Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Stacks
Stacks of plates
A small stack of books
black & white photography
FOUND ON THE FARM – Marilyn Armstrong
Things Found on a Farm
It had been a lovely morning and early afternoon, but by the time we go our gear together, the sun was playing peek-a-boo. We went anyway. We were just going around the block to the farm along the river.
There are two or three farms along the Blackstone. Maybe four. The first one, where we usually go, is a dairy farm. Corn, eggs, fresh milk, butter are sold on-site. We never get any of the corn because we show up too late. By then, the corn is gone except for the hulls that would be good for squirrels or cattle, but not for people. They did have apples, but I still have a bunch of Galas at home.
You definitely need some cows on a dairy farm!
I had a fair number of pictures from the farms already, but they weren’t “things.” More like animals and products, so this time, I tried to get pictures of implements. We got done just in time before the (not predicted) rain started to fall.
Ignore the chickens!
Corn and apples for sale
Not sure if this is a tiller or just a groundbreaker. I may live in farm country, but I ain’t no farmer!
The guy who owns the other farm came by and invited us to come on over and take pictures of his new horses. He has quite a lovely heard of Tennessee Walkers, known as the most comfortable horse to sit on if you are going to be on a horse for a whole day. The guy, who wasn’t much younger than me, still rides all day long. He only uses his truck when he goes into town.
Farming implements, including a John Deere — the Rolls Royce of farming equipment.
More farm equipment, but I couldn’t name it for you. Sorry!
I was impressed. But he never took a bad fall, either. It’s not the riding that’s the problem. It’s the falling off. Next time!
And just a few more cows
I used a filter called “opalescent” to give some very soft color to a couple of pictures. They are almost color, but almost not. Regardless, very pretty.
BLACK AND WHITE AND WOOD – Marilyn Armstrong
Cee’s Black & White Photos: Things Made From Wood
Rockers stored in the barn
Main Street
The dock at River Bend
The Deck
Tea Party Museum
Front carving on The Beaver
Wooden steps
Old wood fence
Teepee poles
Mountain dulcimer
Ironwood
BLACK AND WHITE – NAME YOUR TOPIC! – Marilyn Armstrong
Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: New Photos, Any topic
I’m not always sure where black and white — also known as monochrome — ends and color begins. There are a lot of choices now that bring back some part of the original color, but not all the color or its intensity.
Four of these pictures are classic monochrome. The final one is “transparent,” tonality which uses part of the original colors but unsaturated.
Not sepia exactly. Peaches in a color closer to chocolate
The bridge over the canal in traditional black & white
Garry in classic black & white
Detailed sepia — the bench on the lawn by the river at River Bend
Transparent monochrome: Flowers along the edge of the river
IF IT CAN FLY – Marilyn Armstrong
BLACK & WHITE – THE VANISHING POINT by Marilyn Armstrong
Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Vanishing Point
The vanishing point where the lines come together. A vanishing point can be visible or invisible, but “mentally obvious.” You might not see where the road comes together even though your mind knows where the point will be. It’s invisible … but “you” see it.
Back to Beacon Hill
Blackstone Canal
Photo: Garry Armstrong
MONOCHROME WATER – Marilyn Armstrong
IT LOOKS LIKE A FACE – CEE’S BLACK & WHITE PHOTO CHALLENGE – Marilyn Armstrong
Cee’s B & W Photo Challenge: Looks Like a Face
This is the only shot I have which actually looks like a face. To be specific, it looks like Garry’s face, wearing a cap. It forms a huge shadow on the wall of the UMass University Medical School.
Is it Garry? He was there. Maybe it is.
Or … maybe not!
Can you see Garry’s face?
If you look you can see the brim of his hat and his face beneath? It is up in the right quadrant of the picture!
MANMADE BY HUMANS – BLACK & WHITE CHALLENGE – Marilyn Armstrong
Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge:
Made by Humans
The pocketwatch
Corn Maidens
Cookie jar
Sam “The Man” Adams … in bronze, life-size – Very influential!
