Monochrome (B&W Cult)

[mellow ledge]

I don't trust monochrome conversions to be honest, even if the sensor can easily be convered (and at least Leica claims it doesn't give great results) there is a software / firmware aspect to it that can't be done in the conversion

[stable copper]

wont argue there. id rather get a Leica version designed from the ground up to be such. The Q2 being an easy choice considering its an AIO system.

but its pricey

[mild hill]

I would love a monochrome Leica eventually

That’s on my “I either win the lottery or start making bank from this hobby” list

[stable copper]

i fear me getting into leica film is only a gateway to leica digital

plays taps to his bank account

[orchid field]

i will have a monochrome leica eventually

[mild hill]

If I didn’t have kids I’d already own one

[mellow ledge]

school costs 4 leicas a year

[mild hill]

Yeeeee unfortunately

[autumn plume]

why do you want a Leica? you already have the best one

[orchid field]

she wont live forever

[mellow ledge]

but it's not monochrome

[autumn plume]

[autumn plume]

the depressing truth

how old is she anyway

[orchid field]

10

shes doing great tho she still has a long while

[autumn plume]

so like 2-8 years more

[orchid field]

statistically around 5

[glossy delta]

some will bless you with le 20 years of purr

[orchid field]

yes plz

[mild hill]

My cat Spriggan is pushing 10 years soon

We’re not sure how much longer she has

She’s got some form of dwarfism

[orchid field]

leica hasnt really shown any sign of slowing down in the last 3 ish years

[mild hill]

And our other cat has recently started bullying her, so we have to keep them separated as much as we can

He’s like 3 times her weight, she’s under 5lbs and he’s pushing 15lbs

[orchid field]

;-; poor kitti

[mellow ledge]

😦

[glossy delta]

@mellow ledge I actually thinkj I prefer 24mp scanning

image sharper everywhere, no micro jitter, looks very clean

[mellow ledge]

interesting

[glossy delta]

well zooming in is missed a bit, also when checking the live view but it's alright

process feels easier

[mellow ledge]

process being easier is 90% of the battle

like if you really really want to invest into an image you can always stitch it from two or more shots

[glossy delta]

oh yeah for 645 definitely an option

don't feel like 35mm needs more than 1:1 at 24mp

[mellow ledge]

depends a bit on the film but yea, I scan with the RP which is 26mp so pretty much the same

[glossy delta]

most of my film is like...

pushed to shit because I like that crunchy grain vibes so that's definitely not worth much more than 24 haha

shall we shoot tmax at 1600 iso in broad daylight?

yes

we shall and we will and we have

and

we'll do it again

https://tenor.com/view/goofy-trial-crazy-evil-ill-fucking-do-it-again-gif-17111514

[mellow ledge]

I should send you a roll for CMS 20 II just for giggles

[glossy delta]

I think my first use of the 50R is going to be evening city walk at 12k iso

or 24

just going to look for the machine's limits

[mellow ledge]

I would do the same 😂

dooo it

[glossy delta]

perfect in winter

[mellow ledge]

ja

[hardy heart]

first post 😀

[ancient vapor]

Am I crazy or is that not straight?

It's a cool shot, but something is nagging me about it.

[stable copper]

vertical is on angle

[hardy heart]

yup I see it. how the hell did I not see it? lol

[hardy heart]

not sure how I didnt see that

[stable copper]

LOL the horizontal has slight deviations but that can be due to the center.

I took lots of design courses, you learn to spot that stuff quick sometimes.

[mellow ledge]

because you see the picture you intended to take 😄 not the picture you ended taking, happens to everyone

[hollow gull]

Long live hp5

[kind charm]

✊

[stable copper]

Architectural abstraction

[mellow ledge]

I like the astractness 😄

[mellow ledge]

BW Cult, #📼・analogue-haven and #1043255077789499453 cowlaboration shot with the pentax 6x7 on 135 film and a 45mm lens

[stable copper]

i need more pan f for my pinholga.

