Revisiting B&W architectural photography: I walked through the architectural photography exhibition at the St. Louis Art Museum and couple of weeks ago and it inspired me to revisit...

azemon Loc: Saint Charles, MO, USA

I walked through the architectural photography exhibition at the St. Louis Art Museum and couple of weeks ago and it inspired me to revisit B&W architectural photography. I have not done much B&W since the 1970s (and, yes, I still miss my Nikkormat FTN).

Here is my first attempt that I think it worth sharing. Comments and suggestions, please.

Nikon Z 50 with Nikkor Z 16-50 lens. ISO 100, f/8, 1/250. Original image is raw with post processing in RawTherapee.

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joecichjr Loc: Chicago S. Suburbs, Illinois, USA

It's lovely with great lines and textures
🔥💞💎💞🔥

mallen1330 Loc: Chicago western suburbs

I agree that B&W works well for some architectural subjects -- especially in the urban patterns category. A couple of my urban pattern posts that were scans of color slides would have been better in B&W - see:
http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/tpr?p=7444876&t=442456

azemon Loc: Saint Charles, MO, USA

mallen1330 wrote:

A couple of my urban pattern posts that were scans of color slides would have been better in B&W - see: http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/tpr?p=7444876&t=442456

Those are cool and, believe it or not, almost look like toned B&W images. I had to study them to be sure that they are really in full color.

waegwan Loc: Mae Won Li

azemon wrote:

I walked through the architectural photography exhibition at the St. Louis Art Museum and couple of weeks ago and it inspired me to revisit B&W architectural photography. I have not done much B&W since the 1970s (and, yes, I still miss my Nikkormat FTN).

Here is my first attempt that I think it worth sharing. Comments and suggestions, please.

Nikon Z 50 with Nikkor Z 16-50 lens. ISO 100, f/8, 1/250. Original image is raw with post processing in RawTherapee.

I like it. Not sure how to describe it but I like it. Way Cool