robertjerl Loc: Corona, California

of the week of black and white as well as this rose

Not the same rose in my other post but it was the same side of the same bush back on Jan 10, 2021.

Canon 90D, Canon 100 f/2.8 macro, 1/250 @ f/11, ISO-400 handheld with macro ring flash

junglejim1949 Loc: Sacramento,CA

You do wonders with B&W

J-SPEIGHT Loc: Akron, Ohio

robertjerl Loc: Corona, California

I have noticed and had a lot of comments.

Strange for a guy who prefers color since that is the way my eyes work and see. And I don't even think of myself as an "artist" since most of the stuff I photograph I am going for great detail and realism.

I attribute it to the years of B&W film because the film and developing chemicals were cheaper and a lot easier to use than color negative or slide film.
The first time I tried doing my own color I picked ektachrome slide film because I had some on hand and the developing kit was on sale at the camera store I haunted.
Managed to nail it on my first roll. I took that roll in to show to the guys at the store and then they asked "Why did you chose this for your first color developing? It is one of the very hardest to do!" Oh, now you tell me!!! Good thing most of my slide shooting was Kodachrome where you had no choice but to have a lab do it.
In my home printing days I did B&W, Color negative, Color reversal paper (slide to print) and I experimented with all types of negatives and slides on all those types of printer paper. I even got into doing B&W negative film as slides with the special chemicals and techniques to make the slides look positive instead of negative. Kodak's slow speed pro-grade B&W films processed to a positive slide produced tones and transitions that were almost unbelievable. One of my students who did photography for the school athletic program saw some and asked me to teach him how. He then did portraits of his girlfriend and the other cheerleaders and had a backlog of school band and team members who wanted portraits done that way. Many of them wanted both the slide to project and reversal prints to frame for their family members. He got one of his girlfriend's best friends who was a photo nut to help. She once got caught doing nude and semi-nude portraits of other girls in an unused classroom on campus. As seniors the two of them were talking about starting a portrait business using an unused room in a local store as a beginner studio. I hope they did and I hope they were successful (I transfered to a different high school across town at the end of that school year and lost track of them.). Those two had a lot of talent for both studio and action portraits.

jpgto Loc: North East Tennessee

Actually like both. Great job.

robertjerl Loc: Corona, California

Thanks very much.