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<blockquote data-quote="Blue439" data-source="post: 822679" data-attributes="member: 53455"><p>I don’t do a lot of black-and-white as it does not seem to come naturally to me, but when I set my mind to it, I am often surprised and happy about the result, and it seems other people sometimes are too. It is easier for me to think religious architecture in black-and-white terms as my mentor for that kind of photography was a Benedictine monk, himself an extremely talented black-and-white photographer who founded the Zodiaque publishing house which, for half a century between 1950 and 2000, published dozens of books on Romanesque architecture and art. Those books are all out of print now, but they have achieved textbook status with most universities worldwide, and you can find them secondhand, for example on Ebay: <a href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/324770967305?itmmeta=01J55EZASM3H4SKBNPA1PRENR3&hash=item4b9ddbaf09:g:n2kAAOSwMiNhKSlw&itmprp=enc%3AAQAJAAAA8HoV3kP08IDx%2BKZ9MfhVJKlG3mO39CqECQ%2BT5Q2moX1Yj3iB75RaA%2BDqxhRww4%2BbvaWTnhP2DpwVvsqXZCxIYsTwbuxsgk6pkPenSgATi1AQsN6s%2FNYMQcRN8bKVbBTuCnb%2B8tDLdI%2BI4rJ9uCJNbFVAzczPlk1PauO3S8pK52qYGj1AFolqzLoJsGaJm%2BTF9Izw0i6ZcZZObSNt%2Fxvq2TMSn6bQmXss1wqzctoNn78FQ7K6bjnN3m1cJ9wihzb%2FaCQlqmaorpfoYV%2BMmT8epESuTSKZX%2BFpm%2FYv8PJMhk%2FgpeTJc229oZTvrJo3HFmTwg%3D%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR_is_a6pZA" target="_blank">Romanesque Holy Land here</a>, <a href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/324769248402?itmmeta=01J55F0B5KNRESNP0525822G66&hash=item4b9dc17492:g:lNcAAOSwYpFhKSYi&itmprp=enc%3AAQAJAAAA0HoV3kP08IDx%2BKZ9MfhVJKnaKzwzjqDaof%2BWDrQfaKdQFq2%2FXvkF5y4EpShy0fujosLv5UOMFi8Rm0h3HRg1hPs7oe%2BK%2BmSbdekXedx1d4vMnsfILaGsgBvs0%2FmfarL2rJV3GvMD0Py9yLzDRKy9%2B16JAVTOSFDCs0Rodn1%2BLiuaA1RPs7%2BMC23uloO8IjLD7hESjhKJHHI8IO%2FbnXvdcYKAEuV2r81hWryW8yfAqDhpvHitpLf1xtJwAn1U3wAJczmKwbNGqHGlbjBykg--JAQ%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR-6yga-pZA" target="_blank">Romanesque Auvergne there</a>, or <a href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/324768402000?itmmeta=01J55F0B5K8CSEM89JREG99M9J&hash=item4b9db48a50:g:oosAAOSwAeJhKSOw&itmprp=enc%3AAQAJAAAA8HoV3kP08IDx%2BKZ9MfhVJKkyxFpX71SgVfu3UY%2B2goTHc%2BtJjaATM2HAK3x14J4p912AgX%2FAtutOS94mEbv4ir2nLKd%2F4EfG5eAfjh7zR6%2BY89vSZNGtOG%2Fp0LOBMritOfR%2B3NpBulzSLLqzINx%2B7chXee6K2%2BvKxJqWogGkQH9nuu5k0AL6qW2HThIksX3dHj51u%2BD8BH5PBsaexal0orpDDP6KM0%2FT88zZL1sTdzwkJktMLQlr7FRfSCk94cKRqld%2FQVvcn9DBkzOO5ogerIsVIO7WBYQozGEsQHFOxt8oWqmhufNRqGmi7iRtt2mDiA%3D%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR-6yga-pZA" target="_blank">Romanesque Burgundy</a>. Can you believe all those books were printed by monks in an abbey, deep into Burgundy?</p><p></p><p>Anyway, having been taught by Dom Angelico, as such was his name in brotherhood, it seems natural that I find it easier to “see” churches in black-and-white. Because <em>that</em> is easier, I sometimes strive to apply myself to B & W photography in very different domains, and so I will, if you allow me, present some of those mixed attempts in this thread, hoping that you will like what you see and that you will not get too bored.</p><p></p><p>I do not remember where this first photo was taken, but I know it was <em>not</em> in London, even though it has that distinctive flair about it... which is why I took it, of course. So, if there are any film buffs among you, this landscape (for want of a better word) will even give you the reason why I chose this dumb forum callsign, “Blue439” —which is not dumb at all after all! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /> </p><p></p><p>Nikon D3, Nikkor 24-70mm ƒ/2.8 G, circa 2021. No more info available, sorry!</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]408669[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>The next one is a dramatic view of a dramatic place: the ruined Mediæval castle of Arlempdes in Auvergne (central France). The little castle chapel, dedicated to Saint James and built around 1050, has been carefully restored with, mostly, original stones.