Glorious Black & White

[stubbsy]

Five captures from the weekend that seemed to lend themselves to the monochrome treatment. Hope you like. To see a larger version, click a pic.

24-120VR, 4 sec, F25


24-120VR, 20 sec, F8


50/1.4, 1/125, sec F2


50/1.4, 1/400 sec, F2


12-24 DX, 1/250 sec, F5.6

[Alpha_7]

Great series of monochromatic images, and I'm hard pressed to pick a favourite.


#1 Least favourite, it just looks a little too bright and white, almost feels like glare is escape from behind the city, finding it hard to describe.. but my eyes don't like it.

#2 Nice shot, I think this one's been handled better then the first

#3 The Cornice, I really like... small intricate detail overlooked by 100's of visitors a day, captured with a great tonal range.

#4 and #5 like both of these shots, QVB has some lovely architecture and these two are great examples

Looks like you had a productive stay in Sydney (keeper wise)

[stubbsy]

Thanks Craig. Here's a colour version of #1:

[Alpha_7]

Peter to be honest I prefer the colour version, btw where you using the 12-24 to take this ?

[Matt. K]

Peter
Number 3. Masterful.

[joonha1004]

black and White...

I love you landscape... if you control more options with photoshop, it will be perfect to me...

[Killakoala]

Nice work Peterrr. B&W really makes your images stand out.

[ozczecho]

Peter #3 and #4 are fantastic. By the looks of it you got heaps of keepers from the micro meet.

[jethro]

Stubsy how did you treat these IE: Ps work?
Jethro

[moggy]

Nice pics Peter, I like the B&W as well as the colour. Great effort.

Bob,

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[Potatis]

Magnificant shots Stubbsy! I'm not so keen on the bright sky of #1, but the tones in the others are very beautiful. I love photo #2, and #3 is outstanding. Your eye is so good. Very inspiring stuff. Thankyou.

[stubbsy]

Thank you all for your comments.

Craig - shot details are above each pic (the skyline was taken with 24-120 VR)

Jethro - All images were PP'd in Nikon Capture using the Nik Color Efex filters as follows: #1 - used B & W Tonal Enhancer, #2, #3 and #4 - used Paper Toner filter, #5 - used B & W Dynamic Contrast filter

[E1Shane]

Looks like the sky is blown in the first one, i like the monogrey in the second but its the 3rd shot that catches my eye. Love the contrast and flow of the image.

[Greg B]

Number 2 is my favourite, very nice quality to the lighting, bit different to other OH shots.

The others are good too, particularly #3

[sirhc55]

Peter - As you may already have guessed, city skylines and the OH do absolutely nothing for me BUT #3, 4 and 5 are superb and take the snapshots of #1 and 2 into the realm of creativity in #3, 4 and 5

[marcotrov]

Expertly handled in #2, #3 and #5 peter. Beautifully taken. #2 tone and contrast excellent.
cheers
marco

[stubbsy]

Thanks Shane, Greg and Chris

Chris - I'm guessing you should avoid my night shots post then

[pippin88]

#3 and #5 work perfectly Peter.

[stubbsy]

Thanks Nick

[MattC]

Peter,

No. 1 is better as a colour shot. I like. I really enjoy the shot of the Opera House - looks great in B&W. Guess I enjoy the Sydney cityscapes because I am so far away from it.

Cheers