CBWC: Any Kind of Geometrical Shape A lot of my favorite architecture and other geometric pictures were taken in black and white. Somehow, black and white seems to work best for anything blocky and especially with sharp edges.
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FLOWERS IN LIVING BLACK AND WHITE
CBWC: Flowers I have to admit having a personal preference for flowers in color rather than black and white. To me, the essence of flowers is color, but I’ll give it a try. Maybe orchids since they are more “form”… Read More ›
OLD STUFF IN BLACK AND WHITE
A Photo a Week Challenge: Weathered Photographers love old rusty vehicles and old weathered wood. I have an old tractor that’s a favorite piece for photography. I consider it art. Other people consider it trash. Not everyone thinks my aging tractor… Read More ›
MYRON HEALY WANTS A DRINK
CBWC: Faces In Things In this case, the faces were in our television. My husband is not merely a movie maven. He is also seriously hooked on old western movies and television shows. This was an old episode of Cheyenne. Made… Read More ›
BLACK & WHITE WITH SHADES OF GRAY – PHOTOS BY GARRY AND MARILYN ARMSTRONG
Weekly Prompts – Colour Challenge Black and White Even after 40 years of photography, I’m still sometimes taken aback by what a difference the same photograph can have depending on its presentation. Color isn’t just a tint. Color is a visual… Read More ›
SITTING AND SEATING IN BLACK & WHITE
CBWC: SEATING – Cee’s Black & White Challenge We actually went out to take some pictures today. It was a gray, humid day with wait expected. We went down to the river in Rhode Island. We haven’t been there in… Read More ›
CIRCLES ON CIRCLES
A Photo a Week Challenge: Circles on Circles Circles on circles and many circles along the way. I put everything in a circular frame, just to keep the theme going.
BLACK & WHITE VERSUS COLOR
CFFC: Black and White vs. Color I love photography. Color or black & white, it love it all. I also think there’s a best time for each kind. The best black and white photography — for me — are pictures with… Read More ›
ARCHITECTURE IN BLACK AND WHITE – CBWC FROM CEE
I like most architecture in black and white. Urban buildings — even otherwise ugly building — somehow look sharper in black and white. CBWC: Buildings
CUTENESS IN BLACK & WHITE
CBWC: Cute Factor If pets weren’t cute, we probably wouldn’t love them. Although, to be fair, I’ve loved some pretty unattractive dogs and cats over the years and I think I might have loved them even more because they weren’t… Read More ›
TOYS IN MY ATTIC
CBWC: Toys for All Ages These are all monochrome sepia. Kind of medium to dark sepia because for once, I decided to try using the monochrome function on a camera. This is the oldest of my Olympus OMDs. Later ones have… Read More ›
A CLOSE ENCOUNTER WITH A FLYING SQUIRREL AND ANOTHER LOST DAY
About flying squirrels. I mentioned a while ago that they have returned. I don’t really know if they ever went away, only that I haven’t seen them for a while. During the winter, we could leave the feeders out overnight… Read More ›