Black and White Spring

[Tindalos]

Alfredo has inspired me to start a thread for b&w photos of spring. Feel free to add more if you've got them.


This one didn't work quite as well as I hoped:





Bleeding Hearts. I was going to enter this in the contest but someone beat me to it:





B&W version of the tulip photo entered in the contest. I think it works better in colour:






~Tin

[alfredo]

1. The first one works. The detail and textures really make it. Here's a few of mine

I will work with some others today

[alfredo]

2. unfolding

[Tindalos]

6. I think I like this better than the colour version you posted before

The colour photo was very pretty, but I think b&w makes it more artsy by focusing attention on the details.

btw the first 2 pictures I posted were the same colour (bright fuchsia pink). It's such a rich colour and seems to have a lot of weight, if that's the right word, in b&w.

[Tindalos]

5. Yes, lots of texture

and good light. They definitely work well in super closeup, like these where you can really see the surface details.

[alfredo]

8. Desaturating allows one to focus on the architecture of the flower.

Composition becomes more important.

[Mz Pip]

3. Here's a couple

I've been playing around a bit with the channel mixer.

[alfredo]

4. The second one really caught my eye.

[Tindalos]

7. I agree about the second one

Very eyecatching. I also like the diagonal swath of flowers in the third and the light shining through the blossoms in the last photo.

[alfredo]

9. Liked the diagonal too.

[alfredo]

10. Two more. The Iris uses a lomo filter to give it an unreal look.

[Mz Pip]

11. I love the iris

The depth in that photo is amazing.

[alfredo]

12. Thank you. I wanted it dark and mysterious.

[Tindalos]

13. Love the lomo-look

and that is an amazing picture even without the filter. Love the asymmetry and the droplets in the "fringe". Very alienesque.

[alfredo]

15. The lomo filter removes detail, and sometimes you want that.

[Mira]

14. One from my yard

There are really special photos in the lineup.

[alfredo]

16. I like that. The art in the background is perfect.