Post Your Black and Whites Photos!!
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Clovishound
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Here's one I'm not sure about. Some of my hesitance may be that I have seen several similar shots by other photographers in the area. Let me know what you think.
Blue439
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The Saint-Martin-de-Londres Romanesque church (2022)
A lovely church in the eponymous village in southern France, old province of Languedoc. The name “Londres” has nothing to do with London; it comes from loundro, which means “stagnating water” in local Occitan language, and refers to a large pond lying near the village.
Nikon Z7 II, Nikkor 19mm, ƒ/4 PC-E tilt-shift lens, manual focus. Gitzo tripod, Benro geared head.
A lovely church in the eponymous village in southern France, old province of Languedoc. The name “Londres” has nothing to do with London; it comes from loundro, which means “stagnating water” in local Occitan language, and refers to a large pond lying near the village.
Nikon Z7 II, Nikkor 19mm, ƒ/4 PC-E tilt-shift lens, manual focus. Gitzo tripod, Benro geared head.
Clovishound
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Wasn't that a character from one of the Star Wars movies?
I, too, am astounded at the tonal quality and sharpness. I didn't buy it because it is one of the more affordable Z lenses, but because I have long preferred the 50mm or its equivalents in medium and large format. There is a straightforward perspective that I like, especially in taking pics of people. See the following post...
Blue439
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The Secrets of Venice (2009)
Since its early beginnings on the island of Torcello during the so–called “Dark Ages”, or early Middle Ages (the 500s in the case of Venice), the village, then the town, and finally the city, depended exclusively on rain for its supply of fresh water. Thus, over the centuries, more and more complex underground cisterns were built, with more and more sophisticated filtration systems to try and make the water as pure as possible —which, in many cases, wasn’t saying much.
Each cistern supplied a small neighborhood (there were private ones in rich people’s palazzi too, as you can guess...) and the wells that gave access were often genuine works of art. This one is a delicate piece or marble that I thought looked nice in black-and-white.
A well coping is referred to as vera da pozzo in Italian.
Nikon D3S, Nikkor 24-70mm, ƒ/2.8 G lens. Handheld, natural light.
Since its early beginnings on the island of Torcello during the so–called “Dark Ages”, or early Middle Ages (the 500s in the case of Venice), the village, then the town, and finally the city, depended exclusively on rain for its supply of fresh water. Thus, over the centuries, more and more complex underground cisterns were built, with more and more sophisticated filtration systems to try and make the water as pure as possible —which, in many cases, wasn’t saying much.
Each cistern supplied a small neighborhood (there were private ones in rich people’s palazzi too, as you can guess...) and the wells that gave access were often genuine works of art. This one is a delicate piece or marble that I thought looked nice in black-and-white.
A well coping is referred to as vera da pozzo in Italian.
Nikon D3S, Nikkor 24-70mm, ƒ/2.8 G lens. Handheld, natural light.
I've always been a sucker for patterns. This is a section of those rubber pedestrian mats affixed to the ground near crosswalks, train platforms, etc. I was surprised that my NEF file looks almost like this jpg... just a little cropping and sharpening. The image was squared-up in camera which is a rarity.
D500
40mm DX Micro
D500
40mm DX Micro
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