6x12 is such a neat format

[fossil sage]

i miss baseball

[glad tinsel]

Nice pic

[stable copper]

mmm implied linessssss

lol

both literal and implied lines

[rich willow]

lots of lines

[mild hill]

I wish I could afford InstaX Monochrome more often, it’s a joy to shoot

[stable copper]

i agree

shooting some this weekend actuslly

[mild hill]

Gosh I also want the InstaX Square, it’s gorgeous looking, and I love 1:1

[stable copper]

Have a polariod but it’s seen better days

Bad rollers

[mellow ledge]

mist mist mist mist

[glossy delta]

coming back to 3x2 after so much 65x24, the 3x2 feels like a square

[hybrid solar]

Not too happy with this as burnout came soon after but it is B&W soooo

I promise I'll get better at this style soon enough lol

[stable copper]

OK i wanna Q

[stable copper]

645??

[rich willow]

Should I go with more contrast?

[mellow ledge]

that kind of dense leavwork is generally super tough to protray in b/w as the colour that usually allows the eye to differentiate them is just gone and turms them in one big hectic texture

[rich willow]

thank you Heinz, very cool

[mellow ledge]

works so well in b/w!

[mild hill]

The baby shower was so fun to shoot, and I was so excited when the mom-to-be said she wanted B/W

[kind charm]

[mellow ledge]

she clearly has the best taste!

[autumn plume]

very based client

[modern vapor]

thanks 🙂

[hollow gull]

Scan from the ektar 35h a shitty little plastic half frame cam, usually would crop into separate images but I like the contrast of the two images

[ancient vapor]

Half frame cameras are great for making diptychs

[rich willow]

id crop the already half cropped man

but I like it

I like the lack of contrast

it's very raw

very BBNG 3

[tranquil storm]

I have no idea how I captured this

this isn't edited btw

high contrast monochrome. that's it

[rich willow]

your shutter speed probably dumped sensor info in a way where the lights blinked off and back on mid shutter due to light frequency

[mellow ledge]

shot on a phone I suspect?

[tranquil storm]

no

sony a7 III

[mellow ledge]

that's odd

some fancy HDR mode?

[tranquil storm]

idk much lol

I just went to the settings and selected high contrast monochrome

everything just became very saturated B&W

I liked it idk

[mellow ledge]

very odd

there is definetly some post processing going on in that

[tranquil storm]

I did put it in lightroom, but I barely changed anything because even small changes made me not like it

[mellow ledge]

might be that you're saving to jpeg but the ghosting is sure odd

[stable copper]

noise schmoise monochrome always tones the noise down a bit. color noise on the other hand…

[still lagoon]

This would be my first attempt at photographing wildlife, I don't think it went badly except the lighting was bad so I had to use the flash and find a way to dilute the light a little bit

[stable copper]

Id you shot raw there plenty of options in post

[still lagoon]

What would be a good free photo editing software for raw?

[fossil sage]

Darktable is the powerful one

Has a learning curve, but you can overcome that

[viscid palm]

First time editing B&W - How'd I do (Taken a while ago)

[still lagoon]

I like it, but I feel like there's a lot going on and I don't know what to look at

[stable copper]

darktable (gpl) or darkroom if on mobile

i like lightroom but it comes with a price. darkroom is my fallback

[still lagoon]

I just tried editing on Darktable a couple hours ago, it's a bit confusing but I'll learn, thanks for the recommendation

[stable copper]

i find it amusing that most all my editing is done on ipad

[autumn plume]

there wasn't much color so why not monochrome

[stable copper]

perfect in mono

[mellow ledge]

I think this is the most active thread in the forum 😄 well done b/w cult!

[stable copper]

we are the cult we are ALL

[viscid palm]

I like this more in B&W than color

[rich willow]

I've embraced the noise @mellow ledge

this is 25600

[mellow ledge]

It still looks acceptable but I’m sure in color it’d be very nasty

[rich willow]

I meant to take it in black and white

even tho in color properly exposed that lantern lit batch of flowers looks nice

I should've underexposed it

but I was intentionally pushing iso

stopping my 1.4 lens to 5.6 to embrace the noise

here it is properly exposed at 2.8, tho my hands a little shaky at 1/5

a little over exposed

[stable copper]

i should do some on my D700. it renders gorgeous noise. closest to film grain ive ever seen from a sensor!

not super high iso though but gorgeous still

[stable copper]

shots like this may deserve their own forum. love architectural abstraction!

[timid copper]

Why thank you

[mellow ledge]

I Love this kind of motives but please center and strighten it 😭

[timid copper]

Ye alr, will send it again once it's done

[mellow ledge]

Yay!

[autumn plume]

monochrome

[mellow ledge]

very nice!

