Photography
Related: About this forumApril Photo Contest Theme and timeline.
April's theme is Flowers and Foliage in black and white.
You have two weeks to grab suitable images you can either capture in black and white, or convert from color. Use this as an opportunity to get to know your Channel Mixer, and other black and white conversion technique.
You will find some flowers will return unexpected results. Some yellow flowers can be aggravating, but foliage is always a joy to photograph and manipulate. You will learn to love the architecture of the plants. Play with the red, green, yellow, and blue channels, once you click the monochrome option.
You can also desaturate, or change the mode to black and white.
You can add a bit of tone, but use a light touch. Use it to enhance detail. If you aren't used to thinking in black and white, now is a good time to learn.
Good luck and I will be posting the entry thread on the 14th. You will then have up to a week to post your images.
Fire up your cameras, and have fun.
Solly Mack
(90,765 posts)alfredo
(60,071 posts)flamin lib
(14,559 posts)alfredo
(60,071 posts)I hope we can win some converts into the world of monochrome. It's so liberating.
MichaelSoE
(1,576 posts)i have ton's of grayscale images of flowers .... decisions, decisions, decisions
alfredo
(60,071 posts)Blue_In_AK
(46,436 posts)but I can hit the archives.
alfredo
(60,071 posts)you take photos.
Blue_In_AK
(46,436 posts)but,I'll come up with something.
alfredo
(60,071 posts)CC
(8,039 posts)Not many flowers here yet but I do have house plants. Though thinking it just might be a good excuse to go get a bouquet to lighten up the kitchen table and make it at least seem a bit like spring.
alfredo
(60,071 posts)If there's a greenhouse nearby, see if they will let you take photos.
mnhtnbb
(31,388 posts)alfredo
(60,071 posts)mnhtnbb
(31,388 posts)I was out today taking photos--because our power was off for 11 hours thanks
to somebody who took out a utility pole in a vehicle accident during the middle
of the night--and the power company had to put up a new pole.
I do like one photo from today--very 1950's feel to it--but I like the composition
of one I took inside some time ago and converted to B&W.
Hmmm...what to do...what to do!
alfredo
(60,071 posts)mnhtnbb
(31,388 posts)I've decided. Been converting a lot of photos to B&W but one stands
out to me. So, that's the one.
alfredo
(60,071 posts)Participating in our community.
mnhtnbb
(31,388 posts)I mostly take my camera out and shoot what I see, but I
like the composed shot in B&W better than anything else I have.
alfredo
(60,071 posts)subject is good for conversion. Daffodils are above my skill level. They don't play nice with conversion.
Everybody does dandelions, and the best stuff in the spring almost always needs macro. The new foliage is where many will find good shots.
Mz Pip
(27,442 posts)I've been playing around with converting to black and white.
alfredo
(60,071 posts)handmade34
(22,756 posts)my camera out again after a tumultuous winter...
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alfredo
(60,071 posts)Johnny Noshoes
(1,977 posts)Thanks this is gonna be fun.
alfredo
(60,071 posts)Agschmid
(28,749 posts)Can't wait!
alfredo
(60,071 posts)Won't be able to crawl around the woods.
Mz Pip
(27,442 posts)I've been trying to do some macro shots and converted this one to black and white. This will be a learning experience. I like that!
alfredo
(60,071 posts)Mira
(22,380 posts)realized today i can't work the camera with one hand - so i'll go to my files and play.
is this a blind contest and we pm the photo to you?
and are you planning to show the entries at the same time or show them as you receive them?
alfredo
(60,071 posts)use just one hand. You can pick up a good used one for about $600.
Mira
(22,380 posts)and i'm not young enough for a camera without a viewfinder
blind contest? or not?
alfredo
(60,071 posts)Mira
(22,380 posts)imo
it's a handful even without that
alfredo
(60,071 posts)That will keep me home.
rdking647
(5,113 posts)would it be acceptable to use an infrared image? (they come out black and white,the foilage/flowers are white)
heres an example (not the image i'd be submitting)
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took the ir camera out today,i think i have my entry
Richard D
(8,754 posts)I look forward to seeing the amazing images.