Where's the Black and White Photography??

[pico23]

Well, I assumed there was a thread for black and white photography. So the one time I search before posting duplicate threads it turns up nothing. Did an advanced search and still nothing.

So now we have a B&W thread. Truthfully, I'm not much of a B&W shooter but occasionally I try to get all (Ansel) Adams like and do some dodging and burning.

Here are a few of my (Adirondack) favorites. Are there any other closet black and white nature shooters out there?

[Navig8r]

Here's a couple:
Marcy and Lake Tear


Cascade on the Feldspar, or maybe the Opalescent, I dont remember which.

[jackchinook]

A couple of mine from last summer...

Out back of Rollins Pond


Pup and boat on the ferry en route to the 'dacks

[tombomb300]

Trail up to Phelps.



Uphill Brook

[pico23]

Bringing this thread back from the depths of hell...

This needs some more work. The white clouds are too contrasty. A little more burning should solve the issue.

I used a new sharpening method, but I need some work on that as well. The foreground should actually be a bit crisper.



Duh, forgot this one (already in the wildflowers thread)....

[lumberzac]

I took this photo of Mount Monroe in the White Mountains a few years ago.

[ahjort]

The good old days! (1979)...
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[Edelweiss]

Bumping this thread:
Here are a few recent B & W photos.

"Through the Window"

[Neil]

[Edelweiss]

Another taken from a local golf course:

[Edelweiss]

Another from my backyard:

[Edelweiss]

And one more from Mt. Van Hoevenberg:

[DSettahr]

The good old days! (1979)...
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Out of curiosity, where is this? Looks like the Catskills maybe?

[WillisB]

Is there any way to convert a color digital image to B&W?

[DSettahr]

Is there any way to convert a color digital image to B&W?

Most image editing programs can do it for you. I think even the default image viewer that comes with windows has some rudimentary image editing tools, and you can turn a color photo into black and white by lowering the color saturation.

For all around general image editing, I recommend Google's Picasa software. It's free, and it has a whole array of simple and easy to use image editing tools.