[autumn plume]

I need to get gud tho

[still lagoon]

Made one of my color photographs monochrome and I think it turned out better than the color version

[autumn plume]

monochrome is better 70% of the time

[rich willow]

@mellow ledge which one do you like more?

also what do you think of the border

im figuring out how to develop a simple way to adaptively choose border colors

[mellow ledge]

Honestly, neither the foliage is too busy for my taste

[mellow ledge]

very black and very white!

[rich willow]

Heinz' just run out of positive things to say

[mellow ledge]

😂

[modern vapor]

the way this evening editing session has turned deserve a change of pseudo

[mellow ledge]

one of the cool characteristics b/w has is that you can barely tell of those pictures were taken yesterday or 50 years ago

[half cape]

exactly, imo it makes everything almost timeless

[autumn plume]

[mellow ledge]

half person on the right edge is meh. Duck, you're better then this, you know to check your borders

[autumn plume]

is test shot

[mellow ledge]

test failed

[autumn plume]

NOOO

[mellow ledge]

get the half person out or in, and it passes

this is the b/w cult, we don't do half arsed 😂

or go post it to the plane people's thread, they'll not care about half people

[autumn plume]

Samsung moment

[mellow ledge]

there you go, passed!

[autumn plume]

it's really good at removing shit

[mellow ledge]

that the new 70-200?

[autumn plume]

yes

[mellow ledge]

nice 👍

[autumn plume]

what I shot is in the background

[mellow ledge]

70-200 is a lovely focal length

[autumn plume]

it for sure is

I want to shoot an event SO BAD

wait

[glad tinsel]

Where monochrome

[autumn plume]

the lens is monochrome except for the ring and focus thing

[glad tinsel]

The BG??

[autumn plume]

uhh

[mellow ledge]

nice contrast around the kitten

[modern vapor]

I get better at spotting this 🙂 The green of the foliage and the brown of the cat were not so interesting but I felt there was potential in the image. So let's go for bw magic

[mellow ledge]

ja "seeing" b/w is a skill that is learnt

[stable copper]

What was a holiday shot turned into an unlikely self Portrait

[still lagoon]

I feel like with the picture being black and white I don't really know what to look at

[modern vapor]

agree, you need some effort to understand what you see here in bw. I'd be curious to see a colour version.

[stable copper]

It was hard subject matter. Ran into same issue with the color version. I’ll post for reference. Decided to focus on the texture and the reflection in the glass balls.

For reference

[proper mango]

It's neat but I feel like it's a bit too messy when it's colored idk just me ig

[stable copper]

i agree, it was really hard to get a clean shot. the were long exposures, there is a lot of reflected light everywhere. So i opted for monochrome.

[proper mango]

monochrome simplifies everything

it's cool

[stable copper]

thanks

[modern vapor]

the color version does a better job at splitting objects in the image but the big red spot in the middle catches attention on an unintersting part of the background. So it's hard to chose but I like the shot.

[fossil sage]

monochrome saves images with boring colors

[stable copper]

color is an art unto itself. just like monochrome. two different ways of viewing the world, neither better or worse than the other, just with their own special nuances.

[fossil sage]

True

But there are some images that just aren’t as good in color

[stable copper]

agree 100% thats where the art comes in. knowing which shots will work and which wont.

i am very picky with color. unless i know what and where im shooting i will not default to color.

[stable copper]

Nice that is some crazy DoF! Which lens did you use?

[fossil sage]

Older Nikkor 180 f2.8, manual glass

The gulls here are tame, you can get within 6m or so and they don’t care

[stable copper]

we can fill a parking lot with with gull with one bag of popcorn or 3 french fries! nice choice glass!

[fossil sage]

If you’ve ever seen Finding Nemo, that’s about how the gulls act here

Glass has been great- it’s the telephoto I default to for non-specialized stuff

[cerulean bay]

oh -- i love the contrast here

[stable copper]

my fave glass right now is nikon and voigtlander, my 80-200 2.8 is amazing.

[fossil sage]

The AF?

[stable copper]

yep

AF-S D

with a freaking Apeture ring! LOL. Which makes my F4 happy.

[fossil sage]

Those later Nikon film bodies are really neat

Always wanted to try an F6

[rich willow]

something something lack of color

[stable copper]

some say the f6 is the ultimate AF 35mm. made until 2018 no less!

you may want to call it a “working mans camera”. its designed for one thing getting the image period. The F5 and F6 have neet tricks you dont see a lot on digital.

