Thanks. I tried to take pictures of frost and snowflakes after reading the book: The SnowFlake Man, A Biography Of Wilson A Bentley. He cobbled together a microscope on his camera to take pictures of snowflakes in the late 1800s and early 1900s. His pictures really show that there are no two snowflakes alike, as he took thousands of them, one at a time. My snowflakes were a disaster even with my macro lens.
I took this first picture one evening along the shores of Lake Tahoe in the blue hour. The couple had walked out on the sand spit and made the perfect silhouette, and reflection on the shallows in front of me, but I didn’t even realize how well the jet trails were also reflected on the lake. I liked the image so much I had a canvas print made to hang in the office. Anyway as I was looking at it on the wall I decided to pull it up and play with the monotone filters in MS Photo Gallery. Not sure which to like the most but I am partial to the higher contrast produced with the red filter in the last one.
I took this first picture one evening along the sh... (show quote)
Here is a part of the old Redondo Beach pier. Taken with my new-today Nikon 10-20mm DX lens. I'm afraid it's held together with wire and chewing gum, mostly...the pier, not the lens.
I think black and white shows a lot of textures and we look at the images with a different eye. Really.......some of my favorite photographers worked only in black and white.
I enjoy the detail and texture to be found in black and white that sometimes can be overwhelmed by color. Also, the mood we as photographers can set with a monochrome image. Some of these have been posted elsewhere, but fit the "challenge" so here they are again.
IMHO, old barns and abandoned houses make some of the most compelling b&w images. The feeling of melancholy, passage of time, hidden stories, etc. touch an emotional chord with me.