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Category Archives: Black and White
Pretty city
No doubt about it, Brisbane is a very pretty city with some spectacular river views. I’m very pleased with this multi-shot panorama that I stitched together in Photoshop.
Posted in Black and White, Panoramas
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Right for monochrome
Some subjects somehow just beg to be presented in monochrome even though they don’t look too bad in colour. This is one of my favourite shots from recent times.
Durban @ night
Things have been a bit quiet on the photographic front. Not so much on the taking, as on the processing side. Nevertheless, I did like this one taken at the weekend on a trip downtown. It’s made up three of … Continue reading
Posted in Black and White, General, Panoramas, PB, Walkabout
Tagged Beachfront, Durban, Smith Street, West Street
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B+W Conversion
I never use the black and white setting on my D90 in case I want the picture in colour. Continue reading
Posted in Black and White, PB, Photography, Technique
Tagged B+W conversion, Channel Mixer, Lightroom, Photoshop, The Gimp, tutorial
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A favourite
A favourite from my recent Doofus shoot. Mieke again.
Posted in Black and White, General, PB, Portrait
Tagged CLS, Nikon, Nikon CLS, Portrait, Strobist
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Took a while
It took a while to get round to processing the pictures from a shoot during which I wasn’t thinking all that clearly. (See Doofus) I did have a very high discard rate but there were a few decent pictures as … Continue reading
Posted in Black and White, General, PB, Photography, Portrait
Tagged CLS, Nikon, Nikon CLS, Strobist
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Blurry good?
I was fiddling with the trial version of Nik Software’s Silver Efex Pro Photoshop plug-in and came up with this version of one of my favourite pictures, after trying a few different effects. Silver Efex seems to be a great … Continue reading
Panos again
I have been shooting quite a few panoramas lately including the one above and the one at the bottom of this post. Continue reading
Posted in Black and White, General, Panoramas, PB, Photography
Tagged Beach, KZN, Leisure Bay, Panoramas, Rocks
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Near China Beach
Took this one between Leisure Bay and Glenmore Beach the other day, and really liked it.
Posted in Black and White, Landscape, PB, Photography
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Getting Bown away
The last week brought me quite a shock, photographically speaking. First, to fill in the essential background, I have been wondering what my own photographic style was and what sort of photographer I wanted to be. Continue reading