[fossil sage]

I think my dad kept on film through the F3, then went digital

Would’ve been fun to have seen the later bodies, never had a chance though

At least, not when I was growing up

[stable copper]

yeah

i get tempted by the F3 or the FM but think i bought my last 35mm with my M4

so i have 1 fully manual slr (FTb) 1 auto focus slr (F4) and 1 pro rangefinder (M4)

everything else are shelf pieces

[modern vapor]

Nice pic but be careful to be visible when taking this kind of shots.

[mellow ledge]

Ja i know the road was shut down for filming 😂 if you look close you can see the center of the road being blocked by a lift

[mellow ledge]

cross post from the 65x24 club 😄

[stable copper]

i like the tonal range, green filter??? the composition feels cut off thought. i do like it as whole though.

had to save this under exposure in lightroom. 120 Delta 3200 with mamiyaflex automat a.

[still lagoon]

Thank you, and it was no filter, although the leaf was a greenish yellow so that could make a difference, and I will try re-editing the photo with a more open composition, thank you for your critique

[mellow flare]

Testing the macro capabilities of my new phone 🙂

[stable copper]

African violet? Love the detail.

[mellow ledge]

EXTERMINATE!

[stable copper]

and exterminate she did!!!

[mellow ledge]

💯

[stable copper]

all hand made too. cosplayers are such fun.

[mellow ledge]

I belive it

[mellow flare]

Thank you! It’s a succulent, Crassulaceae family

[mild hill]

I love Dalek cosplayers, they’re always so unique, despite cosplaying the same thing

[stable copper]

yeah, i do a Who Con every year in chicago and always amazed at the talent for such a small show.

[mellow ledge]

There also needs to be What Con, Where Con, and Why Con

[stable copper]

all in the same building

it would be CHAOS!

[mellow ledge]

yes

Where is the Who Con?
What Con are you saying?

[mild hill]

The Who con is obvious a Grinch convention

[still lagoon]

Here is the leaf picture re-edited, with a bit more of an open composition

[stable copper]

i like this , feels more complete. my opinion obviously LOL

[stable copper]

Chicago TARDIS LOL

[still lagoon]

Alright, thank you for the composition advice

[stable copper]

no problem

[mellow ledge]

true

[sterile spoke]

Beacon

Human

Dog?

[kind charm]

God damn 👀

[rich willow]

@mellow ledge you heard of tasma mikrat 300?

https://www.lomography.com/films/871961062-tasma-mikrat-300-expired-in-1987/photos

cheap $3 a roll russian film

ive just stumbled upon the motherload

every Russian film ever

they've also got the Fuji Eternal b&w and Kodak 2302

[kind charm]

Fuji eternal?

I've heard of eterna not eternal

[rich willow]

eterna, yeah

[ancient vapor]

Playing with my scanner, please forgive my dust. This is Fomopan 200 pushed to 400 out of my Walzflex.

[rich willow]

very nice

[stable copper]

cross post from streetphotography https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1028669433356501003/1052370903360606239/IMG_1355.jpg

[rich willow]

hey gang

what's the deal with B&W brand filters

low reflection filters, what's the deal with those for B&W

[mellow ledge]

do you mean the B+W brand? they have nothing to do with B&W (as in black and white) it's a german optics manufacturer brand

[stable copper]

sometimes you get such honesty from a subject. saved from the bland gray of under exposure. Taken on delta 3200 120

[mellow ledge]

mist snow and nice light, lovely combination

[rich willow]

good tree

nice tree

kind tree

[orchid field]

;-; i wish i had seen it in here first

[modern vapor]

love it, got out to shoot in the same condition this morning but haven't taken a look at the images yet 🙂

[still lagoon]

Tried experimenting around a bit and I don't think it the pictures are half bad

[stable copper]

very Ansel of you! love it.

[stable copper]

i like this what lens did you use?

[timid copper]

Sigma 150-500, f/5-6.3

[stable copper]

Very nice

[timid copper]

Same Bird Different Photo, I think this ones better

[kind charm]

Imo second one

First one needs more space to the right

[ancient vapor]

This is a dumb picture, but I like that I accidentally got a plane in it.

This I do actually like, it's only ruined by the fact that I took it on Fomopan 200. The worst Fomo.

[timid copper]

Ye I agree, I like the second one much more and first one just feels cramped

[still lagoon]

I also have a slightly closer crop I wasn't sure which was better

[rich willow]

top

[kind charm]

Top

[sterile spoke]

reposting here from #🏭・human-made

[silent obsidian]

does this (almost) monochrome picture qualify?

