Some more Black and White shots

[Callalily]

I truly am finding how difficult and challenging it is shooting black and white photos. But I am really enjoying the journey too. Here are a few shots from recent days.

Cleft


I've posted this same railing before but only in color


And here


Art Center


Science Hall


Girl Combing Hair

[Stevenmarc]

1. I'd love to see the second shot in B&W

It should help bring out the piano key looking shadows

[alfredo]

3. A red filter when converting will darken the rail. What filter

would lighten the rails, and darken the shadows?

[alfredo]

2. Keep it simple. I watched a lot of black and white movies,

and I try to get that feel in my pictures.

I just finished watching "A Touch of Evil" by Orson Wells. I started this reply a few hours ago, but had stop and watch that movie again.

He used lighting, composition, and close cropped shots to set the mood and to make an ugly story beautiful. Pure Genius.

Another movie that shows such discipline in visuals is "Barton Fink." Place becomes part of the story, it becomes a character. Everything in the frame is there for a reason. There wasn't much in each frame, and that showed the importance of each element in the frame.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101410/


I like #2. It is simple and has a range of tones to play with. Convert the second and play with curves or anything that suits your fancy, A bit of film grain might be nice.


Art Center- Crop out the five windows on the right to see what that does. See what you can do to bring out the reflections. Not sure it will work, but it might. Can't hurt to try.

[Mira]

4. I remember the railing shots, and I like the b/w version a lot.

Science Hall is very nice. It's a bit dizzying to me, I want to straighten it and realize it is perfectly straight. I like the reflections in it. Not overloaded, and fascinating. The last one is wonderfully art deco, and simply gorgeous in black and white.