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Images => Themes, Portfolio Series, PaW, or PaM => Topic started by: Frank Fremerey on February 16, 2016, 03:14:29
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This thread is to post full RGB shots in which the scene is monochrome, not the processing or from the rare monochrome cameras.
This opens the opportunity to create monochrome scenes like a full set of stuffed animals, clothes and toys from a girls room all in pink or purple, desert scenes all in brown and yellow tones or night scenes in which "all cats are grey"...
Here is a classical "all grey" day scene (D600 1.4/35mm AiS @1.4 & 1/1600 s)
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I'll open with this image, obtained while I was doing a study on the water-air interface and its geometry. This was conducted in order to get a better understanding of what is known as "flashing" in underwater light measurements. The "flashing" itself is rapid oscillations of high- vs low-intensity light, the intensity of which can surpass that of the incident sunlight several times. The casual observer can observe it as a pattern of bright ripples across the bottom of a swimming-pool or floor of a shall lake.
I did this by using the water film itself as a refractive interface and placed a light-sensitive paper 10 cm below the surface. In practice I went to the nearby river, unfortunately at that time in violent spate, at the darkest time of the night, around 0230 (late summer), bravely waded the river until I had water chest high, then exposed in sequence the sheets of paper in my 8x10" film holder using a SB-24 flash as light source. Had to hold the flash in my mouth because the hands were occupied with the film holder and the photosensitive medium. Then, after exposing my two sheets, back to my home where I temporarily arranged my bath to become a dark-room. Took me a couple of nights to get acceptable quality and overall it was a very cold and wet experience. Which I wouldn't have been without.
The photo paper was b/w, but I found the images were easier to interpret if they were tinted, so added a "water blue" to them.
By the way, the interface pattern is fractal and in the processing, I ended up with a jpg that grew exponentially lest I added some blur to the original scan.
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Fascinating and confusing. Is it a stretch to the topic? I wait and see what other ideas might pop up. I have
some I my archive and some inmy head... need time.... full schedule...
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The capture was on b/w photo paper ... Should fit your theme perfectly ....
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Interesting effect and story, Bjørn.
A sample of green's. But in comparision with a real green one. I was looking for the right definition of 'Monochrome'.
Original and the second one with colours in green-channel only (hence Photoshopped)
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I changed the title to "Monochrome scenes, not black and white conversions"
To better distinguish it from other threads.
John. Love the first one better. A natural, fresh impression.
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(https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1700/24435232144_a095119303_b.jpg)
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Imposing aliens ....
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I'll open with this image, obtained while I was doing a study on the water-air interface and its geometry. This was conducted in order to get a better understanding of what is known as "flashing" in underwater light measurements. The "flashing" itself is rapid oscillations of high- vs low-intensity light, the intensity of which can surpass that of the incident sunlight several times. The casual observer can observe it as a pattern of bright ripples across the bottom of a swimming-pool or floor of a shall lake.
I did this by using the water film itself as a refractive interface and placed a light-sensitive paper 10 cm below the surface. In practice I went to the nearby river, unfortunately at that time in violent spate, at the darkest time of the night, around 0230 (late summer), bravely waded the river until I had water chest high, then exposed in sequence the sheets of paper in my 8x10" film holder using a SB-24 flash as light source. Had to hold the flash in my mouth because the hands were occupied with the film holder and the photosensitive medium. Then, after exposing my two sheets, back to my home where I temporarily arranged my bath to become a dark-room. Took me a couple of nights to get acceptable quality and overall it was a very cold and wet experience. Which I wouldn't have been without.
The photo paper was b/w, but I found the images were easier to interpret if they were tinted, so added a "water blue" to them.
By the way, the interface pattern is fractal and in the processing, I ended up with a jpg that grew exponentially lest I added some blur to the original scan.
Very innovative an creative and with excellent results! Must have been very rewarding with such a end result.
Nice textures and colors Fons :)
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Fons: is that ultraviolet? Very cool effect.
All: did someone do a shooting with an albina in a white dress scating on new ice and fresh snow?
Or a black man with a black tie in a black suit at night in a tunnel?
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Light-painting with a green laser. I think it counts...
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Thread works even better than expected. Seems to encourage some out of the box thinking!
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I don´t know if this is what you have in mind but nightclub and stage images can be often monochromatic.
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Bjørn, that image is absolutely brilliant.
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Bjørn: i love the insect shot, recalls so many pictures from Memory
Paco: the night club scene is adorable!
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Thanks Frank. This is what came to mind at first...
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Light-painting with a green laser. I think it counts...
I don't know if it counts, but it is the best light painting photo I have ever seen.
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We must press on ....
Death Valley is hot and not a pleasant spot to stay for long, but admittedly there are are good photo opportunities there.
(IR with D200, 28-300 Nikkor)
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I hope this one fits the theme?
Nowhere near as good as Bjørn's or Paco's inspirational images :)
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(https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1529/25030962351_41efd9b4fe_b.jpg)
stairway library Den Bosch
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Playing with available light is my thing, sometimes light can render a regular scene monochrome by being at the right place at the right time. If the stars align and I find my shot it'll make the rest of the trip worthwhile, even when its just that one image (I shoot very little compared to my NG travel mates anyway).
Here's a few, yellow, blue, gold and yellow again. Some have been posted in other topics before but I don't mind if you don't mind ;D
Backlit lighthouse in the mist, I kept moving the tripod to catch the the shadows in the sky phenomena
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/4/3445/3258146876_5b065213b7_o.jpg)
D700 with 24-70/2.8, Holland 2009
Of course an image of the Blaue Stunde has to be part of this series
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5454/9798386863_24186d21b5_o.jpg)
D800 with 35/1.4G, Norway 2013
A Cheetah shot in the African golden hour
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2533/3851156477_728c1fe1ed_o.jpg)
D700 with 200-400/4VR, South Africa 2009
Africa waking up shot from a balloon on the NG Safari
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2560/3863285772_e48aefa1ee_o.jpg)
D300 with 70-200/2.8VR, South Africa 2009
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Blowing sand on approach to Walvis Bay, Namibia.
(http://otoien.zenfolio.com/img/s1/v46/p1717437337.jpg)
Nikon D40x, 28mm f/2.8 AIS
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That light-house is magical, JA.
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Some really beautiful pictures here :) The lighthouse was very nice.
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Capsules de Silènes.
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And a Curlew.
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Franzis: WOW! on the Capsules, the really seem to speak to me like alien mouths
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Øivind: I thought it was a snow Road under the bis sun ... but it is sand!
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Fons: the library reminds me of some radioactive computer game
JA: The Lighthous with fog effect is stunning!
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Franzis: WOW! on the Capsules, the really seem to süpeak to me like alien mouths
You are right, actually ! I had never noticed that... ;D
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(https://ronscubadiver.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/dsc_9991.jpg)
Maui, 2015
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Ron. That IS a blue hour
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Light-painting with a green laser. I think it counts...
first I did see an abstract structure.
Later I saw it is painted on a face.
First impression left me confused.
Second left me impressed.
very nice concept.
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Seen in the greenhouses at Potsdam park.
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Thomas. Wow. That is a story to be told.
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Øivind: I thought it was a snow Road under the bis sun ... but it is sand!
Thanks for commenting, Frank, I very much prefer the blowing snow. :o When I captured this shot through the wind shield, I remembered the statement that sand blasting was not covered in the car insurance... I was supposed to camp but had to get into the first motel I could find at dusk which was not a good one. Next day I moved into more of a bead and breakfast style place which was very nice and quiet, Crows Nest at the beachfront in Walvis Bay.
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(https://ronscubadiver.files.wordpress.com/2016/02/dsc_0642.jpg)
One of the more "monochromatic" ones from my Chile inside passage trip of January, 2016.
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Thomas. Wow. That is a story to be told.
Thank you, Frank. They had them in several different states of their lifespan. Impressive.
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Here is my contribution from the archives. A Hoya IR filter is used to enhance the red evening sky in the second picture.
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Børge truly impressive.
The red colored sky is something that I am very sensitive to :)
Ron has made some outstanding images in Chile, this one included!
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Børge truly impressive.
The red colored sky is something that I am very sensitive to :)
Ron has made some outstanding images in Chile, this one included!
All very true!
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Ron: I love those blues, specially the first one with the depth extra proximity and depth in the same image
Thomas: very delicate
Børge: impressive human scale in monochrome
Jakov: you inspire me my friend
From yesterday´s show. Still in the pipeline to be processed and delivered to the client
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Paco, Paco, Paco, you inspire me my friend!
Leonor Leal performing at the 2015 Belgrade Jazz Festival
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Jakov. Wonderful dance shot. Should be in "dancing", as black, gold and skin are not "monochrome". Please.
Paco: Wonderful still of this combination, still black & red are not "monochrome" together.
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Thanks, Frank.
All images in this thread have black + another color...
