Walking through a door

Black And White Photography, Marcus, Photography
Walking Through a Door | Samarkand | 2025

Life is a journey that ends not with fear, but with curiosity. In the final moment, we are walking through a door, leaving behind everything we have ever known. No one can tell us what lies beyond, yet the unknown has always been where new discoveries begin. Perhaps there are wonders we cannot imagine, familiar faces, endless peace, or something greater than words can describe. Until that moment comes, all we can do is wonder—and when the time arrives, step forward with quiet curiosity to see what waits on the other side.

More of my photography can be seen on my blog “Streets of Nuremberg“

Silent Guardian of Raswehera – Sri Lanka

Alakajay, Black And White Photography, Photography

Carved directly into the sheer face of a massive granite monolith, the ancient Sasseruwa (Reswehera) Buddha statue of Sri Lanka stands as a timeless monument to spiritual endurance. Sculpted over fifteen centuries ago, the colossal figure captures the Abhaya Mudra – the gesture of fearlessness. Its deeply textured, weathered stone beautifully merges ancient human artistry with the raw, unyielding earth.

Tethered in Stone

Black And White Photography, Ian, Photography
Iron mooring ring set in granite quayside stone with shadow, Montjean-sur-Loire

The mooring ring is the whole story here. Shooting tight with the 70–300mm isolates the iron against the granite, and the shadow becomes a second subject — almost a ghost of the ring itself. Monochrome strips the rust colour away and leaves only the relationship between texture, form, and light. Metering off the stone ensures the shadow retains full detail without blowing the highlights on the iron.

From the article Montjean-sur-Loire — The Wrong Road, the Right Place on IJM Photography. Canon EOS 6D Mark II | 70–300mm.

Sandbar Fishing and Wave Theory

Black And White Photography, C.S. Young Jr., Photography
Oak Island Sandbar Fishing 1
Oak Island Sandbar Fishing 1

Anglers fishing on a sandbar, accessed by boat, between Oak Island and Holden Beach, North Carolina in the Intracoastal Waterway.  As the incoming tide starts to consume the sandbar, I found the aerial wave/water/sand patterns fascinating. I looked up wave theory, it goes pretty deep (pun intended)!

Cheers,

C. S.