Some Black 'n' Whites from a Gray Day

The sky turn neutral gray yesterday. So here are some black 'n' whites to check out.


A wooden door from Gates Mills, OH.


An old well from Bentleyville, OH.


A field in Hunting Valley, OH.

All images shot with a Canon G9 camera.

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Sea Gull in Flight

I took this from the rear of the Goodtime I on our way to Kelley's Island.

Canon 5D
70-300mm IS DO
ISO 250
1/250 @ f7.1
Converted to B&W via Lightroom 1.1

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Perry's Monument

Perry's Monument on Put-in-Bay, Lake Erie, Ohio.

Canon 5D
70-300mm IS DO
ISO 100
1/200 @ f8.0
Converted to B&W via Lightroom 1.1

As requested, a rule of thirds version.

As suggested, a 16:9 version isn't possible because of the height of the tower.

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Three shuttered windows and wall

I'm still working with bleaching and de-saturation effects. I took two fairly drab images with interesting compositions, pushed the contrast and leeched out the colors (sometimes color distracts). It's not quite black & white but this treatment brings out the detail.


Three shuttered windows. Nothing special about the exposure. Just good, sharp Canon glass.


Same thing with this image. It went from low contrast to high contrast in Lightroom 1.1 in order to separate the ivy from the wall.

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Working on the B&W

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I'm still working on this black & white thing. It's tough in digital especially printing. What looks like a marvelous image on the screen prints out in shades of green. Maybe it's just my perception. If you go to www.purveslab.net you can take some tests to see how much your eyes will fool ya. Here are some b&w's I'm working on plus check on some of my earlier posts. Enjoy!



This is from a very colorful sunset image. By converting to grayscale it now takes on a dark and threatening look.


I hit this with a Red filter which helped bring contrast to the wheels in particular. It made the rim darker and the hubs and spokes lighter.


These are window doors on an old barn. Not much else to say. It was converted to grayscale from its original soft red color.



Here's a closeup of the brackets attached to the barn window doors. I used a bleaching effect to add more texture and contrast on the wood.


This was a tough one in color because of the stark white sky. I just hate that sky color! Yuck! By converting to grayscale it helped me forget that sky.



The two planks of wood are a contrast to one another. Again, a grayscale conversion helps eliminates problems like this in color. I added an "old" effect to make it look "antiquity".

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Glen Lake, Michigan

Another magnificent view of Northern Michigan. This is Glen Lake as seen from the west. Because many of the forms were backlit, I converted the image to grayscale.


Canon 5D, 300mm, ISO 100, 1/320 @ f6.3

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The Plank Dragon

I don't know what else to call it so "Plank Dragon" sounds pretty good. It's amazing how "natural" things happen like these old boards.


These image was captured in Northern Michigan in the town of Glen Haven. After loading it into Adobe LightRoom the image was converted to a grayscale.

Canon 5D, 100mm, ISO 100, 1/30 @ f4.0.

Mary thinks I should call it "Plank Puppy."

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