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Variations -gradations of one color from the lightest to the darkest is monochrome, I think. Ready to be wrong again :)
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Ok. If we extend the rule to one color plus black I want to make sure we do not
extend to color key shots.
What about gold black and skin then? I feel not.
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No black here and not totally mono either but close enough I hope.
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Ok. If we extend the rule to one color plus black I want to make sure we do not
extend to color key shots.
What about gold black and skin then? I feel not.
Dear Frank,
Tolerance is a good thing.
It's not my fault that the dancer is not African but Caucasian :)
Or are there also levels of blackness when it comes to skin tones?
Besides, Paco and I were having a laugh and enjoying our posted inspirational images.
Please stop moderating threads on NG and telling people where they should or should not post, even if you have started the thread.
It's offensive and it is not your job.
We are all here to learn more about photography, and please excuse our ignorance if we see monochrome images differently than you do.
If you only wanted to point out your opinion, but I just understood it too harshly, I apologize.
I am looking forward to finally meeting you in person in Scotland and matching your face with your words.
I always fear of ill communication because I don't see people's faces, their expressions and gestures...
I am certain we will have great fun over good food and good wine.
Yours, Jakov
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And I forgot to tell Bruno that I like his image, and if he sees it as monochrome, who am I to complain :)
The image is delicate and has a creamy background! (all the things I like)
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I feel responsible for the threads I open,
want to guide them into the best possible direction.
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I feel responsible for the threads I open,
want to guide them into the best possible direction.
Once you put something out into the world it is no longer yours, it builds a life of its own.
Let go, Frank.
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Whatever.
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Moving on...
I love going through older files. This one was not selected for the task at hand at the moment. Today, I love it!. Just resized for the web.
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Excellent Paco, emotional shot.
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1517/25404478215_70489acec0_b.jpg)
IR
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RTYUI
D750, Nikkor-O 55/1.2 wide open.
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Thanks Fons
Yes Akira! Excellent subject for full color monochrome.
This one is a harsh-back-light full color shadow on the street
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Paco, thanks! Blowing out is a good way to get a full-color monochrome image.
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Paco. Your night club shots are wonderful. Can we see them in a
greater context somewhere?
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cant see the difference between black and white and some monochrome images
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cant see the difference between black and white and some monochrome images
I would think that would be the whole point of this thread...
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Quote from: Fons Baerken on Today at 13:01:22
cant see the difference between black and white and some monochrome images
I would think that would be the whole point of this thread...
Well indeed there was a discussion on this matter in the beginning, where i mentioned this point, but was removed.
All best wishes from the b/w thread that has been on for awhile, but has largely been ignored, makes you think doesnt it.
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Fons, in the themed topics the majority of the posted images comes from existing images and not newly created content. So after a while the content to post dries up when new ones aren't being made. At least this is how it goes with me, pretty much posted all the images I had uploaded on my Flickr account in the last decade or so.
And there is a clear distinction between monochrome images (can be any colour) and images that are made into black and white, some images in the former category might look like b&w due to the lack of colour but thats because there was no colour to be captured. Those images can of course be posted in both topics but of all the images posted here only includes a handful.
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Well indeed there was a discussion on this matter in the beginning, where i mentioned this point, but was removed.
All best wishes from the b/w thread that has been on for awhile, but has largely been ignored, makes you think doesnt it.
Dear Fons.
As I was asked NOT to moderate this thread I just hint back to the original idea:
Monochrome scenes, so all shades of green, all shades of blue, all shades of yellow, all shades of brown, all shades of grey. The last one could LOOK like it was BW, but it is in fact not, all others do not even look like a BW
A BW picture can be created from any color photo, a scene that is monochrome is rare.
Love
Frank
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A really long lens produces a compressed aerial perspective of the spring birches of the Northern Øyern Delta, Norway. The view encompasses about 5 km front to back. Just before the leafing, the birches take on a very special brownish red colour as the sap rises.
Nikon D3X, Zoom-Nikkor 360-1200 mm f/11 ED @1200 mm
(the black dot is not sensor dirt, but a fishing eagle - can you spot it?)
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Nikon D3X, Zoom-Nikkor 360-1200 mm f/11 ED @1200 mm
(the black dot is not sensor dirt, but a fishing eagle - can you spot it?)
Yup. Above left part of the frame. :) Today I went to a famous Nikon specialist second-hand shop and found the 360-1200 zoom sold there.
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Yup. Above left part of the frame. :) Today I went to a famous Nikon specialist second-hand shop and found the 360-1200 zoom sold there.
Akira
Did you get it?
JJ
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Akira
Did you get it?
JJ
Nah, that was waaaaay out of my reach! :D I also saw OP10/5.6 aspherical fisheye and Ais 300/2.0, also way out of my reach.
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I still own the 10 OP and the 360-1200, but have sold off the 300/2 .... Just to show I have some sanity left ...
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I still own the 10 OP and the 360-1200, but have sold off the 300/2 ....
I know, and you keep the elusive TC-14C, right?
By the way, all rare lenses I mentioned came from a collection of a famous Nikon aficionado who passed away more than 20 years ago that included Reflex Nikkor 2000/11 and Fisheye 6/2.8. The 360-1200 zoom is complete with the focusing lever and now elusive 122mm L39c protection/UV-cut filter.
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Yes, I have the TC-14C. Now with a CPU of course.
My 360-1200 is a "K" and according to Roland Vink's page of serial numbers, less than 100 were made of the K + AI taken together. I have it complete with the four focusing levers, HN-17 hood, and 122 mm filters. It has a "G" type CPU to make it compatible with all modern Nikons. It is even possible to hook up the tiny 1 Nikons through the FT-1 adapter. Must snap a picture of that funny combination some time.
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Paco. Your night club shots are wonderful. Can we see them in a
greater context somewhere?
Will do. It will take some time because I´m very busy. Thanks for the interest
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Death Descends Swift As A Razor Blade
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Bjørn: Ouch!
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Decapitation is a swift means of passing over to the Netherworld I'd guess ... Pretty photogenic sight though, basking in glorious sunset colours.
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Death Descends Swift As A Razor Blade
Bjorn,
A very strong image, especially when you consider the hazards of being a bird in a modern world.
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Amazing shot, Bjørn, not only the theme but also that beautiful oranges. Assume you used a long lens for this composition?
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It was taken with the 200/2 AFS and a D2X. I and my field assistant spent several hours at the location, a hot-spot on the migratory bird routes to Norway, while the sun set and made the open landscape and sky awash in rich warm colours.
I am familiar with the scenery and knew the sun would set over the sea, so the the shots obtained the afternoon were just an exercise of patient waiting. After all the main subject was pretty stationary.
Although much of the landscape here is a Nature Preserve because of the migratory birds, in true Norwegian style a huge aluminium melter works has been put straight into the location leading to power lines criss-crossing the locality. This probably to maximise profit and collateral damage to birdlife, I suppose.
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Alders are photogenic in winter. (D200, 25-50 Nikkor)
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Thanks for your explanation, Bjørn.
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Sands of Dumont, Mohave.
Sand buggies are allowed to ravish the beautiful landscape, leaving their tyre marks criss-crossing the dunes.
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Damn! These are some seriously good pictures.
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Sands of Dumont, Mohave.
Sand buggies are allowed to ravish the beautiful landscape, leaving their tyre marks criss-crossing the dunes.
Bjørn、where's Andrea? :D
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Bjørn: The dunes are a masterpiece!
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Bjørn、where's Andrea? :D
Shooting on her own, just by my side ...
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Layers - from Mount Takao, near Tokyo. With Df and Zeiss 135/2.0.
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Mike, the gradation of the mountains are simply beautiful. I like your choice of geometry, too: the mountains seen between the shadow of the closest mountain and the cloud as well as the inclusion of the blurred plant as foreground.
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Thanks, Akira. A little serendipity here - the cloud rolled over just as I was about to leave, and the rain came down shortly after. Mount Takao is beautiful despite the weekend Tokyo crowds.
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Sands of Dumont, Mohave.
Sand buggies are allowed to ravish the beautiful landscape, leaving their tyre marks criss-crossing the dunes.
It shows like denim fabric on my screen, serious moire?
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(https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1572/25163054059_3ee32b5200_b.jpg)
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It shows like denim fabric on my screen, serious moire?
Not on the original. Lots of ripples in the sand. When such an image is downscaled, you'll get beat patterns sooner or later.
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This scene, captured a few days ago, could be posted in any of the following threads: Minimalistic images, In wait for the spring, Pictorial UV, Monochrome, ...
I choose to show it here. This is the onset of ice break-up on 'my' local river, on a section where water flow is sluggish.
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A classic scene from a very happy (for most of us) shoot in Copenhagen. Jakov played the model, Erik managed the studio light and released the cans, and I tried to snap the picture at the optimum point in time.
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not so many in the archive but this is not only monochrome, it also has appropriate colors
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Blue Rain
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Shade on pink whole...
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Beautiful contributions.
Doubts about this one, is it Monochrome enough?