[autumn plume]

if it's almost it's not

remove color or only one color

[rich willow]

not quite gray

[glad tinsel]

Monochrome isn't necessarily Gray and tones of such

It's just there's one color

[mellow ledge]

🐑

[autumn plume]

he's just like the emoji

[mellow ledge]

ja Chevelu went out emoji shooting 😄

but jokes aside, I like the shot, tones, contrast, sharpness

[modern vapor]

that's an old sleeping raw that I realize I can turn it into bw.

[sharp gulch]

imagine shooting color

[autumn plume]

agreed

contrast is fun with black and white

since you have no color contrast

high contrast is usable

[rich willow]

Yeah I know

[marsh tusk]

F-35 & F-135

[weary pulsar]

bw cult? count me in

[weary pulsar]

coffee

[stable copper]

love this one

[modern vapor]

very nice pic, it makes me want some so I go take a coffee ☕

[mellow ledge]

it looks almost like a render 😄

[sharp gulch]

Thanks homies

monochromies

[sharp gulch]

love the edit style here. some people are afraid to clip the blacks that hard

Not big homie sal. Never scared

[weary pulsar]

why would they be? lol

i like the one with ppl in more becuase the duck on the guys back

but i had that with no ppl too

[autumn plume]

that is very abstract

I like it

[weary pulsar]

was the last photo i took in my high school

[autumn plume]

ISO 8000 with NR off

SOOC that I removed the color on and did some basic editing

[modern vapor]

Merry bw Xmas ! ❄️

[wise tartan]

Just found out about this place, might as well share a photo I took last Christmas in Kenya. Unfortunately no snow 😦

[modern vapor]

Welcome to the cult !

[wise tartan]

Thank you!

[autumn plume]

we're getting more members

cultists*

[stable copper]

the more cultists the better!

[mellow ledge]

Neat!

[weary pulsar]

so me reason i really like this shot

[rich willow]

cool shot

weird crop

very abstract balance

[weary pulsar]

mmhm

i spent waay too much time trying to get it right

[weary pulsar]

btw will this one be more fit in #🏭・human-made or #🌳・nature

[autumn plume]

what is the main subject?

[weary pulsar]

idk it's just a landscape

would say the plane then the city tho it's too dark soo ye

[autumn plume]

nature

[weary pulsar]

alright

[marsh tusk]

feedback greatly appreciated

[coarse tide]

bit more experimental 🧐

[modern vapor]

I love it, has a history book vibe 👍

[marsh tusk]

Thank you!

[mellow ledge]

I think that could work really well in wide!

[coarse tide]

I will try some stuff 👌

[autumn plume]

hello fellow monochrome cultists

[stable copper]

and now for something completely different

[autumn plume]

bro got cake

out of all the angles...

[quiet ember]

...it's the best.

[mellow ledge]

you can shoot fireworks in b/w and it looks gorgeous 😄

[kind charm]

i love Acros

[mellow ledge]

nice!

[mellow ledge]

Oh I really like that a lot!

[mild hill]

Oh thank you! Aside from the crop it’s SOOC

[mellow ledge]

💯

the shades on the door and the texture .... really really like that!

[mild hill]

I’ll give all the credit to https://fujixweekly.com/2021/08/25/fujifilm-x100v-x-trans-iii-x-trans-iv-film-simulation-recipe-monochrome-negative/

[frozen verge]

first attempt of a portrait

[viscid palm]

How did I do?

[stable copper]

nice

was this taken on an m4?

[viscid palm]

M4?

[stable copper]

Leica M4? lol i think i misinterpreted your nick lol

oh Micro 4/3! im silly

[mellow ledge]

they owe a third of Leica M4 😄 Together with their Siblings Georgina and Gustaf

[vague pier]

lol

[ancient vapor]

The daughter is Portia

[weary pulsar]

@mellow ledge is this one better? or the second one has too much negative space

[rich willow]

it's in the middle

right now it's like the 35mm

too wide to be personal, too tight to be encapsulating

personally I'd want more negative space OR less negative space

I'd be fine with this

[weary pulsar]

i do like the second pic i send the one with more negative space but do you think the sky is a bit too bright? (becuase i want the more negative space)

[weary pulsar]

this comp is nice!

