Lens Artists Photo Challenge #381- Minimalism in B&W Photography

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I shot this a couple of weeks ago. It’s a statue called ‘Still’ in our local marina. It was a test shot with a new ‘vintage lens’ but I really liked it once I got back and processed it.

Ritva has set this weeks challenge – Minimalism in Black & White Photography. You can read Ritva’s original challenge post here. It’s a great theme for a challenge and one of those that makes you think about your own photography. I’ll confess that I never shoot in black and white or even with a black and white image in mind.

But… some colour images convert really well to black and white. Occasionally I’ll try a conversion from a colour image that I think might work well. Here are a few of those images. I hope they’re they’re minimalist enough. I’ve tried to use pics here that I haven’t used in previous challenges.

This was a Bronze Age burial mound at Eastern White Barrow, Dartmoor UK. Well worth the hike across the moor to find it.
I have a thing about scooters – I love them. If I see one I have to photograph it.
I was really drawn to this old Seat 600 (thank you Google Lens). A black and white image suits the age of the car.
This was in Tuscany, Italy. I like it as a B&W image but it also works really well in colour as the people in the background are dressed in bright colours.
A street dancer in lower Manhattan, NYC
It’s an amazing what you see on camera walkabouts. Luckily i spotted this as we were passing but it would have been really easy to walk by with noticing the comical dog.
Finally, an image I took yesterday. It’s been so cold in the UK that some kind soul donated their woollen hat to keep this statue warm !!

Thank you to Ritva for hosting this weeks challenge – To learn more about the Lens-Artists Challenge, click here.

All images: ©Stephen Hyde 2007-2025 – All rights reserved.

20 thoughts on “Lens Artists Photo Challenge #381- Minimalism in B&W Photography”

  1. Steve, your photos are always great as they are now. I think the theme is best captured are the opening shot with the statue, that is great – my favorite, I really like it. The scooter with the composition highlighted with the three thirds rule appeals to me.

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    • Thanks Beth. I shot that with a 70-200 zoom. I can’t remember if she walked past me or not after I shot the pic. I certainly don’t remember getting any grief. Italy was great for people pics. Everyone i asked for a pic, including a policeman said yes when I asked. Perhaps that’s where i got the confidence to snap the nun 🙂

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    • Thank you Pamela. I’ve replied to Beth re taking the image of that nun but I did use a lens you might have. A Canon 70-200 f2.8 L mk II. What a lens that is. I paired it with a Canon 5D and it was my working zoom on weddings for three years. I sold it to buy my Fuji camera when I finished the weddings and wanted lighter gear 🙂

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    • Thank you Tina. We’d seen a lot of nuns, walking around the towns whilst we were there. I have a couple more but that image was probably the best, I cut her feet off though 😦

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