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On my opinion, John, #94, 95, 96 all fit perfectly into the realm of the opening post.
We had one discussion on whether skin plus black plus white plus one color fits.
I am still unsure if "skin" is a color at all and not a huge set of colors.
I really like to see a "monochrome nude" (skin only) to be better able to judge this.
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A Veratrum poisonous lily.
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Hey, Bjørn. This is a different Flower shot! Seems the film was burnt on the corners... eh ...
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Very poisonous plant, you know. Very hot. A burning sensation accompanies it :D
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This is an IR capture from Lofoten, which I post here to avoid hijacking a member's thread.
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(https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/768/22637334590_f2732c12e8_o.jpg)
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This is an IR capture from Lofoten, which I post here to avoid hijacking a member's thread.
Looks very familiar to me. I mean, the dried fish! :)
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Unfortunately, or perhaps the opposite, even IR photography cannot convey the smell :D
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Arend: your red flower is very delicate and beautiful.
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Unfortunately, or perhaps the opposite, even IR photography cannot convey the smell :D
No worries. I can easily compensate for the lack of the smell with my own experience. ;) (Except for surströmming! :o :o :o )
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Sun dried fish is a common activity in my corner of the world since the times of the Romans. Your take is spectacular.
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Thanks Bjørn, it is actually a small Chrysanthemum.
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Light-painting with a green laser. I think it counts...
this is ART ! - great stuff
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this is ART ! - great stuff
Mongo, I completely agree with you!
Paco is a phenomenal photographer!
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Fifty shades of green.
Sony NEX-3, Oude Delft 65 mm f/0.75.
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Every shade of red in a stand of Fireweed.
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Whooper Swans on my local lake.
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#111 and #112 really are spot on. These were the photos I wished for when I started this. Thank you!!!
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There is an endless supply, Frank. Don't worry.
Wetland grass (Molinia coerulea)
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Methane, the harbinger of global climate change.
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Another view of my local lake, showing an incident of severe cold resulting in a wonderful display of ice crystal on the frozen surface.
This lake is conveniently located just a few hundred meters away from my living quarters. I'm over at the woods on the right hand side of the picture.
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The methane one is fantastic, Bjørn, literally.
Lamp shade
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Methane is special, but so is the lamp shade :)
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One of my coldest assignments ever. Taken with the restored UW-Nikkor 15 mm f/2.8 wedged in between submersed ice sheet in an alpine wetland. To accomplish this, I had to jump into the water myself of course.
Freezing cold doesn't even begin to describe the situation.
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Opportunities with ice are virtually unlimited. Just the 'point and shoot' kind of photography ....
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Bjørn, majestic images.
Both underwater and icy have your 'footprint' :)
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Both underwater and icy have your 'footprint' :)
Hard to avoid as I confess to be the photographer ....
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Methane, the harbinger of global climate change.
Please tell us more about this magnificent shot, Bjørn. Is that Methane stuck in ice?
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Yes. A common sight on productive water bodies when the ice is "black", ie. fresh and thin with no snow on top. Always a conflict between getting the shot and not crashing through the delicate ice sheet.
You can actually, by punching a small hole, set the escaping methane gas afire.
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One of my coldest assignments ever. Taken with the restored UW-Nikkor 15 mm f/2.8 wedged in between submersed ice sheet in an alpine wetland. To accomplish this, I had to jump into the water myself of course.
Freezing cold doesn't even begin to describe the situation.
Fascinating picture! The composition and the fact that the upper part show motion and the grass in the lower part show non. Ice is a endless provider of pictures. Its well worth enduring the frigid waters.
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Fascinating picture! The composition and the fact that the upper part show motion and the grass in the lower part show non. Ice is a endless provider of pictures. Its well worth enduring the frigid waters.
As long as one manages to stay on the ice and not being under it, I agree. Unfortunately, the latter scenario has occurred to me more times than I like to remember. Being trapped under ice is not a pleasant experience.
The "grass" by the way is Common Cottongrass (Eriophorum angustifolium), which of course is not a grass at all :D
I was submersed into a bog with particle-laden water trickling through it, hence the illusion of moving water. In reality, there was an ice layer on top with cracks through which snow fell. Exposure time probably around 2 minutes.
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Are you seriously suggesting that I should keep grasses, sedges, rushes and its subfamilies apart. That would be paying my botany teacher to much credit ;)
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Are you seriously suggesting that I should keep grasses, sedges, rushes and its subfamilies apart. That would be paying my botany teacher to much credit ;)
They are not that difficult to tell apart ... Not at all.
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They are not that difficult to tell apart ... Not at all.
I know, just cracking jokes about botanists. My botany education is a few years old but I try to keep it afloat by using "Lids flora" now and then.
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One of the landmarks in my vicinity is the "King's Oak", a free-standing cluster of summer oaks on open fields adjacent to my local lake (Maridalsvannet, Oslo). These oaks grow slowly partly because the soils are not very productive at their location, and partly because the microclimate is on the cold side for this species. Written sources from the 16th century tell the trees were already large at that time, so they must be between 500 and 1000 years old by now.
The characteristic profile is often seen in advertising and serves as a frond for weddings and similar events. Hikers and cyclists camp beneath the boughs in the summer season.
Over the centuries, man's impact on the immediate surroundings no longer can be ignored, as cable runs and telephone poles encircle the tree grove. Thus , as a photographer, one has to decide how to include these artefacts into the composition, because avoiding them is impossible and retouching later really makes a false impression of the scenery.
I have photographed these trees for more than 40 years and still am able to come up with new interpretations. So much for a scene being "done" in photographic terms. ...
This is an illustration to show a winter moonrise over the oaks.
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Wow! Many beautiful photos i have found here! :)
This is something like red grass :)
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Thanks to Mongo and Jakov, I truly appreciate your compliments.
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The road to Hamningberg in Arctic Norway is one of the most photogenic ever seen. The geology is simply fantastic and the scenery is literally from another planet. In this case, I went off-road where the rocks were less acutely sharp and allowed passage on foot.
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In the same district of Arctic Norway, there is a Memorial Museum for the tragic Witch Trials of the 16th Century that took place in the city of Vardø. The Museum is located on the same headland where the convicted 'witches' were burnt on a stake.
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Driving through town mafiosi style 8)
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1413/4604570477_44ecd9b691_o.jpg)
D3s with 16/3.5 K, Norway 2010
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I wonder why the driver is wearing sunglasses in a tunnel :)
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One has to know the driver and then the answer is obvious ...
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I wonder why the driver is wearing sunglasses in a tunnel :)
Because that's how Mister Cool rolls :)
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this little ant :)
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Nice one, Ana
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Delicate " mise en scene" of the mighty ant. I like the dreamy green in contrast.
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Ana's Ant in the glowing cave ... wow, what a scene!!!
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Bruno, Paco and Frank, thank you very much! I'm really glad you like it :)
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cool topic.
this shot is almost SOOC, from a trip in 2012 to the gas swamps of venus.
i mean, hawaii.
(http://www.431.org/ng/3114-peninsulaWater-1024.jpg)
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Spring is coming! ;)
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Schwett: extraordinary extraterrestrial
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On my way home from work.
Df + 45P @ f/2.8
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On my way home from work.
Df + 45P @ f/2.8
marveallous. there is somethin about the light and the rendering which makes the scene adorable.
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Thank you Thomas!
I am cycling past this puddle at a construction site for days, and I always wanted to take a photo. But today I had some flowers (weeds), and the gear with me, so I stopped and took a photo of the reflection in the puddle.
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The "weed" is likely a Barbarea vulgaris. Nice capture, as always.
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Thank you Bjørn! As you know your words mean a lot to me.
Here is the background that I was talking about and the barbarea vulgaris (i like the vulgaris part).
Initially I wanted to make this as a double exposure and show the vulgar part with the huge cable rolls that have been lying there for months, nicely stacked in front of the puddle. Usually I see seagulls playing around but never had the urgency to get off my bicycle. It must the combination of Df + 45P that got me taking photos this time :)
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'Vulgaris' just means 'common'. Thus nothing vulgar about the epithet at all..
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Thank you Bjørn, excuse my ignorance. I didn't know that it means "common" in Latin. I am so vulgar :)
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A beach in the wonderful Nordic 'blue hours'. This kind of blue light is actually perceived as warm, not cold.
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pink
(https://armando-m.smugmug.com/Macro/i-vKmd9Gr/0/X2/_DSC5255-Edit-X2.jpg)
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Monochrome bird.
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dizzy sun
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When 'amateurs' do the maintenance on a Bronze Statue...
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OK, let me begin appreciating the photos!
One of great qualities that I have learned from over the years, that simplicity and scenes that look quite ordinary, if framed properly can make a great image, just like his waves :)
Pink of Armando is gentle and tender, just like flowers should be.
Harald's bird is so cute, probably my favorite of the lost.