[rich willow]

or this

oh

[weary pulsar]

and how about this pic?

[rich willow]

you have one with a lot more negative space

just saw

[weary pulsar]

yes

[rich willow]

personally I'd do this

its not a very practical aspect ratio

[weary pulsar]

that looks like a nice idea

lemme try it

and yeah this crop does looks nicer

[rich willow]

this should would be cool if you removed the pole

and the lettering on the left

the sky looks very chrome, which I like in a way

[weary pulsar]

yeah this is really good

shit i left the shadow in

[rich willow]

i'd figure the centering and the balance of the left and the right and the bottom horizon out

also this picture is way way artifically sharpened

very phone sharp

[weary pulsar]

phone photography moment

i don't really know what to do about the sharpening

so i just leave it as is

i will re-visit this spot later on

[weary pulsar]

BW preset really hit hard on this one

[mellow ledge]

since I'm late to the party I just say I'd agree with @frigid oasis the central crop is nice, the issue is less the negative space but the two things reaching into it (lamp and tower) ant ecentral crop fixes it 😄

[weary pulsar]

pretty much

[mild hill]

Took a walk around town with my wife tonight

[viscid palm]

[ancient vapor]

Hey! Finally got one to work.

[weary pulsar]

nice

[mellow ledge]

very wide

[ancient vapor]

It's supposed to be wider

But Discord said "No"

[autumn plume]

need wider

crop the sky

[weary pulsar]

leave one pixel vortical

[last blade]

liked this, edited to monochrome in lightroom

[mellow ledge]

it sure has a style to it looks almost like shot with a blue filter

[last blade]

you mean a physical lens filter?

[mellow ledge]

it looks like it at least, but since you shoot digital I suspect it's applied after the fact. I suspect it's red brick building which is fairly dark and a ky which is fairly light => that suggests a blue filter

[last blade]

the original building is indeed red bricked at the bottom and a green metal at the top

i didnt use a physical filter tho

might just look that way with the edit

[mellow ledge]

ja probably darked the reds and brightened the blues 😄

[last blade]

tbh i just turned saturation to zero and messed a little with the tone curves and the exposure/higlights/darks etc

didnt mess with individual colors

[mellow ledge]

got to play with the colours, so powerful!

https://tenor.com/view/do-it-kermit-darth-kermit-gif-25450285

[last blade]

originally i was actually planning to but i liked it that way, will go back and mess around with them tho, see what i can do

[autumn plume]

ISO 10000 + 1.6x crop because I forgor to turn it off

[rich willow]

I guess I've gotta agree with that guy too, good takes

[proper mango]

Bit late on the theme just procrastinated on this photo

[wise tartan]

hunting for rare trees in the Bornean forests

[modern vapor]

nice 🙂

[wise tartan]

thank you!

[modern vapor]

did you find some ?

[wise tartan]

I actually have loads from quite a few trips out (of photos)

yeah some, but not those that I was looking for

going to have to return back there in a few months

[modern vapor]

you're from around there ?

[wise tartan]

nah I'm Greek and live in Brussels

so it's a bit hard to get to Borneo, but I love it there

difficult environment to shoot in, but a lot of fun

[modern vapor]

I imagine, never gone to Borneo but my wife is from Sumatra. Have visited some places in SE Asia, enjoyed my time there

[wise tartan]

ah nice, you speak bahasa?

[modern vapor]

2 words, then I realised they speak Hokkien in her family and I gave up to switch to learn Chinese

and I don't make any progress in it 😄

[wise tartan]

it's a lot of fun!

[wise tartan]

Indonesia? Looks like those Cambodian Buddhist temples

[glad tinsel]

Ok but like, why have the crop on ever?

[autumn plume]

because I can

[modern vapor]

Thailand

[stable copper]

what round were you using to take the trees down if you find them?

[wise tartan]

these were big trees

so yeah... bazooka

[stable copper]

this kitty does not look pleased

[mild hill]

She is just old, she was very pleased

[gusty linden]

😮
A B&W cult!

[mellow ledge]

best cult on the server!

[wise tartan]

Abandoned beach bar in Gili Air, Indonesia

[stable copper]

one of us one of us

[gusty linden]

?

Ohhhh lol

[weary pulsar]

nice

[wise tartan]

thank you!

[modern vapor]

bagus !

[stable copper]

took this on one of my nikons cant recall which now

[wise tartan]

terima kasih! apakah kamu berbicara bahasa ?

