The assignment involves taking a couple of photographs, processing one version in color and the second as black and white

This Images is part of a 100 or so photos I took on a foggy morning at a local park. When I looked at it in LightRoom 3 I fell in love with the whole look of dark clear to light foggy blur.  The images is perfectly suited  to B&W conversion. No Dave, this is not a HDR image.  Please vote for this one in your email, I need to beat Dave’s HDR images to prove a point.

The assignment involves taking a couple of photographs, processing one version in color and the second as black and white.

Don’t tell Dave this is an HDR image, because I won’t ever hear the end of it.  Both versions of this photo have a distinct look to me.  Tell me which one you like better in email.  I’m trying to get more votes then Dave.

The assignment involves taking a couple of photographs, processing one version in color and the second as black and white.

Color

B&W.

To me, the shades and richness of the colorful sunset give way to a focus on the power-lines.  The wires are highlighted by the sun while the poles are the darkened to black by the same low hard light.

The assignment involves taking a couple of photographs, processing one version in color and the second as black and white.

The boat in this image is weathered and tired looking.   Regardless, the red, gray, blue and silver patches on the shell of the old, classic vessel are very appealing to me.  Along with the green grass and trees the colors suggest that this old haggard boat still belongs on the water.

In black and white – the scene changes somewhat.  Less organic, the boat is more a form, scratches and dents.  It looks less bruised, but even more tired.

My objective with this photo is to isolate the subject’s face in a gridded, snooted, off-camera flash.  I thought that the water’s reflection would create a bit more interest. Is the model’s left shoulder a distraction?

This Daylily isn’t something that hasn’t been photographed a million times before.  The key light on this shot is from a flash held about 4 inches below the throat of the flower,  just to the left of the stem.  Did you know that the flowers of Daylilies are used in Chinese cooking?  They are often used in Hot and Sour Soup (not the one I make), MooShu Pork, and Buddha’s Delight!

This is a cheerful sort of shot using off-camera flash to brighten up the flowers – hopefully without losing the realism of the relationship with the frogs in the background.

I was walking my dog along the Milwaukee river and she paused to watch wild geese in the river.  I took a couple photos and none of the foreground showed any detail.  I shot the last photo before she moved with on camera flash set on full.  This is that last photo and thank God for digital cameras with a preview screen.

This is my 4 year old niece  Madalynn.  She is a very natural model and real ham when you point a camera at her.  I took advantage of back light from the sun and used fill flash on camera to show her face details.

This weathered wind bell is in my back yard.  It was over cast and was threatening  to rain. I setup a small flash unit plus on camera fill flash. I sprayed water from a misting bottle to simulate the rain that I waited for,but never came.