Thomas' tree is nice just like John's statue. Amazed how you guys see these things
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I suppose this also qualifies as monochrome
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Joost, that's' beautiful. What is it?
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"Joost, that's' beautiful. What is it?"
thank you. It is the (dried) outer skin of a red onion, put flat on a transparant board, and backlit by flash from the underside.
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Nice! Composition works and I would have guessed some kind of insect wing. It proves that anything goes as a motiv.
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Really nice, Joost.
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I suppose this also qualifies as monochrome
It does, that great red stuff!
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I had the same impression. It definitely works!
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Birches on a grey and windy day.
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Børge, Bruno, Thomas & Paco: thank you for your kind remarks!
Again something reddish
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That tree pattern over the sun ... great stuff
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Børge, I love the delicate birches.
Joost, the sunset is burning :)
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White bird (great egret) on a grey day. D500 with 200-500mm Nikkor
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Full color crossing at twilight.
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(https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7354/26738112294_ca3f74929a_o.jpg)
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(https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7415/26911445143_1d91dcea95_o.jpg)
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Stones.
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Grey birds on grey slates
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Sink Hole.
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Wild Rush/Reed
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(it's the Common Reed Phragmites australis. A grass that grow to an ago of over 40.000 years, by the way).
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Frank made me aware of the monochrome qualities of this shot. The Storebælt bridge in Denmark.
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thank you, lars
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Recently got back from tour of Alaskan Inner Passage where monochrome rules, especially in the morning. These shots are all in standard color, taken with D3200 and 28/3.5H lens, in early morning.
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Somewhat less majestic ;)
(https://c5.staticflickr.com/9/8065/29014068004_0baa69ee5d_b.jpg)
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Full color crossing at twilight.
totally love it!
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IR sometimes can deliver wonderful monochromes.
From today's shoot (D5300, AFS 28-300 Nikkor).
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Landscape rarely gets more monochrome than winter. Ottawa's west end and former high-tech powerhouse. Newbridge Networks is down there. It really did look like this. I converted the NEF to JPG and left it at that.
This thread is to post full RGB shots in which the scene is monochrome, not the processing or from the rare monochrome cameras.
This opens the opportunity to create monochrome scenes like a full set of stuffed animals, clothes and toys from a girls room all in pink or purple, desert scenes all in brown and yellow tones or night scenes in which "all cats are grey"...
Here is a classical "all grey" day scene (D600 1.4/35mm AiS @1.4 & 1/1600 s)
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Thank you Frank...with delay.
This one is goes from total white to total black with only greys in between. I guess it qualifies as well.
Meet the "Man in chains"
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I thought this one might be close to the brief.
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at "doode bemde", a local nature reserve
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This is a very interesting thread. I'll have to look through my recent shots, but I don't think I have any monochromatic ones. However, I do have at least one monochromatic image from years ago.
Kodachrome 64, Canon A-1, Sigma 600mm f/8 mirror:
(http://michaelmcbroom.com/images/offshore_rig_1a.jpg)
Here's another that's almost monochromatic. Also a Kodachrome 64 slide but a crop of a small portion of it. The Camera was a Canon AE-1 with a 50mm f/1.8 lens.
(http://michaelmcbroom.com/images/fire_eater1a.jpg)
By the way, I duped the slides using a NEX 7 and a rig I cobbled together, which includes a Nikon 55mm f/2.8 Micro-Nikkor at its core.
I'll look to see if I have more.
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Okay, I guess this is sort of a no-brainer. A shot of the (almost) full moon. I took this a few nights ago. It's a full RGB image. You can see a slight green fringing on the edge of the disk.
NEX 7, Century Precision Optics Tele Athenar II 500mm f/5.6. 1/125 @ f/11, ISO 100
(http://michaelmcbroom.com/images/moon_dunno_1a.jpg)
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Hi Cooltouch
A wonderful Moon O Chrome image.
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Landscape rarely gets more monochrome than winter. Ottawa's west end and former high-tech powerhouse. Newbridge Networks is down there. It really did look like this. I converted the NEF to JPG and left it at that.
That is a superb city scape in my book. Taken from a plane or from a drone???
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at "doode bemde", a local nature reserve
Beautiful, magic light, Joost. A place & time to be and savour
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Morning frost fog at Dombås, Central South Norway. (D500, 105/1.4E Nikkor). Fog is the great colour equaliser ...
For scenes like this, one really just has to rely on the AF and hope for the best. The fog was so thick I couldn't hardly see any detail, except for an indication of the sun, with the naked eye.
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From this year's Scottish NG Event:
Loch Ness through a bottle of Laphroaig
(Nikon Df, 28-85/3.5-4.5 AIS Zoom-Nikkor)
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Bjørn, the last one is stunning! Is the Df the stock one, or IR modified?
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Very conventional camera; less so with the "filter" :D
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(https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5813/30301378393_e3949696b9_o.jpg)
photoninja d500 conversion
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(https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5556/30986897396_c06f7cdc80_o.jpg)
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From this year's Scottish NG Event:
Loch Ness through a bottle of Laphroaig
(Nikon Df, 28-85/3.5-4.5 AIS Zoom-Nikkor)
It will look so awesome on a large print. I didn't realize Laphroaig has more than one use. :D
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Scotch whisky is the "water of life" and has many uses. Sometimes it is best to plan such uses before the level is getting too low in the bottle :D
Laphroaig itself is probably an acquired taste. It happens to be the favourite of the NG Team and as such an required addition to our meet-ups.
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Very conventional camera; less so with the "filter" :D
I wonder whether the "filter" is an optical one or software. An orange optical filter will make the image jaggy because of severe reduction of the blue/green channel info.
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I liked the way the image turned out. And I love my Laphroaig.
Frankly, Loch Ness as such was a little disappointing - one had to apply a very generous amount of imagination to consider this Loch anything else than a very ordinary glacially carved fjord lake, i.e. the kind of lakes we have in droves back home. In this endeavour, Laphroaig certainly extended a helping "hand" as it were.
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Just a few months ahead, after the dreary winter has left again;
(D200 IR, Nikkor 105 mm f/2.5 AI)
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The shot was taken from the non-opening window seat (right hand side in this case) of a Cessna 172 at about 3000' altitude. Probably needless to state to any viewers I have but direction of shot is critical. Directly into the sun is great, 90 deg away is just another shot. The small photo was taken on the same flight and breaks your thread rule but a) illustrates this perfectly and b) is my "front yard" :-)
That is a superb city scape in my book. Taken from a plane or from a drone???
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The deciduous forest stands naked agains the dark sky. Waiting for the snow :-\
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wonderful shot Børge
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The "naked tree" concept is old as photography itself, but this version and its execution feel wonderfully fresh nonetheless. Kudos, Børge.
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(https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5465/30795202910_a232b8c8ff_o.jpg)
old pruned lime tree, processed image
D500 17-35/2.8
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Confined to taking pictures almost exclusively in the dark, leaves few alternatives, but make opportunities available.
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An old favourite.
Falcon's Peak
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I'not sure what I am seeing here, but I assume it's a mountain. Without a title I would still be in the dark. I like being left in the dark 8)
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The profile of this mountain (Falketind => Falcon's Peak) should be familiar enough to anyone visiting the Jotunheimen range of Central Southern Norway. It is very popular amongst mountaineers.
As the weather tends to change rapidly here due to the proximity of the Western Coast, I simply waited until the peak was nearly hidden by a developing storm before pressing the shutter. Nothing magical at all just the weather change.
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(https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5513/30373475163_413b9def9b_o.jpg)
Afternoon sky
D500 400/5.6
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Monochrome season it is
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Børge that light painting is very nicely done, it also works well with the uncorrected WA shot!
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One more monochrome from November..
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Beautiful, Lars !!
Morning light
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Very crisp and nice Lars
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Beautiful, Lars !!
Very crisp and nice Lars
Thanks John and Erik!
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From yesterday's excursion into the hinterland.
An old wood cabin dilapidated by years of neglect, now adorned by hoar frost around the broken windows.
(http://nikongear.net/revival/gallery/0/1-071216155144.jpeg)
A field test of the 18 mm f/3.5 Nikkor, by the way. It came through just fine :D
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The Ents agglomerate to keep their warmth in the depths of the ice-cold winter.
105/1.4E, D500.
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Oh wow, I love it how the thread develops:
200 ... AWSOME!!!
208 ... How to pour loads of definition into a scary movie still!
213 .. supeb in its reduction without much editing
223 ... that is serious frost, we do not see very often in my home place... wonderful crystals!
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Lots of monochromatic scenery around here this time of the year ...
An intricate pearl necklace of ice adorns the nearby brooklet. To show the quality of the 300PF Nikkor, the image below is a 100% crop. D500.
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Thank you Frank! Here is one from today. Very few colors, but calm. Counting waves. D4s, 35 mm Nikkor O.
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Very swell, Børge :D
I can only offer some ice crystal close-ups by the 105/1.4E (+ extension), this time in IR.
