April Challenge - Classic Black & White photography - Discussion

[AB22 Easy Tiger]

Black and white photography doesn't rely on it's colours, more so on close attention to composition, lighting, perspective and the context in which it is shot.

So April's challenge is to submit something that's been thought through in black & white.
Some sites for a bit of inspiration:

One
Two
Three
Four
Five

Shots must be taken between now and the end of April.

Happy shooting

[Iain Hesford's Bait Box]

Originally Posted by AB22 Easy Tiger

Black and white photography doesn't rely on it's colours, more so on close attention to composition, lighting, perspective and the context in which it is shot.

So April's challenge is to submit something that's been thought through in black & white.
Some sites for a bit of inspiration:

One
Two
Three
Four
Five

Shots must be taken between now and the end of April.

Happy shooting

nice challenge. Might enter this one too

[Hue Jorgan]

what happened to the $100 prize from the 'sponsor' of this fine competition that was in the original post earlier today?

or was that a hilarious april fool by some jolly prankster?

[AB22 Easy Tiger]

Originally Posted by Hue Jorgan

what happened to the $100 prize from the 'sponsor' of this fine competition that was in the original post earlier today?

or was that a hilarious april fool by some jolly prankster?

It was never in this thread, it's in the one on the SMB linking to here.

It's not an April fool.

[MalmöMakem]

Would it be possible to have a black and white photo, but a bit more contemporary.

So for example a little bit like this 3d effect



No worries if it's a no go. I'm just currently doing some work that has a similar effect.

Cheers.

[AB22 Easy Tiger]

Originally Posted by MalmöMakem

Would it be possible to have a black and white photo, but a bit more contemporary.

So for example a little bit like this 3d effect



No worries if it's a no go. I'm just currently doing some work that has a similar effect.

Cheers.

If you think it meets the challenge.

Not sure how many votes it would get mind.

[MalmöMakem]

Originally Posted by AB22 Easy Tiger

If you think it meets the challenge.

Not sure how many votes it would get mind.

Yeah, was an idea I've got knocking around. I'll have a see, just thought I'd check.

[Elliott]

Would it be better as a learning tool to shoot B&W in camera or converting to B&W in Post production, i'd rather progress my DSLR skills than my post production ones but wondering what others think?

[My Left Foot]

Originally Posted by Elliott

Would it be better as a learning tool to shoot B&W in camera or converting to B&W in Post production, i'd rather progress my DSLR skills than my post production ones but wondering what others think?

You could shoot in RAW and large jpeg and shoot in B&W. Only the jpeg will be B&W and you still have a RAW colour file if you want to convert it with PP.

[Elliott]

Originally Posted by My Left Foot

You could shoot in RAW and large jpeg and shoot in B&W. Only the jpeg will be B&W and you still have a RAW colour file if you want to convert it with PP.

Good plan.