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The Beauty of Black and White (+7 insets)

The Beauty of Black and White (+7 insets)
(+7 insets!)

I so rarely work within the realm of b/w photography, even though I adore the medium. I just can't bear to lose the color on most of my pictures. However, a few years ago a friend tagged me for a photo challenge on Facebook where I had to post a week of black and whites. It was really fun to be "forced" to use b/w, so I didn't scream when I dropped the color, since the pictures had already been shared in color! (also included are the other pictures I showed in that "7-day challenge" and the full-color version of the main image)

You Need This: Google Nest Hub--$49 from Walmart
Right now Walmart is having an incredible sale on this cool device that you really should have. It's a gorgeous photo frame that displays slide shows of your wonderful photography and the moment we got it working, I told Steve we must get another one instantly! The size seemed a little small at first (3.5" tall x 6" wide/1024x600px) but the image quality of the screen is simply stunning and the size is fine! You do need to have your pictures uploaded to Google Photos but once there, you just point the photo frame to show images from the folder you choose and it will then show image after image that you'll really enjoy. We will have one for each of our photos so I can sit and stare at Steve's images or enjoy memories of my own!)

(By the way, this clever device is also a music player, a clock with alarms, shows you the weather, recipes and news, videos and whatever else you want…it's part of the "Google Home" suite that includes endless gadgets. Finally, if you want a larger screen size, the Google Nest Hub Max is larger but the price tag will make you scream--it's $230!! EEK!)

Explored on 1/23/21; highest placement #1.

Erhard Bernstein, Thorsten, trester88, Frans Schols and 56 other people have particularly liked this photo


28 comments - The latest ones
 Eva Lewitus
Eva Lewitus club
What a beautiful black and white! Wonderful composiion too.
3 years ago.
 PascalL
PascalL club
superbe série
3 years ago.
 Boarischa Krautmo
Boarischa Krautmo club
wonderful series!
3 years ago.
 Keith Burton
Keith Burton club
I love this little group of mushrooms.............they look very nice in B/W and the detail is lovely, but in this case I much prefer the colour version in the PiP.

Otherwise I like all the B/W images very much..........especially the abstract ones in the first three PiPs, with the third one being my favourite. I also like the translucent leaf in the fifth PiP!

Overall, and very well taken series Janet..!! I hope you're having a lovely weekend!
3 years ago.
 uwschu
uwschu club
schöne Serie, Pilze suche ich auch sehr gerne mal als Motiv.
Dieses Jahr war es irgendwie alles anders, bedingt durch die Pandemie.
S/W ist hier treffend umgesetzt
3 years ago.
 Boro
Boro
Superbe *********
3 years ago.
 Chrissy
Chrissy club
sie sehen aus, als würden sie in der tiefen Nacht von selber leuchten. Gefällt mir außerordentlich gut! Mit schwarzweiß geht es mir ganz ähnlich!
3 years ago. Edited 3 years ago.
 cammino
cammino club
I very rarely use black and white, but I always check to see if an image looks better in color or b/w. The little mushrooms look really good in b/w.
3 years ago.
 Jean-louis Thiaudiere
Jean-louis Thiaudier… club
J'aime beaucoup les monochromes!!!*******
3 years ago.
 Dominique 60
Dominique 60 club
tres joli ce noir et blanc janet !!
3 years ago.
 Roger (Grisly)
Roger (Grisly) club
Excellent series of black & white images Janet especially the mushrooms.
3 years ago.
 Malik Raoulda
Malik Raoulda club
Un beau jeu et une belle combinaison d'ombre et de lumière..Ici la lumière est repérée et elle projette de belles ombres dans ces environnements bien choisis et entre nous, elles sont joliment partagées a travers vos fabuleuses et fascinantes notes ..!
3 years ago.
 Nicole Merdrignac
Nicole Merdrignac club
Superbe photo nature avec notes . Bon weekend. Nicole.
3 years ago.
 vero
vero club
Magnifique NB sublimes champignons, pure merveille Janet Bonne soirée bisous
3 years ago.
 William Sutherland
William Sutherland club
Awesome series! Stay well!

Admired in:
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3 years ago.
 Ulrich John
Ulrich John club
Wonderful b/w, Janet ! Have a very nice Sunday !
3 years ago.
 Xata
Xata club
My faves for PIPs 1,4 and 5
3 years ago.
 Marie-claire Gallet
Marie-claire Gallet
What a fantastic series of pictures, Janet !!!!!!!!!! All are BEAUTIFUL *********************
Happy Sunday !
3 years ago.
 Chrissy
Chrissy club
congratulations on 1st spot in gallery ♥
3 years ago.
 Nouchetdu38
Nouchetdu38 club
A masterful series in black and white*******************
3 years ago.
 Annemarie
Annemarie club
Wonderful!!!!
3 years ago.
 Diana Australis
Diana Australis club
I do not like doing band w either....but these are really on song, Janet.
Lovely work!
3 years ago.
 * ઇઉ *
* ઇઉ * club
Exquisite shots, Janet!

Who won the FB challenge? :)
3 years ago.
 tiabunna
tiabunna club
A lovely set of images, Janet. I sat for some time with the last, coloured, image of your fungi and finally settled on the main b/w image which works really well. I think that our digital cameras possibly spoil us for b/w by making unlimited colour shots possible, whereas b/w often requires us to look at a scene in a different way.
3 years ago.
 Valfal
Valfal
What a beautiful set of images, Janet, you should practice more B&W! You do have a knack for it!
3 years ago.
 Peter_Private_Box
Peter_Private_Box club
Hi Janet

A beautiful set of pictures here again! B&W certainly works for you here.

Although I must admit I did not understand the page of calculations in relation to the toadstools, but whatever they were, you obviously got the sums right!!

Best Wishes and Keep safe!
Peter
3 years ago.
 Jenny McIntyre
Jenny McIntyre club
Wow your picture makes the fungi look almost silver in black and white. I just love the 3rd picture of the condensation running down the back of plastic film. A wonderful set of images indeed
3 years ago.
 trester88
trester88 club
Großartige Aufnahmen, Janet!
Die Pilze haben eine verblüffende Ähnlichkeit mit diesen Pilzköpfen ;-)
Pilzköpfe
3 years ago.

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