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That 105 seem to be a keeper ;) I will brace my self until they start popping up second hand. Until then I have to enjoy your pictures.
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Indeed a mavolous lens the new 105 and amazing images!
The 100% 300mm image should maybe be iiiin the lens thread instead
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If you think so Erik, feel free to move it there. I have to pay attention to my VAT period report from now on and probably will need the entire weekend.
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Sigma 35 Art on the Nikon D500.
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Nice one Sten! I like when you get reflected light off a surface an into the shadows :)
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Monochrome bird studies.
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Woolly in Coat and Expression
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Sigma 35 Art on the Nikon D500.
Quite impressive, this one.
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plashy asphalt
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Quite impressive, this one.
Agreed. I want one...
Also like the bird studies, specially the first one. Nice graphic quality.
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a sea of red
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Indeed Armando
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5788/30970853620_55ae25151e_o.jpg)
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Also like the bird studies, specially the first one. Nice graphic quality.
Thanks golunvolo!
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Great stuff here!
My try, from a couple of years ago.
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Rush Hour (IR)
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Statue
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Rush Hour (IR)
The image is great, but it doesn't look like the rush hour at all. ;D
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Lars #241 superb. Otus?
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Lars #241 superb. Otus?
Thanks Frank! .. no, not that expensive: AF-S DX Nikkor 35/1.8G on my Nikon D40. A very nice lens I agree.
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(https://c3.staticflickr.com/1/283/31725790842_6ba27a8b30_o.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/QkuYiQ)Brick Kiln (https://flic.kr/p/QkuYiQ) by Ron Scubadiver (https://www.flickr.com/photos/57349111@N08/), on Flickr
This is a working brick kiln in Viet Nam. Bricks are extruded natural clay fired for 3 weeks. Rice husks are used for fuel. I thoght the image fit better here than in my trip thread, because that is about people.
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Not very exotic
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(https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/545/31939612766_b713059328_o.jpg)
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(https://c4.staticflickr.com/1/735/31203767363_75899e5bd4_h.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/PxnsV2)D5C_1599 (https://flic.kr/p/PxnsV2)
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Nice one, Bill.
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Nice one, Bill.
Thank you Anthony!
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(https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/640/31912215840_b0e542e4b6_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/QBYrXW)
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The image is great, but it doesn't look like the rush hour at all. ;D
Admittedly, not packed like Tokyo rush hours, but densely crammed enough for our Nordic taste.
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A mountain road that has not yet been cleared of snow. Probably won't happen for at least two more months.
(400/2.8 Nikkor ED-IF)
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That road looks almost like a woodblock print. I like it very much.
Somehow when I try for monochrome I can't help but include the smallest hints of color.
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/313/32431985575_227b2ed072_h_d.jpg)
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natural camouflage
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Frost fantastic.
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(https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/711/32624531566_e8f8e49961_o.jpg)
last of the brackets of a hydrangea paniculata
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IR image from couple of years ago:
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/6/5019/5577127965_70a3dafd7a_o.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/9uQeQH)aftermath2 (https://flic.kr/p/9uQeQH) by ny6263.362 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/17286562@N03/), on Flickr
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slow day...
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/704/32543504901_ba19ea7bbb_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/RzKYd6)_DSC7383 (https://flic.kr/p/RzKYd6) by ny6263.362 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/17286562@N03/), on Flickr
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Welcome back, Thor, with fine images!
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Welcome back, Thor, with fine images!
Thank you, Akira!
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bird in brown
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Excellent example for the thread (and anywhere) The simplicity of lines, colors, compositions, makes the shot outstanding in my book.
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Streets of Oslo, just before Christmas.
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superb shot, Armando. The bird is sooo altert!
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(https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/263/32736807206_39c6960d34_b_d.jpg)
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Low contrast monochrome.
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Met this guy in a 'contemporary' gallery downtown Oslo today. Obviously way out of his comfort zone ....
(Df, 24/2 Nikkor)
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I wasn't expecting such a sharp ir image. El-nikkor 50mm 2.8 at f/4. with d80 "somewhat" ir modified: Lola
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Bjørn. Is that Rieffenstahl?
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(https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3936/33427074681_0146dcaf86_h.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/SVQuHP)DFJ_4023 (https://flic.kr/p/SVQuHP) by Jack Dahlgren (https://www.flickr.com/photos/jack-d/)
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Bjørn. Is that Rieffenstahl?
German artist, but not her. Far more contemporary than so ... The name is Jan C. Schlegel.
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Almost all grey.
(Nikon 1V1, 18.5 Nikkor CX, which apart from some barrel distortion is a very capable lens)
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Green on green, holding hands
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(https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4203/34160387923_b47612e4c7_h.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/U3CVcz)DFJ_5668 (https://flic.kr/p/U3CVcz)
Black and mirrored artwork in a white room.
Tomas Sareceno's Stillness in Motion — Cloud Cities
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Jack, very good interpretation. Interesting and strong with a hint of high-tech mystery.
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cmYk
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Armando, I like this!
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(https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4203/34160387923_b47612e4c7_h.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/U3CVcz)DFJ_5668 (https://flic.kr/p/U3CVcz)
Black and mirrored artwork in a white room.
Tomas Sareceno's Stillness in Motion — Cloud Cities
Wonderful shot, well sought out geometrical choices you made!
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Foliage, right after the rain.
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Vivid monochrome
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4245/34893782242_a0b5bfb565_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/VarKMd)DSC_0455 (https://flic.kr/p/VarKMd) by b j (https://www.flickr.com/photos/132836932@N03/), on Flickr
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4223/35017847036_d4d42f016c_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/VmpBVo)DSC_0463 (https://flic.kr/p/VmpBVo) by b j (https://www.flickr.com/photos/132836932@N03/), on Flickr
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Vivid monochrome
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4245/34893782242_a0b5bfb565_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/VarKMd)DSC_0455 (https://flic.kr/p/VarKMd) by b j (https://www.flickr.com/photos/132836932@N03/), on Flickr
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4223/35017847036_d4d42f016c_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/VmpBVo)DSC_0463 (https://flic.kr/p/VmpBVo) by b j (https://www.flickr.com/photos/132836932@N03/), on Flickr
Wonderful! Those would fit perfectly in "green - color of life": http://nikongear.net/revival/index.php?topic=3942.0
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I think "Green" can easily become my favorite topic :)
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Private DJ's
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4287/35034172251_40852e7831_o.jpg)
Sony Zeiss 35/1.4 FE on a7RII
A couple of legs
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4259/34778369220_554e068818_o.jpg)
Voigtlander 15/4.5 FE on a7RII
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Chairs lined up waiting for a table.
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4439/37080299446_cd2b9e1cab_h.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/YuEeaG)DSC_8055 (https://flic.kr/p/YuEeaG)
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Central Park lagoon
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Been watching this thread for awhile and enjoy seeing everyones idea of monochrome. I hope these two fit the criterion.
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Excuse me for the pink portion at the right corners...
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(https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4451/37284037654_c94b627876_o.jpg)
today in Eindhoven
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(https://c4.staticflickr.com/1/735/31203767363_75899e5bd4_h.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/PxnsV2)D5C_1599 (https://flic.kr/p/PxnsV2)
Looks like the 17-Mile-Drive near Monterey!
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Looks like the 17-Mile-Drive near Monterey!
Hi Frank,
17 Mile-Drive is on the other coast where one of my sister lives :)
This picture was taken about two miles or so from our house. The location is a Virginia State Park named "First Landing State Park"
Link on Google Maps: https://www.google.com/maps/@36.9033776,-76.0346969,14.99z (https://www.google.com/maps/@36.9033776,-76.0346969,14.99z)
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monochrome redundancy
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Blue winter; no snow yet
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The norwegian winter is all about shades of blue.
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4637/27387919389_b8c5534002_o.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/HJbffH)
Ossjøen (https://flic.kr/p/HJbffH) by Asle Feten (https://www.flickr.com/photos/afoton/), on Flickr
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Asle, freezing shades :)
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Indeed it is. There was -22°C at the airport when we returned.
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monochrome portrait
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Andrew, a really nice portrait. Tell us more about the concept.
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Andrew, a really nice portrait. Tell us more about the concept.
This was at an Ohayocan event last year. The event is a place for people that like video games, Anime and animation in general and you basic Japanophiles to come together and share their passion and cosplay.
This particular person decided that he would dress as Jack Skellington from the animated movie The Nightmare Before Christmas.
Many people were wanting this persons picture and most were looking to get the traditional portrait. I decided to get something a little less traditional. I lucked out and met him in a glassed in area of the convention center, so lighting was handled for me by the environment.
