The Divide

Nikon D610 and Nikkor 180mm f/2.8 IF-ED AF-D lens – 1/160 @ f/4 – ISO 800

“The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins?”

Edgar Allen Poe

At the Station

Black And White Photography, Elina, Photography

Waiting for a train.

October Road

Black And White Photography, Photography

“Well I’m a going back down
Maybe one more time,
Deep down home,
October road.”
~ James Taylor

I’m a bit obsessed with autumn, it’s my favorite season here in New England. For a peek at some fall color, come on over and visit me on my personal blog – Licht Years.

Have a great week, everyone!

A Policeman’s Lot…

Black And White Photography, David

I’ve let my lighter side win me over yet once more.

Back in the Eighties I was on a visit to London. I was on my way to visit “Grays of Westminster” For those that don’t know It’s a Nikon only camera shop. On my way there, my way was blocked by police making a human cordon for a Miners demo march. I mingled with all the press photographers raised my Nikon FM2 shouted “oi ” and this Policeman turned around and looked at me as if to say “I got your number sonny Jim!” However what makes the shot for me is where he has is hands.

Camera Nikon FM2

Lens Nikon E 100mm F2.8

Film Ilford XP2.

scanned from paper copy and adjusted with Silver Efex Pro 2

The Shining

Black And White Photography, Laurie, Photography

As I walked around the house one evening this past week, I saw the setting sun shining brightly on the leaves of this small tree. As my friend Gary says “right time, right place”.

Visit Life on the Bike to see this image in color.

Have an enjoyable weekend, whatever the weather and whichever hemisphere you’re in!

Capitol Reader

Black And White Photography, Photography

Walking by the U.S. Capitol, I spied this woman enjoying the beautiful weather in Washington, DC. Absorbed in her reading, the woman never noticed me while I carefully framed and pressed my shutter. If only all street shots were this easy.

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Old Farm Gate

Black And White Photography, Joerg, Photography

More of my images can be seen at – The Things As They Are In Pictures

Smile…Click

Black And White Photography, Photography

Smile…Click

ss 1/100 f 25 ISO 400 300mm

This image was taken from atop the Astoria Column in Astoria, Oregon in August, 2013. I loved the direct, hard light and how it defined this couple, in this moment…so carefree with their point and shoot camera and iPhone. Yet, you can tell by the woman’s stance that she was trying to place her subject(s) within a certain point of the frame. I intentionally cropped out the subject(s) being photographed by the couple as I thought it made for a more interesting composition. I chose black and white for this image because I thought it enhanced the definition of the shadows and because I didn’t like the color of the man’s sweat shirt. 😉

Astoria Column

ss 1/160 f 20 ISO 400 48mm

The sky was bright blue, the light was direct and hard, and I chose a high key black and white conversion in Topaz. Why? Because I didn’t like the tones of the sky in a more traditional black and white conversion. Had I shot the image differently, I could of blown out the sky and shot the image as high key but I didn’t want to lose any of the detail in the column, which tells a story.

So here you have an image with low contrast, of where I shot the image above of the couple photographing unknown subjects. Yes, I climbed the tower and was high in the sky on a windy day, and yes, the column was moving in the wind – or at least it felt as though it was. 😉

The view of the Columbia River Gorge was marvelous!

Have a fabulous weekend!

Sweetness !

Black And White Photography, Joseph, Photography

Fujifilm X-T1 and Fujinon XF 55-200 R OIS Lens – 1/480 @ f/4.8 – ISO 200

I was sitting on a bench in East Hampton, Long Island waiting for my wife to finish shopping and I saw this little girls father reach out to grab her hand before crossing the street. It was such a sweet moment I had to capture it.