Black And White Photography

Dogs & Beds Special

Black And White Photography, Joerg, Photography
Dogs and Beds
Dogs and Beds

Dogs & Beds, two things that fit perfectly together, they love it warm and soft.
Like dogs and “Supermarket paper bags”, there is always something interesting inside.  I came home yesterday from the supermarket, where I bought some “human food” for “me”, I left the paper bag on the stairs just to open the door and did not look at it for  two seconds, the dogs around me, when I turned to pick up the bag, the dogs were gone and a packet of Frankfurter sausages was also gone … Opportunity makes thieves !

An Unlikely Combination

Black And White Photography, Photography
Double Exposure - Lily Leaf and Pine Cone

Double Exposure – White Lily Leaf and Pine Cone

When playing with the remnants of my holiday bouquet it didn’t appeal to me to simply photograph dead flowers, so I employed the double exposure function on my Nikon D810.  I used various manual settings to adjust the exposure for the effect I wanted.  I then converted the image to black and white using Topaz Labs.  What do you think?  I like the effect of the pine cone hiding behind a sheer screen and the added texture of the Lily leaf adds another dimension – almost making it abstract.

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Happy New Year!

Bulls Eye

Black And White Photography, David, Photography

Bulls EyeI took this shot while visiting a friends farm where they raise Charolais cattle.This is a close -up cropped shot. Taken with my Leica M9P and the Summicron 90mm f2.0 ASPH lens I have which is a little underused . However is my go to portrait lens. I decided to crop quite heavily  with the eye as an anchor point to give the shot more impact. I think I have achieved what I wanted to do. I would be nice to read what you think dear reader.