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A couple of B&Ws

Postby norbs on Mon Aug 28, 2006 11:44 am

Im not a huge fan of black and white photos, but have realised that alot of others are. So here are 2 of my recent attempts.

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Postby mudder on Mon Aug 28, 2006 8:19 pm

Not sure whether the B&W treatment suits these images (the first on my old screen almost looks like a silohette), but I wanted to say I love the concepts and framing in these...

The second shot in particular is either well planned, or well captured, but either way it's a pearler!
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Postby norbs on Mon Aug 28, 2006 9:07 pm

mudder wrote:Not sure whether the B&W treatment suits these images (the first on my old screen almost looks like a silohette), but I wanted to say I love the concepts and framing in these...

The second shot in particular is either well planned, or well captured, but either way it's a pearler!


Thanks for the feedback Mudder.

Like I said, Im not a huge fan of B&W, but these two were taken with that in mind.

The second one I waited about 10 minutes crouched down waiting for the artist to put the board back up in the air. I want his line of sight to look through the board and to the centre of the photo. I nearly got it right.
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Postby Alpha_7 on Mon Aug 28, 2006 9:12 pm

norbs, love the time and effort to wait for shot #2 and snap it when it presented, its the standout winner for me.
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Postby norbs on Mon Aug 28, 2006 9:16 pm

Alpha_7 wrote:norbs, love the time and effort to wait for shot #2 and snap it when it presented, its the standout winner for me.


Thanks Alpha_7. Its rather rewarding when a plan sort of comes together. I might show the colour version too, just so as you can see the details a bit better.
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Postby asaroha on Mon Aug 28, 2006 11:04 pm

#2 for me too, the b&w just suits it perfectly. well captured.
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Postby Matt. K on Mon Aug 28, 2006 11:13 pm

Norbs
Two very interesting images! Both perfectly suited to B&W.
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Postby ozczecho on Mon Aug 28, 2006 11:24 pm

Norbs...your patience was duly rewarded. The 2nd shot is just awesome. Works a treat b&w.
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Postby norbs on Tue Aug 29, 2006 7:30 am

norbs wrote: I might show the colour version too, just so as you can see the details a bit better.


And here it is.

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