ShutterTalk Digital Photography Contest March 2014: Black & White
Category: Black & White Contest Begins: March 1st, 2014 Contest Ends: March 31st, 2014 Open To: ShutterTalk Digital Photography Forum Members Contest Type: International Photography Contest Prize: Amazon Gift Card (Undisclosed Amount)
Guidelines:
Submit up to three photos of digital photographs showing your most creative photography in black and white. This can include anything that is family friendly - scenery, people, trees, flowers, objects, and more.
Images must be posted here in this forum thread and be owned legally by the contributing member. Please also submit information about where the photo was taken along with some brief details.
Digital photography entries should be family friendly and be taken within the last 90 days from the date of entry into the contest. A small amount of post processing is preferred. The photograph should be interesting and draw the individual into the scene and have few distractions.
Judging
Judging will consider different criteria including, but not limited to, creativity, relevance to category, and photo quality. Judging will occur when the contest ends and results will be posted in the forums as soon as possible.
Letting Others Know about the Contest
We would love to let others know about our contests. We plan to have a contest each month. If you have friends who love photography, please let them know!
If you love social media, please share with your media friends about the contest on Facebook, Twitter, Google+, your blogs, everywhere! We would love to have them in here in the forums and be a part of the contests!
Yes - I will normally try to get them up early enough for members to take some time to take photo shots they are interested in. This month caught me by surprise and I didn't get it up until a few days into the month.
Subject, Brother-in-Law. Taken whilst he was sitting at my desk.
B & W conversion & cropping in PhotoPlus.
Nikon D300, ISO 500, F/8, 320Sec, Bias -0.7, Metering - Pattern, 36mm, Manual Exp, Auto White Balance. Single off camera SB800 @ 45 degrees, Custom Shop snooted grid, (Cereal Box & Black drinking straws)
Here is my first entry. It's called Poppy's Christmas Pudding. Taken on a Nikon D3200 with a 35mm lens.. Only post production was conversion to black & white in iPhoto.
(Feb 17, 2014, 13:33)Joby135 Wrote: Here is my first entry. It's called Poppy's Christmas Pudding. Taken on a Nikon D3200 with a 35mm lens.. Only post production was conversion to black & white in iPhoto.
Joby,
A beautiful capture and a wonderful dog, those big eyes just say 'please love me'. No doubt they belong to mankind's best friend.
(Feb 17, 2014, 15:54)EdMak Wrote: A bit pensive. Wedd, two weeks ago. 60th@5.6 400ISO 35mm lens setting, no flash. Ed.
Hi Ed,
Hope the flu & viruses have now departed.
So here we have yet another example of 'how it always ought to be done' from Ed. Marvelous stuff as always Ed. Keeps the rest of us on our toes and gives us something to aim for!!
This is one of my Mum. She always poses for me no matter how unglam I am going to make her! Took this as a close up, specifically for B&W, then applied a 'Andrzej Dragan' style to the image by converting to B&W and adjusting the colours till I achieved the desired tones, applying 2 adjustment layers to adjust the levels and curves. I then duplicated the original layer, applied a high pass filter (experimenting with how much until I was satisfied) and then changed the layer to overlay. I do hope you like it.
(This post was last modified: Feb 18, 2014, 12:13 by DigiDiva.)
(Feb 18, 2014, 12:09)DigiDiva Wrote: This is one of my Mum. She always poses for me no matter how unglam I am going to make her! Took this as a close up, specifically for B&W, then applied a 'Andrzej Dragan' style to the image by converting to B&W and adjusting the colours till I achieved the desired tones, applying 2 adjustment layers to adjust the levels and curves. I then duplicated the original layer, applied a high pass filter (experimenting with how much until I was satisfied) and then changed the layer to overlay. I do hope you like it.
Diva,
Cracking shot, you've captured fabulous levels of detail. Jolly well done. Bravo.
This, and many more photos were taken on an incredibly miserable, overcast, VERY COLD, 'and boy do I mean cold', you know, the cold that gets into your very bones, sometimes referred to as 'too cold to snow', March day 2013 along different sections of the West Somerset Railway. (http://westsomersetrailway.vticket.co.uk/)
If you like Steam Loco's then go to here, Digital Photography Forums › Photography Forum › Photo Showcase v
Steam Power to see more taken on the same day.
Best regards.
Phil.
(This post was last modified: Feb 19, 2014, 12:13 by Phil J.)
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