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(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4687/38729392074_bb2681360c_b.jpg)
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Scan from a 90's era slide
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Nikon D800E ,Carl Zeiss Otus 1.4/55
1/3200s f/1.4 at 55.0mm iso100
(http://www.pbase.com/bobfriedman/image/158972024/original.jpg)
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(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4628/40619050931_2286f03502_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/24TnfGk)DSC_1520 (https://flic.kr/p/24TnfGk) by b j (https://www.flickr.com/photos/132836932@N03/), on Flickr
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Nikon D810 ,Carl Zeiss Otus 1.4/55
1/3200s f/1.4 at 55.0mm iso125
(http://www.pbase.com/bobfriedman/image/160698339/original.jpg)
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Well done.
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Full color of an bw movie on a flat screen. You can see the colors in every given pixel but, of course, the overall image appears to be monochrome. I find this fascinating.
A frame of the movie "Young Frankenstein" by Mel Brooks
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(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/957/26987981797_c2b865cecc_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/H7QsJZ)DSC_0759 (https://flic.kr/p/H7QsJZ) by b j (https://www.flickr.com/photos/132836932@N03/), on Flickr
Nikon D3, 105mm f2,5 Nikkor-P
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Nikon D3, 105mm f2,5 Nikkor-P
Fascinating warm tones !
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Your mischievousness is written in the stone.
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I love that last one Akira. Well seen
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I love that last one Akira. Well seen
Thank you, Buddy!
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Very fitting and makes me smile. ;D Nice reading, capture and presentation!
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Very fitting and makes me smile. ;D Nice reading, capture and presentation!
Glad you like it, Paco!
I made the title a bit simpler with the concept unchanged.
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Fascinating warm tones !
Agree.
Your mischievousness is written in the stone.
Great shot!
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Great shot!
Thank you, John!
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(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/982/41543678344_6f678552ed_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/26i5ddh)DSC_1377 (https://flic.kr/p/26i5ddh) by b j (https://www.flickr.com/photos/132836932@N03/), on Flickr
I changed contrast from the SooC RAW, but not the color. Shot as monochrome
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Great addition to the thread and as image in its own right. Love the play of lines, intensities and the general loving atmosphere. Beautiful animal too. Thanks for sharing
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Sunset in Val d'Orcia, D500 +nikkor 400 mm f/5.6 non-IF
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Interesting, the dog portrait and the sunset shot have similar color tones
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Folds of broken glass
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1744/41774040904_640d7a88f6_h.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/26DqSYy)IMGL7981 (https://flic.kr/p/26DqSYy)
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Monochrome except for the small amount of rust...
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1822/42340367955_048a20347c_h.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/27vtsh4)804_2129 (https://flic.kr/p/27vtsh4)
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Excellent subjects Jack.
This is a path of the botanic outdoors garden in Sierra Nevada
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@Jack: Superb deconstruction shots!!!
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After the rain. Full color macro
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Nice Paco :)
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Visionary shot, Paco!
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Thanks you guys. The d500+ 60mm micro G. Works like a charm
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Under the Dome
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Under the Dome
Well seen and captured, Paco!
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Thanks Akira, it makes me feel like in a sci-fi story :)
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Very nice shot, Paco.
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Thanks John. Also d500 with micro 60mm 2.8G. Very close to the previous in the thread... if not the same drop :)
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The rain, once again, left behind some interesting monochromatic little universes
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(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1960/44955734614_02a85ca66c_b.jpg)
Guiness Storehouse, Dublin.
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Breda railwaystation backlight provides for a monochrome look.
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1922/44775734124_0d2134b58d_o.jpg)
D850 35mm f/1.4
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Nikon D800E ,Carl Zeiss Otus 1.4/55
1/3200s f/1.4 at 55.0mm iso100
(http://www.pbase.com/bobfriedman/image/158972024/original.jpg)
grand design. superb graphics, Bob
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Scan from a 90's era slide
wow. Somehow I missed the shot. Thank you for your contribution!
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Into the blue...
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Another into the blue ;)
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Varying shades of beige.
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Wood panelling on old houses
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7883/46459946552_e6f7fb1016_o.jpg)
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Wood panelling on old houses
Very interesting and informative, Thanks :)
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rail on eat on
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Beautiful dog, the skin was so close to the color of the sand in the evening.
Nikon d500 and 70-200 fl, I think fully open.
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grey grey grey
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Venus Transit and the Midnight Sun. Arctic Norway. Mostly red. Fiery red in fact.
(D800, AFS 200/2 + TC20.3 and Astro Solar filter to prevent myself going blind and the camera sensor to catch fire. The latter happened to my D70 during the '04 Transit !!)
In case one wonders about the planet Venus, it's the small dot on the solar disc at 11 o'clock. As it happens, that is almost the size of Earth too.
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Nice picture Bjørn!
Like I often do when I watch Your Pictures, I start wondering how you managed to get this result. :-)
Please explain how u achived to make this powerfull image?
Regards
Partridge
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February 5
on a thought may have been posted in the windows thread also
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4851/46941359432_b4e8c2cfe5_o.jpg)
Df 50mm f/1,2 ais
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Fantastic no matter were. Great shot Fons
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Fantastic no matter were. Great shot Fons
Thanks Paco.
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Cormorant blues - not quite monochrome but I think it qualifies. John
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Cormorant blues - not quite monochrome but I think it qualifies. John
very nice shot, reminds me to take more cormorant shots in my neighbourhood. We gave Swans, Ducks, several Gull varieties and Cormorants and Egrets here fishing in the Rhine River...
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Thanks Frank. This is cormorant time for me, when they're fishing around the Locks that connect Seattle's lakes to the sea. Dozens roost in the park nearby, but they'll thin out as the herons gather to nest in the same trees in a few weeks. They're very skillful at fishing, so much so that they sometimes end up feeding marauding gulls as well.
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We were going to photograph birds, so all I needed was a long lens, at least that's what I thought.
Just before departure I decided to put the light 28-70mm f/3.5-4.5 AF in my backpack.
Came in handy for this shot, and I have to say, the humble oldtimer continues to amaze me.
D850 + 28-70mm f/3.5-4.5 @ 28 mm, f/8
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Yet another bleak day with rain and wind.
Nice shot Joost.
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Waiting for the commuter train. Oslo Central Station.
18.5mm f/1.8, V1
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Blue hour in foggy March weather. Borderline in this thread?
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In my view, well within the scope of the thread.
Very nice, gentle graduations in that capture.
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Birna, thank you!
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Something trapped...
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Eric, a very good fit and image, in my opinion.
Eddie, that minimal-gritty image has strong impact on my eyes. Works well
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golunvolo, thank you. And here was, hard to believe, some kind of spring a week ago, now in adjournment.
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We were going to photograph birds, so all I needed was a long lens, at least that's what I thought.
Just before departure I decided to put the light 28-70mm f/3.5-4.5 AF in my backpack.
Came in handy for this shot, and I have to say, the humble oldtimer continues to amaze me.
D850 + 28-70mm f/3.5-4.5 @ 28 mm, f/8
great to see you back here, Joost ... moody shot
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Blue hour in foggy March weather. Borderline in this thread?
very fitting entry. nice landscape shot
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Thank you Frank,
glad you liked the blue fog.
/Eric
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Thank you Fons & Frank.
I wasn't away, I visit this site almost on a daily basis, for the no-nonsense info and the nice photos.
I just don't post that much myself.
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Old-new house.
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Old-new house.
Love this passionate red image!
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Thanks Akira :)
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Thank you Fons & Frank.
I wasn't away, I visit this site almost on a daily basis, for the no-nonsense info and the nice photos.
I just don't post that much myself.
I wish you did post more,Joost. I remember you with your cameras at one meetup and you were constantly taking photos. share? !
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The pond
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(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/46900666934_4a472a128d_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2essbhw)The heaviest leaf (https://flic.kr/p/2essbhw) by b j (https://www.flickr.com/photos/132836932@N03/), on Flickr
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Buddy, I love this both interms of the rendition and the composition!
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Thank you. I might have another one soon
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Stage light can render scenes monochromatic. Enjoying the show from backstage.
Z6, 28mm 1.4 @f2, 1600iso, 1/50th sec
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straight OOC, only processing is resizing for the Web.
Setting sun and church outline. Monochrome enough?
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Gorgeous color sky, thanks for sharing. Definetly monochrome enough!
Double exposure, one color.
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Gorgeous color sky, thanks for sharing. Definetly monochrome enough!
Double exposure, one color.
Nice combination of blueberry and very blue sky! (Better to read this in a Spanish way in this case?)
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Blueberry and very blue sky
Arándanos y un cielo azul intenso...
I prefer yours :)
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Gorgeous color sky, thanks for sharing. Definetly monochrome enough!
Double exposure, one color.
The monochrome reddish photo is the view from my window looking S, I'm getting to know the view from Akira's window (in shape echo he has at least two samples with repeating clouds)
Ok, now I know another spanish word: Arándanos (in Italian it would be Mirtilli neri )
So in italian it would be Mirtilli neri e cielo azzurro intenso
Ciao from Massimo
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Love the backstage image, the church outline (hard to find) and double blue exposure
This I shot in b&w but playing with the raw I liked the Velvia profile look
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Well, almost monochrome
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Blue hour in foggy March weather. Borderline in this thread?
very good contribution
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Gorgeous color sky, thanks for sharing. Definetly monochrome enough!
