Almost technical note: I used Lightroom 5’s Antique Black and White Preset then monkeyed with the settings. Pure greyscale looked too cold for a summer sunset.
Waiting for the Ferry
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Black and white music
Where does the time go? I received this picture of my son last week on WeChat (Chinese equivalent of Facebook):
These seem like just yesterday, and the day before:
For Cee’s Black & White Challenge: Anything Related to Music
Curvy Airport
Morning light plus black and white really emphasizes the curvy architecture of Liuting Airport in Qingdao.
Cee’s Black and White Photo Challenge: Circles and Curves.
The Sycamore of Sycamore Gap
The sycamore of sycamore Gap along Hadrian’s Wall in Northumbria is the most photographed tree in all of England. No surprise since it is perfectly framed by the dip in the terrain, which allowed it to grow by protecting it from the sometimes brutal winds of the area. The day we were there was a little blustery, giving us just a little taste of reality.
Here are my takes on this famous tree.
African women at work
In Loving Memory
For Cee’s Black and White Photo Challenge: Open topic. I chose graveyards and this post is in memory of all who died from the terrorism on September 11, 2001, and all who have died since fighting in the wars it spawned. I embedded piano music to the hymn “For all the saints who from their labors rest” below, thinking that it makes a good backdrop to the slide show.
May this crazy world we live in move toward peace.
Bath Corbels
I thought these were fun.
These sculptured corbels are all of different animals, they are on a few buildings around the Roman Baths in Bath, England. I never found the story behind them. They are not new or in the best condition.
Up, up and away
Playing with light in the dark
Here is a nearly monochrome picture that I took while waiting in the dark. The fire and one candle were the only light in the room. The crystal glass was almost a beacon of reflected light in the dark room.
I tested out some of the black and white options available in Lightroom on it.I like it in black and white because it takes the purple color of the wine out and the glass really shines. The antique light preset has a warm cast to it that suits the scene a bit better than the cold feel of the green filter. I was a bit surprised that the sepia didn’t have more warmth in it.
No rain…but here’s a deer
For Cee’s Black and White Challenge: Animals this week, I’ve been playing with some of the Black & White Filter Presets in Adobe Lightroom using a couple of pictures taken at Hurricane Ridge (Olympic National Park in Washington State) last summer.
Picture 1:
Picture 2:
And a couple of dears:
My Empress
…and my half sister Sam (we have different mothers!)
The captions (you can see them by hovering over the picture) say which preset was used. I included the originals so one can see how the filter works with the original colors.
Happy holidays, whatever flavor you prefer and a Merry Midwinter!
XingfuMama 