Monochrome

Lens Artists Challenge #156: Black and White

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This week’s challenge is quite a challenge for me: I have never shot in black and white! Aaaaand I still haven’t. I don’t have time to try to figure out my phone’s settings, though I would like to sometime.

Instead, I used Google Photos editing to convert some of my previous photos into black and white by setting saturation to zero (and also playing with the contrast). This is also something I have never really done, and I was quite pleased with the results.

I took this photo recently at my mom’s house and thought the lighting and shadows really made it suited to black and white. I liked the sunny yellow of the flowers but this is also a cool way to see it.

Juhani

I also thought my cat Juhani would be well suited for B&W. She is in fact mostly white, so I think this medium helps capture her various contours better.

You can find more black and white at the original Lens-Artist challenge, guest hosted this week by Anne at Slow Shutter Speed.

Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #70: Monochrome

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Venice is a beautiful city, full of architectural details.  These are the windows in the Bridge of Sighs; it was through these shaped openings that convicts saw their last view of Venice before they were imprisoned.

Windows on the Bridge of Sighs
Giants’ Staircase in Doge’s Palace

The stairs are known as the Giants’ Staircase in the Doge’s Palace.  The staircase itself is not overly large, but there are some giant-size statues atop it.  Looking closely, you find these intricate designs on the stairs.

I didn’t edit the colors on either of these, so enjoy them in their natural black and white.

You can find more monochrome at the original Lens-Artist challenge.