At the Pops
BEWARE THE HORNS! CEE’S BLACK & WHITE CHALLENGE – Marilyn Armstrong
Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Horns
I didn’t have much in the way of horned critters in my heap of pictures. Just a few goats and the local cows who sometimes have horns, and sometimes, have them shaved down. I suppose it depends on if they like to fight with them or not. Got a great shot of two goats head-butting, but I’m not sure either of them has horns.
Considering the enthusiasm with which they were going at it, maybe it’s just as well if they didn’t! The cows, on the other hand, were placidly bovine and seem disinclined to do anything other than munch on grass and lie on the cool ground under a tree.
As usual, some are Garry’s and the others are mine.
These guys have horns!
Farm cows — with horns! Photo Garry Armstrong
A bit of head-butting – Photo Garry Armstrong
Close-up head butting. Don’t they get headaches?
NO REALLY, IT’S PLASTIC – Marilyn Armstrong
Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge:
Things Made Out of Plastic
My Logitech mouse
Flamingo!
Plastic Porta-Potty
Cup with matching CD player
And then, there are canisters …
He howls.
And the most plastic of all – Robbie!
Robbie the Robot
FLYING! CEE’S BLACK & WHITE PHOTO CHALLENGE – Marilyn Armstrong
Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: In Flight
On the pond
It’s small, but it’s a plane
Whitin’s pond
TREES: OUR WINTER SPA FOR CHILLY MICE – Marilyn Armstrong
Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Trees
I live amidst the trees. Sometimes, I think the trees live amidst us, too. The bug and mouse guy was here yesterday and reported that we have fewer than maybe a dozen still active mice and no visible bugs, except for a mosquito he found in our bedroom.
I said that mosquitoes are just one of those things, but what are those things that keep coming out of the drain and he said they were “drain bugs.”
I said “they don’t seem to do anything” and he said, “mostly, bugs don’t do anything.” I’m not sure how to feel about that.
Under the stars
But meanwhile, he pointed out that we live in the woods, so we’re going to have mice because the amount of room they need to climb under a door is about the width of a dime.
Snow
I said I sympathized with their desire to find a warm place for the winter, but not here. And he said, “This is the place they are looking for.”
Proudly announcing, we are the winter spa for mice.
CEE’S BLACK & WHITE MIRROR IMAGES – Marilyn Armstrong
Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge:
Mirror images or reflections
Blackstone Canal – Uxbridge – Reflections
Marina, Connecticut – Water reflections
Swans on a dark pond
Riverbend along the Blackstone reflections
INTO THE CLOUDS – FLYING FOR BLACK & WHITE SUNDAY – Marilyn Armstrong
BLACK & WHITE SUNDAY: TRACES OF THE PAST Y4-06
FROM PAULA: I usually post castles, churches and ruins for this challenge, but this time I thought it would be cool to see Traces of the Past in nature. After all traces of the past are all around us.
Here is an example of a remnant of one of many volcanic eruptions on Tenerife Island.
Ah, the past. And, in black and white. It’s funny. When we were in Arizona, there were quite a few old lava fields, but I didn’t shoot them much. They weren’t visually interesting and also, the ground felt really strange under my feet. Now I wish I’d shot just a bit more!
These are a few more of my airplane shots from our trip to the Tuskegee Airmen award meeting last fall. The plane that’s flying is pre-World War II and I wish I had been the person in that cockpit!
All three pictures are of the same airplane. The pilot, who flew during World War II, was gone up into the clouds for more than an hour. Quite a flight!
TRAIN TRACKS IN BLACK & WHITE – Marilyn Armstrong
Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Trains and Tracks
Boston has many trains. Commuter trains as well as trains to DC. Florida, and other places. More interestingly, it has trolleys: small trains that run through several towns used by local commuters.
Everyone loves them because unless the standard commuter trains, the trolleys run on time. It’s your job as a car driver to get out of the way when they come!
Trolley tracks in Boston streets
X – Crossing the tracks
Grafton train tracks
