B&W Let's see your Black and White photos

G.K.Jnr. said:
That's a nice candid street style capture Garry, with a good gutsy mono presentation.

"Makes a nice change to see a pic' of this area presented in mono instead of the usual colour"
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Thanks, George. Most people seem to go with colour because of the striking red and yellow of the lanterns, plus the colourfulness of the restaurants. For this shot, B&W seemed to go with night time.
 
garryknight said:
Thanks, George. Most people seem to go with colour because of the striking red and yellow of the lanterns, plus the colourfulness of the restaurants. For this shot, B&W seemed to go with night time.
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Agree with that Garry, and the colourful lights around there sure do cry out for colour photography. I personally have only presented my picks of that area in mono, but as you know I'm predominantly a mono worker so probably a little biased.
 
I until the last couple of years I had always ridden bicycles as general Local transport and was always fixing the local kids bikes on the estate to the point I would get home and find a bike ready for repairs or as a donation to my collection. ( My workshop was like a motorcycle/bicycle breakers yard. This was built up out of various bits I had knocking about and I was going to donate it to one of the local kids ( A way of clearing some of my junk) It got confiscated by my lad ( He had much better bikes) and was ridden every where. It was painted mat black was converted to single speed ( I didn't have a rear gear change to match) On one Saturday I had a phone call from my lad saying they need rescuing as his mates bike had killed its self He was where I Iive now 25 miles from where we lived before. Not bad for a single speed cluncker.

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BADGER.BRAD said:
I until the last couple of years I had always ridden bicycles as general Local transport and was always fixing the local kids bikes on the estate to the point I would get home and find a bike ready for repairs or as a donation to my collection. ( My workshop was like a motorcycle/bicycle breakers yard. This was built up out of various bits I had knocking about and I was going to donate it to one of the local kids ( A way of clearing some of my junk) It got confiscated by my lad ( He had much better bikes) and was ridden every where. It was painted mat black was converted to single speed ( I didn't have a rear gear change to match) On one Saturday I had a phone call from my lad saying they need rescuing as his mates bike had killed its self He was where I Iive now 25 miles from where we lived before. Not bad for a single speed cluncker.

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I love this, I also have a ratty singlespeed for running errands around town on. It probably cost me less than a chain or a tyre on my other bikes.

To keep it on topic (but still a little bit bike), here's my favourite B&W shot from the weekend:

DH Pan by Lewis Craik, on Flickr
 
"William Harvey Plaque"


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