Ive been looking through the wonderful blogs that I follow and can honestly say that there are some simply stunning black and white images, so much so that they have inspired me to look a little closer and experiment with converting from colour. So, seeing as it has been a total washout of a weekend with some of the worst weather I have seen in a while I have recruited some models from my kitchen to work on! I have added the original colour image as well as the black and white version, again editing is not my forte or my preference but in this case I quite like the fact that the highlights and edges of the water droplets are really lifted against the contrasting darker areas, yet the original softness of the subject remains…ps Ive added a few images today seeing as I missed yesterday!!!
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Beautiful images, Lucy. I like both, colour as well as B&W.
Thanks Harry! Black n white is my favourite medium, may even print these to frame up!
Great collection of images Lucy , but the black and white images have the edge over the colour shots for me as I feel they have more depth in tonal range.
I have to agree, although I love natural straight out of the camera shots I do like to convert to black n white in photoshop. Your images inspired me as they look so much more atmospheric!
I agree Lucy, you cannot beat an image straight from the camera as you had intended the image to be but it is could to use the facilities of Photoshop as a “darkroom tool” to convert or adjust tones as appropriate.Thanks for the comment and I must reciprocate by saying these images have inspired my this afternoon to try a still life..
Au naturalle!! lol
Glad to see you’ve tried this out, Lucy, and with great results!
Thanks Mike! Its good to try something different!
Stunning photos which have inspired me to give macros like this a shot
Thanks! Im really pleased that you are going to try something different, I have tried a few things since I started writing this blog and thats due to the people I have read on here! Im sure you will be great!