Mini Challenge #20~BLACK & WHITE

karmat · May 05, 2008, 01:30:07 PM

Quick Draw McGraw

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mossphoto · May 05, 2008, 01:50:20 PM

B&W, what a great challenge. I look forward to all of the entries.

For me, this was hard to choose my 4 entries. Infrared B&W is one of my photographic passions, second only to India.

My entries are all in IR B&W. Just a quick lesson in IR film. Infrared photographs the IR near visible light. If you have a lens with a small red dot at the top of the lens, this is the focus point for IR films. I actually shoot IR with an opaque filter (Kodak 87C) over the lens. You compose, focus, and then put the filter over the lens. You then have to move the focus back to the red mark.

The first image is one of my favorite, and most popular. It is taken with a Nikon FE2, and Kodak HIE B&W IR film. This is actually my mother's back yard (which is for sale if anyone's interested ).

This one is titled "Dick's Bench". Dick was my mother's brother-in-law. He has since died of cancer. He used to sit on this bench and watch the porpoises swim up and down the tidal river in the background. A copy of this print hangs in his wife's home in Savannah.

Thanks for looking.

~V~

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mossphoto · May 05, 2008, 01:54:43 PM

The next one was actually supposed to be a test.

I was testing a new film, macophot 120, which is no longer made.

It was shot on a Mamiya 645 AFD.

The white in the water is actually the algae on the top of the water. IR film produces foliage as white, and open blue sky as black. The clouds photograph very white as well.

Anyway, here is "Stone House Park"

~Vic~

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mossphoto · May 05, 2008, 02:00:50 PM

This one is from my last photo safari. I went to South Carolina to work on my "Abandoned American" series. This is an ongoing personal project documenting different aspects of man made objects in various states of decay. In my series so far, I've photographed both the famous, such as Alcatraz Island, to the obscure, such as abandoned farms in South Carolina. This is where I found this abandoned railroad crossing.

It is called "Abandoned RR Crossing ~ McLeod Farms"

~Vic~

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mossphoto · May 05, 2008, 02:10:01 PM

And my last entry.

This one is from my series on Route 66 through Arizona. Arizona boasts the most drivable miles left of the original Rte 66.

I spent a week driving up and down the entire state, and was able to drive every section of The Mother Road that is still open to the public. I was also able to drive one section that wasn't. I spent the entire time on that part of the road hoping the rancher didn't lock the gate.

This shot was photographed just east of where one of the old alignments of Rte 66 ends at the boundary of The Painted Desert/Petrified Forest. The road crosses Dead River Wash, which for a vast majority of the time is just a dry river bed. However, from evidence in the photo, there is plenty of water at times. It is usually during a flash flood.

These automobiles were buried by those floods. I wish I know why they were there. Many times in the past, vehicles were used to control erosion. Maybe that's how they got there. I had returned to this site about 2or 3 years ago, and found the vehicles have been rearranged by subsequent floods.

This one is titled "Dead River Wash #2 ~ Route 66, AZ". It was shot with my old trusty Nikon FE2, with Kodak HIE infrared film. Sadly, Kodak has discontinued this film this year.

~Vic~

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Avoura · May 05, 2008, 08:34:28 PM

Over the last two days we have had some really great weather here in England, and I took the opportunity to get out to some picturesque places and take some photos.

I converted 3 of them into monochrome images, one sepia, two black and white, and also I have added an image from a while back of some chess pieces on a chessboard, which is an ideal subject when thinking of black and white.

1. Here is the first image: Antique Engine

Or click here to see the image on Flickr site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/kingdavid/2469572730/

Taken on 5 May 2008, at Battlesbridge, a small village in rural England with a high concentration of antique centres. This old train engine was outside the first antique centre I came to.

2. Moored Boats

Or click here to see the image on Flickr site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/kingdavid/2468753001/

Taken on 5 May 2008, at Battlesbridge. The boats are moored on the River Crouch. The building to the left is the Granary Antique and Craft Centre, and has one of the largest antique collections I have seen.

3. Riverside Crane

Or click here to see the image on Flickr site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/kingdavid/2468755849/

This was taken in Burnham-on-Crouch, further East along the River Crouch, not far from the North Sea. This is an old crane that was on the side of the river. Taken on 4 May 2008.

