Forum: Traditional B&W

got out of my car as I arrived home just in time to see this crazy cloud, had to jack it up to 6400 iso to get the shot asap

Hey all... sorry I havent posted in a while... lifes hectic... Trish got in her new laptop and we got a copy of Paintshop Photo Pro X3 with it... so heres my first "play around" trial... I wanted to create a faux "Tin-Type" shot from a standard B&W image... let me know what you think...

This is a look at the roof line, famous star louvers and ornate cupolas of the corn crib barn at the Star Barn complex located in Middletown, PA just off route 283. It was built in 1872 and there have been recent fund raising drives and organizational activities centered around moving the entire...

Low clouds and rain cloak the picnic area of Prospect Mountain in Lake George, NY.

Went to the races last weekend, and on the card was a Vintage Modified exhibition race. Thought it would be fitting to feature this Vintage car in a B/W image.

Was out photographing Providence & Worcester train CT-1 between New Haven and Rocky Hill, CT on Monday (10/12/09), and one of the spots we shot them was in the Middlefield cemetery. Here's a shot of CT1's trailing power passing by some of the headstones, and in particular one where this...

I've been meaning to get a shot of this for a while. The other day I finally got around to it the other day.

Just a couple early morning B&Ws :)

But not by clouds for sure...

Just a little leak in the roof, and if the tree doesn't go anywhere this shed is good for many years to come. :D and the Town road that took me there. This was the good part of the road. :eek:

There is one IR shot in here in the mix but the rest are black and white... shot while out at Trish's moms this past weekend... First real serious use of ISO12800 ;)

taken with my canon ae-1 using the kodak bw400cn film. I did tweak this some to get rid of the greenish cast the original picture came back with. I just picked up this camera along with an argoflex seventy five and then my canon 30d decided to ERR99 on me, so I sent that out for repair and am...

I used to give this film a very bad rap because I really didnt now how to scan it in properly... Its B&W but develops using C41 color processing... the negs in fact look almost like duo-tone color negs... I think I may have gotten it right... now... ;)

We spent the afternoon up at KDenkers for the 4th... and finished up by hitting up the cemetary up the street from her house... I have been practicing a little with negative space... and high contrasts...

wasnt really sure what to call this shot....