Double exposure, one color.
phantastic!!!
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Love the backstage image, the church outline (hard to find) and double blue exposure
This I shot in b&w but playing with the raw I liked the Velvia profile look
sexy... hard edge of the thread, turning bw into color ... all good though
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Resting.
Z6, 58mm 1.4 @f1.4, 1/20, 3200 iso. Handheld
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Sunrise, looking N, from the summit of Mont Ventoux, France
Ciao from Massimo
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Rural Street, even the cattle are camera shy but with D300,.500f4 w/tc1.7 from the jeep, I do not think I was a factor ;D . This is out of camera but changed to DX2 mode 1 `. Pretty close to monotone ;)
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Sunrise, looking N, from the summit of Mont Ventoux, France
That's beautiful Massimo (only just found this)
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Wow some amazing work here in many genres!!! So impressed ;) Thank you for posting all
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To be painted white
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Not entirely monochrome, but a very limited pallette
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49589418176_184eb9bed0_b.jpg)
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Buddy, that spider preys on my phobia, confirming the strength of the image :)...
I really do enjoys the images throughout this theme...
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Thank you Tim. Even in spider circles, this is a somewhat unusual perspective, leaving the eyes completely hidden, but I feel that this pose really tells a lot about the animal in question :)
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It makes it even scarier :o
Storytelling image, makes the spider a character with purpose.
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March 18
Wild Teasel
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49672612317_8c34e3b24d_o.jpg)
Z6 - M2 - nikkor-S 58mm f/1.4
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Sci-fi sunset
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Gorgeous. Simply gorgeous.
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Sci-fi sunset
looks great, could you please explain a bit?
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Some images just don't need explanations, they simply *are* what they are. This is a prime example.
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Thank you, a lot. Blushing here
Thomas,with Birna´s permission, the story is very simple an unexpected: you are looking at a brand new shower in the beach and a post-processing mistake that brought out a hidden visual impact. A gift from the foto Gods ;) The sunset light was beautiful.
I hope the explanation does not detract from the image.
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Great one, Paco!
mostly yellow
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Thank you, a lot. Blushing here
Thomas,with Birna´s permission, the story is very simple an unexpected: you are looking at a brand new shower in the beach and a post-processing mistake that brought out a hidden visual impact. A gift from the foto Gods ;) The sunset light was beautiful.
I hope the explanation does not detract from the image.
no it doesn´t distract, it let me look at it more relaxed :), as I see there is no danger coming from it ;) thx for explaining
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(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49788769271_a463900c21_o.jpg)
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Thank you all have nice sunday. :)
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Sailing...
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Autumn mono mood.
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Rye
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49977852357_8e8ec56008_o.jpg)
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49990371153_0e11a85b67_o.jpg)
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I don't think the house owner meant for this to look so mysterious from the outside. Enjoying the very last rays of light.
D500, 70-300mm vr
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The surface of a rain soaked stone step.
Z6 85mm 1.8Z
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The surface of a rain soaked stone step.
Z6 85mm 1.8Z
Without the explanation, it could be a river system from outer space.
A patch of young daisies
Nikon 1J5, 30-110mm @80mm, fully open. Meike 8mm extension tube.
Ciao from Massimo
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Sci-fi sunset
Wow!!!
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Winged Aphid caught in a spider trap.
The predator gave up after few attempts (too tiny)
Eventually the prey escaped...
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A couple from today's dawn walk
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The surface of a rain soaked stone step.
Z6 85mm 1.8Z
Yes, this works for me Tom
A patch of young daisies
This resonates with my walk in the country today Massimo
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Ir moonrise.
The infrared makes for "easy" monochrome images, I hope it is not cheating.
D200 ir modified, 70-300 vr
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Apple blossom
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grass
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Beautiful apple blossom John.
Night landscape. Very little, close and discarded.
D500, 105mm 1.4e
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Face to face.
D700, 50mm 1.4G
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Already published elsewhere, but fit the present thread. Df, Summicron-R 50/2 (II). If you look hard, you'll guess some blueish or greenish hues.
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Face to face.
D700, 50mm 1.4G
Already published elsewhere, but fit the present thread. Df, Summicron-R 50/2 (II). If you look hard, you'll guess some blueish or greenish hues.
I love these chic images by both of you, Paco and Airy.
Airy, the second one looks like a nice rubberneck syndrome image.
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Airy, the second one looks like a nice rubberneck syndrome image.
Indeed, when shooting these pics, your rubberneck syndrome thread sprang into my mind !!!
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Culled from the archives: depiction of the worst sin one could do in my country at winter time. That is, walking in a groomed ski track :(
Nikon D40X (IR), 15mm f/5.6 Nikkor QDC
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The offense is usually punished with ski pole whipping by middle age men dressed in lycra. How did you escape it? ;)
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Who said I was the perpetrator?
You are correct in your description of the executioners, though.
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Well Birna, at least he or she left you the potential of a great image. I'd only see the potential whipping, not the potential image...
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Accepting an alternate reality :)
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Another almost monochrome fog picture by the mighty Zoom-Nikkor 360-1200mm f/11 ED on my IR-modified D200.
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Tracks Noordwijk beach Nov. 12, 2020,
backlights' producing monochrome hues.
Z6, 50mm f/1.8s
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A yellow curtain in the evening
D3S 85/1.4
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Another almost monochrome fog picture by the mighty Zoom-Nikkor 360-1200mm f/11 ED on my IR-modified D200.
Great shot, beautiful 'fire'-effect
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Beautiful painterly colors
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nice orange and yellow :)
This is far away from the shore and hi crop so the air distortion is visible
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Seaside Army Invasion
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construct
December 3
z6, 50mm f/1.8s
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Very long freight trains rumble through the Southwestern desert of the US, hauled by powerful diesel locomotives serially connected. What a noise (!), and the ground shaking violently as the train slowly passes by.
Kelso in the Mohave Desert, D200 with 28-300 Nikkor.
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Another SW desert image, taken with the same IR camera and lens as in the previous post.
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Lia monochrome doing her best to smell everything
D5300, 28mm 1.4e
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Lia monochrome doing her best to smell everything
D5300, 28mm 1.4e
This is a superb capture! Love the color and graphics!
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Thank you Akira. This dog is very special to me :)
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Lia monochrome doing her best to smell everything
D5300, 28mm 1.4e
Love those reds and the graphical image, Paco.
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Thank you John. I think I'm strongly influenced by the comic books I have been reading since early childhood
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Thank you John. I think I'm strongly influenced by the comic books I have been reading since early childhood
Good that you did Paco - and keep reading. Great capture!
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Low key blue hour in January.
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What was left after blowing the snow away
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I decided to try out monochromes on the Olympus E-M1 III with a couple of twists. I used the setting for a software "red filter" (which I thought might use just the red pixels). The resulting JPGs were in color which surprised me, but mainly red with a little yellow. So I guess the other pixels weren't entirely neglected in JPG processing. At the same time I used an actual red (25A) filter on the lens, an Olympus 40-150 f/2.8, to try to emphasize the red pixels.
In raw processing I still had to desaturate, but it was off a nearly monochrome image produced by a monochrome setting. So, I'm going to post in this thread since the camera setting said "monochrome". ;)
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51040781142_1b16a016fd_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2kLikZY)
Ranch Road (https://flic.kr/p/2kLikZY) by Bill de Jager (https://www.flickr.com/photos/99349448@N06/), on Flickr
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51040688661_d61025bdc2_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2kLhSvt)
Secluded Drive (https://flic.kr/p/2kLhSvt) by Bill de Jager (https://www.flickr.com/photos/99349448@N06/), on Flickr
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51040687971_61345c95d9_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2kLhSiz)
Round Leaves (https://flic.kr/p/2kLhSiz) by Bill de Jager (https://www.flickr.com/photos/99349448@N06/), on Flickr
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51040688281_d544ca5353_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2kLhSoV)
Living in the Hills (https://flic.kr/p/2kLhSoV) by Bill de Jager (https://www.flickr.com/photos/99349448@N06/), on Flickr
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We don't get a lot of snow here. This winter we had two snowfalls. These are from the first one which was pretty and didn't last long. The second one was not nice, not pretty and made a mess of the entire south central region of the US. These were done with a D700 and a 70-300mm. Blue and white.
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That first tree with snow has strong graphic impact.
Here, to take a bow
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Thank you, Paco.
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"Here, to take a bow"
Paco, to thee I bow--always wonderful, memorable images--and to everyone else as well--really enjoy all these images.
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Thank you kindly Tim
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With the IR R72
Z6 - 58/1.4g
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Rusty. Df, Voigtländer 180/4 @f/4
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Full color.
D5, 105mm 1.4e
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The tourist information point in La Línea is very much monochrome :)
Z6, 35mm1.4
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The appropriately named Low Isles in our North.