4. Chess Game

Or click here to see the image on Flickr site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/kingdavid/2468760451/

Just some chess pieces on a chess board, taken on 30 June 2007.

All images taken with a Canon Digital Ixus 60. I used Digikam software to convert the images to monochrome (available for free from http://www.digikam.org, for use with the Linux operating system, which is also free).

Liz · May 06, 2008, 12:05:40 AM

THE FOUNTAIN

Taken with a HP Photosmart Camera. Picture is from Victoria, BC

Liz · May 06, 2008, 12:33:50 AM

CLINGING TO THE ROCK

HP Photosmart Camera. Taken in a garden on Vancouver Island.

Jim D · May 06, 2008, 06:55:36 AM

Wounded Sentry

Taken around Sept 2007 with a Canon S3 IS

Jim D · May 06, 2008, 06:59:35 AM

Raindrop Ripples

Taken around September 2007 with my Canon S3 IS

Samantha · May 06, 2008, 09:40:20 AM

I'm going to give this a try. This is a photo of my daughter, Olivia, during drama practice at church. The name of our drama team is - F.I.R.E. Fully Ignited Redeemed Eternally. That is what is on their shirts. FIRE on the front, and the whole name on the back. So I've highlighted the name on the front. I used an Olympus FE 220 Digital camera, and this was on Easter.

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Jim D · May 06, 2008, 07:30:42 PM

Amicable Separation

I thought that the bark, gradually retreating from the tree stump, typified one of life's numerous cycles quite well.

Taken August 2007; Canon PowerShot S3 IS

mybcjazz · May 08, 2008, 05:37:13 AM

Where Am I?

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Canon Digital Rebel XT w/Tokina 12-24 F4

mybcjazz · May 08, 2008, 07:02:32 PM

Cool Jazz

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Canon EOS 40D w/ EFS 60 F2.8

Pat · May 09, 2008, 08:15:31 AM

Amazing photo of Jazz! Wow!

larryboy07 · May 09, 2008, 09:19:30 AM

Short Walk Home

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ScottyBoy · May 09, 2008, 09:39:45 PM

Dad Dad Daddy O Long Leg

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ScottyBoy · May 09, 2008, 09:41:27 PM

Lonely Flower

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LakeLady · May 13, 2008, 07:46:18 PM

This a picture taken at the Okefenokee Swamp. It is of the Chesser Homestead.

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Papasmirf · May 14, 2008, 12:28:25 AM

"Let me tell you a story"

Shot with Sony A-100 on Christmas Day 2008

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Papasmirf · May 14, 2008, 12:40:00 AM

Buildings on Honolulu skyline

Photo taken Feb 2008

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Nita · May 14, 2008, 07:31:06 PM

I am so impressed by the quality of the entries. I thought the last challenge would be the hardest to judge. Now I KNOW it's this one!

I'm posting one more, though not sure why when I see all the great photos already.
I had planned to get a photo of the Tall Ships when they were here, but didn't get down to do it. This is one on my computer from last summer.

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shutterbugmom · May 14, 2008, 08:26:31 PM

"Moulton Barn"

Okay, here's my first entry.

I took this one with my Canon EOS 20D in October 2005, in Wyoming.

SmokeytheDog · May 14, 2008, 10:46:51 PM

Old Trestle

taken near Cloudcroft N.M.

SmokeytheDog · May 14, 2008, 10:49:03 PM

Old shed and thistles

SmokeytheDog · May 14, 2008, 10:50:27 PM

Weeds

Elaine · May 14, 2008, 11:18:29 PM

A beautiful spray of white orchids.....photo taken at a Rogers Gardens in Newport Beach, CA I loved the "individual" spray...then I decided to turn it in to a kaleidoscope affect....and it came out very interesting

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Elaine · May 15, 2008, 12:54:57 AM

White Orchid on black
Photo taken at Rogers Nursery, Newport Beach, CA
Olympus 3050zoom

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shutterbugmom · May 15, 2008, 02:07:35 AM

"Plum Blossoms"

My second entry was taken last spring in my back yard. It's really pretty in color too, but I really like how it converted to B&W. I took this one with my Canon EOS 20D, also.

shutterbugmom · May 15, 2008, 03:00:41 AM

"Days Gone By"

My third entry was taken with the same camera as the other photos, in 2007. It was a cold, foggy day that lended itself well to the subject and the aged effect.

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