A scared little arachnid

A cute little light doing his best to light the room

And yesterday I took a snapshot of Fenrir looking cute (in b/w)

 

[dionythicus]

I love B&W pics. I have tons of them from everywhere we go. I could fill a book. I just use a Canon digital camera. Most of these are from local cemeteries, but the building and the dark hall are from Mexico.

 

[Tula_Montage]

Some awesome shots guys! Post as many as you like. The more the better!