</p><p></p><p>Nikon Z7, Nikkor Z 85mm ƒ/1.8 S lens, 1/125 sec., ƒ/8, ISO 64.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]408670[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Blue439, post: 822679, member: 53455"] I don’t do a lot of black-and-white as it does not seem to come naturally to me, but when I set my mind to it, I am often surprised and happy about the result, and it seems other people sometimes are too. It is easier for me to think religious architecture in black-and-white terms as my mentor for that kind of photography was a Benedictine monk, himself an extremely talented black-and-white photographer who founded the Zodiaque publishing house which, for half a century between 1950 and 2000, published dozens of books on Romanesque architecture and art. Those books are all out of print now, but they have achieved textbook status with most universities worldwide, and you can find them secondhand, for example on Ebay: [URL='https://www.ebay.com/itm/324770967305?itmmeta=01J55EZASM3H4SKBNPA1PRENR3&hash=item4b9ddbaf09:g:n2kAAOSwMiNhKSlw&itmprp=enc%3AAQAJAAAA8HoV3kP08IDx%2BKZ9MfhVJKlG3mO39CqECQ%2BT5Q2moX1Yj3iB75RaA%2BDqxhRww4%2BbvaWTnhP2DpwVvsqXZCxIYsTwbuxsgk6pkPenSgATi1AQsN6s%2FNYMQcRN8bKVbBTuCnb%2B8tDLdI%2BI4rJ9uCJNbFVAzczPlk1PauO3S8pK52qYGj1AFolqzLoJsGaJm%2BTF9Izw0i6ZcZZObSNt%2Fxvq2TMSn6bQmXss1wqzctoNn78FQ7K6bjnN3m1cJ9wihzb%2FaCQlqmaorpfoYV%2BMmT8epESuTSKZX%2BFpm%2FYv8PJMhk%2FgpeTJc229oZTvrJo3HFmTwg%3D%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR_is_a6pZA']Romanesque Holy Land here[/URL], [URL='https://www.ebay.com/itm/324769248402?itmmeta=01J55F0B5KNRESNP0525822G66&hash=item4b9dc17492:g:lNcAAOSwYpFhKSYi&itmprp=enc%3AAQAJAAAA0HoV3kP08IDx%2BKZ9MfhVJKnaKzwzjqDaof%2BWDrQfaKdQFq2%2FXvkF5y4EpShy0fujosLv5UOMFi8Rm0h3HRg1hPs7oe%2BK%2BmSbdekXedx1d4vMnsfILaGsgBvs0%2FmfarL2rJV3GvMD0Py9yLzDRKy9%2B16JAVTOSFDCs0Rodn1%2BLiuaA1RPs7%2BMC23uloO8IjLD7hESjhKJHHI8IO%2FbnXvdcYKAEuV2r81hWryW8yfAqDhpvHitpLf1xtJwAn1U3wAJczmKwbNGqHGlbjBykg--JAQ%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR-6yga-pZA']Romanesque Auvergne there[/URL], or [URL='https://www.ebay.com/itm/324768402000?itmmeta=01J55F0B5K8CSEM89JREG99M9J&hash=item4b9db48a50:g:oosAAOSwAeJhKSOw&itmprp=enc%3AAQAJAAAA8HoV3kP08IDx%2BKZ9MfhVJKkyxFpX71SgVfu3UY%2B2goTHc%2BtJjaATM2HAK3x14J4p912AgX%2FAtutOS94mEbv4ir2nLKd%2F4EfG5eAfjh7zR6%2BY89vSZNGtOG%2Fp0LOBMritOfR%2B3NpBulzSLLqzINx%2B7chXee6K2%2BvKxJqWogGkQH9nuu5k0AL6qW2HThIksX3dHj51u%2BD8BH5PBsaexal0orpDDP6KM0%2FT88zZL1sTdzwkJktMLQlr7FRfSCk94cKRqld%2FQVvcn9DBkzOO5ogerIsVIO7WBYQozGEsQHFOxt8oWqmhufNRqGmi7iRtt2mDiA%3D%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR-6yga-pZA']Romanesque Burgundy[/URL]. Can you believe all those books were printed by monks in an abbey, deep into Burgundy? Anyway, having been taught by Dom Angelico, as such was his name in brotherhood, it seems natural that I find it easier to “see” churches in black-and-white. Because [I]that[/I] is easier, I sometimes strive to apply myself to B & W photography in very different domains, and so I will, if you allow me, present some of those mixed attempts in this thread, hoping that you will like what you see and that you will not get too bored. I do not remember where this first photo was taken, but I know it was [I]not[/I] in London, even though it has that distinctive flair about it... which is why I took it, of course. So, if there are any film buffs among you, this landscape (for want of a better word) will even give you the reason why I chose this dumb forum callsign, “Blue439” —which is not dumb at all after all! ;) Nikon D3, Nikkor 24-70mm ƒ/2.8 G, circa 2021. No more info available, sorry! [ATTACH type="full"]408669[/ATTACH] The next one is a dramatic view of a dramatic place: the ruined Mediæval castle of Arlempdes in Auvergne (central France). The little castle chapel, dedicated to Saint James and built around 1050, has been carefully restored with, mostly, original stones. Nikon Z7, Nikkor Z 85mm ƒ/1.8 S lens, 1/125 sec., ƒ/8, ISO 64. [ATTACH type="full"]408670[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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