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We had our first proper snow last night, and the monochrome season has begun (This is Vermont, and this is what I see out my back door):
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Monochrome slightly rubberneck cityscapes.
Z6, 35mm.14 ai-s
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Monochrome in colour.
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Cranes at the seaport.
Z6, 60mm 2.8
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Ethereal monochrome with detail.
Z6, 200mm f4 ai
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The midday doors.
Z6, 85mm 1.8S
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The midday doors.
Z6, 85mm 1.8S
Very nice chiaroscuro image. Love your previous post also.
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Thank you Akira. Chiaroscuro is a way of telling that I love and struggle with from day one. I appreciate your comments.
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Construction site.
Z6, 70-300 3.5-5.6 vr
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Scene by the port.
Z6, 70-300mm 3.5-5.6 vr
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Sea and sky almost melting together.
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Construction site.
Z6, 70-300 3.5-5.6 vr
Very nice abstraction. Love the color!
Sea and sky almost melting together.
Love the composition. The sense of space is excellent.
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Thank you Akira, it is pretty much sooc :)
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Downhill slopes barriers
Skiing resort, with a lemon slice (MOON) in the sky and a very grayish blue sky.
Nikon Z7 + FTZ + Nikkor AFS-VR 24-120mm/4
Ciao from Massimo
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Love the composition. The sense of space is excellent.
Many thanks Akira - I'm not happy with the colors from the Fuji .. or maybe I'm just looking for excuses to upgrade to a Z6 ;D
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Thank you Akira, it is pretty much sooc :)
Then it should be a nice choice, I would say! The fine texture of the green net (?) is very effective here as well.
Many thanks Akira - I'm not happy with the colors from the Fuji .. or maybe I'm just looking for excuses to upgrade to a Z6 ;D
Lars, I didn't like the colors of Fuji either, when I used X-E3 or X-T2. I didn't like the color of Fuji films either. I think Nikon offers the best balance between saturation and tone. ;)
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Blue Periwinkles Austrolittorina unifasciata on sandstone.
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Blue Periwinkles Austrolittorina unifasciata on sandstone.
Oh, this is absolutely fantastic! Looks like an artificial construction on Mars by the astronauts from an extrasolar planet.
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Amazing, Hans ! ;)
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Thank you Akira and Francis. :)
Akira, perhaps I should have removed the periwinkles and claimed it be a moon shot! I'm left to wonder how these features form on a flat sandstone surface many hundreds of metres square, and just why there is no visible growth on this surface that is underwater for a considerable portion of each day...do we have any geologists or marine biologists on board??
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Akira, perhaps I should have removed the periwinkles and claimed it be a moon shot! I'm left to wonder how these features form on a flat sandstone surface many hundreds of metres square, and just why there is no visible growth on this surface that is underwater for a considerable portion of each day...do we have any geologists or marine biologists on board??
Well, then, you might have wanted to keep the image unpublished until the up-and-coming April 1st. ;D
Anyway, if you found this little beautiful sand castle in such a vast area, I cannot help appreciating your keen eyes!
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Blue Periwinkles Austrolittorina unifasciata on sandstone.
I like it a lot too. It does look like a surreal sci-fi illustration.
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Neat arrangements.
Z6, 60mm 2.8g
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I like it a lot too. It does look like a surreal sci-fi illustration.
Thanks Paco :) I must admit that pattern reminds me of my least favourite food, tripe...ugh!
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Lille, at dusk.
Df, 28/2 AI @f/5.6, -1.3 EV, 500 ISO, 1/30s.
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Under the microscope and clues of the origin
D200 ir, 18-70mm 3.5-5.6
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That woman's hair and clothes were way too good to let it pass. Camouflage. Tourist zone in Córdoba, Spain
Z6, 50mm 1.8s
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That woman's hair and clothes were way too good to let it pass. Camouflage. Tourist zone in Córdoba, Spain
Z6, 50mm 1.8s
Great one
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I decided to try out monochromes on the Olympus E-M1 III with a couple of twists. I used the setting for a software "red filter" (which I thought might use just the red pixels). The resulting JPGs were in color which surprised me, but mainly red with a little yellow. So I guess the other pixels weren't entirely neglected in JPG processing. At the same time I used an actual red (25A) filter on the lens, an Olympus 40-150 f/2.8, to try to emphasize the red pixels.
In raw processing I still had to desaturate, but it was off a nearly monochrome image produced by a monochrome setting. So, I'm going to post in this thread since the camera setting said "monochrome". ;)
Dear Bill,
This is for der black and white thread not for this "not black and white" thread
See first post for the rules. THX
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Thanks Frank. Happy you like it!
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Blue River
Found this in the archives when I looked for a suitable gift for a birthday party tomorrow. Still time to make a print.
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I remember this image from the very first time I saw it.
Fantastic
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I do remember it was very cold and rather low light levels for the D2X, which wasn't too fond of high ISO settings. I kept ISO at 400 and was helped by a very fast lens and the stability of my Sachtler tripod.
Here is another moochrome in muted blue-greys, taken with the same camera and lens a few hours earlier. Grey alder Alnus incana in a riperian forest, with fresh wind-driven snow.
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I remember this image from the very first time I saw it.
Fantastic
Beautiful yes.
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I do remember it was very cold and rather low light levels for the D2X, which wasn't too fond of high ISO settings. I kept ISO at 400 and was helped by a very fast lens and the stability of my Sachtler tripod.
Birna: This is stunningly beautiful...the image looks compressed and, since you mention a Sachtler tripod, I anticipate that the lens was a fairly long Nikkor, right?
Thanks, Robert
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200/2 AFS. Thus not that longish focal, however light levels were low plus I needed to stop down to get adequate sharpness across the frame.
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Another scene captured by my trusty AFS 200/2. Torrential rain as passengers embarked their airflight.
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Our sustainable future.
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Monochrome views found this Sunday
D5, 24-70mm 2.8 vr
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The color orange as demonstrated by Eschscholzia californica
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Breaking in front of me. Night monochrome for a split second
D5, 24-70mm 2.8 vr
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Rapeseed
D3s, 28-300mm f/3.5~5.6vr
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Charred Cyprus Z6 MC105
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Full color empty window.
Z6, 50mm 1.8S
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Sunlight play
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Melanistic doe on a frosty morning.
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The aptly named Mount Horrid today, in glorious full color.
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Mind you, it's not as if there's no color to be seen.
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The aptly named Mount Horrid today, in glorious full color.
Impressive full color.
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Blue hour
Z6, 24-70mm 2.8 vr
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It was not so today but it is the optimism that counts.
Nikon Z6, 24mm f/2.8 AI.
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Monochrome in blue
Z6, 60mm 2.8 af-s macro
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Monochrome in see-through orange
Z6, 60mm 2.8 af-s macro
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Monochrome in blue
Z6, 60mm 2.8 af-s macro
Kind of cool!
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Thank you Thomas
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Death Valley, 2007. A dancer facing the wind. Trying post processing at the time.
D200, 18-200 vr
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Death Valley, 2007. A dancer facing the wind. Trying post processing at the time.
D200, 18-200 vr
Beautiful !
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Thank you!
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water droplets on glass window
testing out a Macro Takumar 50mm f4 on my Zfc
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Full color monochrome stairs and leaky thing.
D5, 24-70mm 2.8 vr
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Full color monochrome stairs and leaky thing.
D5, 24-70mm 2.8 vr
like this style, I brought some of those from my recent visit
this could be a motto for a NG meeting: monochromes from the white villages in Andalusia
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That's a wonderful idea. Do you have a favorite? Ronda, Arcos, etc...
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I think there are several, so it might be a trip with 3 x2 days in a nearby hotel of them, I remember best Arcos and Vejer. Here are proposals from a website, which is written in many languages, so people who are interested might have a look in their preferred language.
I´d say that even towns like Conil are able to give some good motives, everywhere are small streets with only white houses. You know it much better than me. :)
https://www.spain.info/en/discover-spain/andalusia-white-villages-tour-relax/ (https://www.spain.info/en/discover-spain/andalusia-white-villages-tour-relax/)
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I think there are several, so it might be a trip with 3 x2 days in a nearby hotel of them, I remember best Arcos and Vejer. Here are proposals from a website, which is written in many languages, so people who are interested might have a look in their preferred language.
I´d say that even towns like Conil are able to give some good motives, everywhere are small streets with only white houses. You know it much better than me. :)
https://www.spain.info/en/discover-spain/andalusia-white-villages-tour-relax/ (https://www.spain.info/en/discover-spain/andalusia-white-villages-tour-relax/)
Agreed. As we already went with Birna to Conil, this tiime I'm planning to go to Vejer and down to coast to Barbate with the pine forest, wind fields and...I digress. There are several. Going inside all the way to Ronda can be very interesting.
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Lille, 15/3/2024.
Zf and Voigtländer 50/1.0 at f/1.4