Category: B&W photography

I recently read a very good article on several different black and white conversion processes on Matt Greer’s Photography Blog. I had taken this picture of some reeds by the ocean that had some very dramatic looking clouds that I thought would look great in black and white so I decided to test a few of the methods he mentioned on this photo and share the results on my blog.

Reeds, Ocean, Color, Clouds, Beach

First here is the original photo in color. Like I said I am pretty happy with this shot but It just seemed like this photo was asking to be converted to black and white. Now to see how the conversions turned out: » Continue Reading…

Black and White Conversion of Reeds Photo

cloudy, lake winnipesaukee, mountains, lake

It was a very quite summer day on Lake Winnipesaukee when this photo was taken. As you can see there is not one boat in sight. The boaters must have seen the clouds coming over the mountains and known a storm was likely on the way! I converted this to black and white because I think it helps highlight the dramatic cloud cover over the mountains better. What do you think?

Cloudy Day on Lake Winnipesaukee

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