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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.

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Monochrome Madness

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Fresh sourdough bread, given to us by our neighbour (she’s a superb and generous baker). I think it works well as a BW conversion. I used the Gradient Map process for this image, outlined below.

Last weekend I submitted a few images for the weekly Lens-Artist Challenge, Colour vs Black and White. I rarely convert my images to BW as I’m mostly shooting for stock. I leave it to others to convert my images if they want a BW version. They can’t convert it the other way.

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