[rich willow]

new years

[vague pier]

itd look better if it was centered... not sure if you even captured the entire firework

if you brought the right side in a bit itd balance with the left side

[rich willow]

I don't believe all things should be centered

[vague pier]

neither do i

[vague pier]

but this imo is a case where it should be, unless you took it in a way that could be rule of thirds

this imo also looks cool lol

heading through lightspace

XD

[stable copper]

Another older reedit.

[mellow ledge]

I dared to have used a orange instead of a red filter today 😱

[rich willow]

the orange shows in your picture

[mellow ledge]

ja it renders contrast differently doesn't it?

bit softer, bit smoother

[rich willow]

definitely

[mellow ledge]

not that I didn't add +25 contrast when editing 😂

[rich willow]

pleasant in a way

not sure if "pleasant" is what you'd want for all situations

[mellow ledge]

I probably could have shot it with a red filter and not added contrast

[rich willow]

that's why I advocate for having every color filter ever for b&w

[mellow ledge]

I have yellow, orange, red, dark red, green, and blue 😂 and some NDs

[rich willow]

youre missing violet

or purple

or midnight

whatever u wanna call it

I find violet is crucial in a lot of situations

[mellow ledge]

I've never shot with a violet filter but yes I do miss it

I tend to use blue with haze, not used green much but that's mostly a portrait filter and that's not my strong suite

[rich willow]

its exactly how it sounds

[mellow ledge]

violent? 😂

[rich willow]

red + blue makes purple

and violet is like more blue than red

so youre pretty much getting more contrast with a lighter sky and darker greens

[mellow ledge]

ja I know the colour wheel

[rich willow]

yes

[mellow ledge]

I should try a DIY violet filter

just for giggles

[rich willow]

how would you diy the violet filter

[mellow ledge]

a green and a blue filter 😛

[rich willow]

colored plastic sheet?

ah

[mellow ledge]

light green probably or orange

I'll hav to play around

[rich willow]

ye

[rich willow]

also, brown

and pink

[mellow ledge]

all the colours

[rich willow]

yes

[summer thistle]

seen this forum today and decided to try some monochrome
if you have any feedback or tips, please feel free to say!

[kind charm]

Monochrome filter use (you'll never be able to distinguish between which filter you used in a week after shoot)

[mild hill]

What?

[kind charm]

As in physical colour filters

Referring to the discussion above between Devon and heinz

[mild hill]

Ohhh. I thought it was a response to Maze’s photos and I was confused

[stable copper]

i used violet filter when making prints! loved it. i really want a blue filter now though.

[torn arrow]

Alexandria, VA

[stable copper]

Some more red filter fun

[stable copper]

Giza finally for broadband!

[stable copper]

More fresh edits of old color shots

[distant coral]

Interesting shot

[ancient vapor]

Here's some seriously expired Tri-X Pan developed in X-Tol. I think I used my 28mm SMC Takumar?

[fresh orchid]

Is it good guys?

[kind charm]

its an off angled photo of a hand holding a lens

it dosent really show anything artistic or appealing about the lens itself

lack of motive

[fresh orchid]

So what can i do to make it attractive?

[kind charm]

generally for lens photography id tend to try to emphasise the colours of the coatings

though dosent apply to b+w

if you have strong light sources, would use that and shine it through the lens / using the stronger light to cast shapes through the glass

experiment around, see what puts your lens in the best light (literally)

[rich willow]

even worse

nor monochromic

please move to #💭・photo-lounge

[kind charm]

its not monochrome anymore, sacrilige!

begone polychromic wench

[rich willow]

sheeeshhh m10 mono 50f2

[mild hill]

You got the m10 mono?

[rich willow]

i wish

[stable copper]

100% opinion here but think about the composition first then the subject matter and how that can play into composition. ie think about the object, then focus on what the object is. if this makes sense.

[fresh orchid]

Ill try

[modern vapor]

I like this, maybe a bit wider dof to have the whole fingers in focus.

[weary pulsar]

i was trying to get the chess piece in focus (using MF)

[mellow ledge]

We saw that it was a colour image before 👀 you've been made!

[weary pulsar]

yes it was smh

i liked this one the most so far

tho it's out of focus

[mellow ledge]

it's an intersting shot

[weary pulsar]

i like this one because of the motion blur on the finger i am sucker for motion blur

[mellow ledge]

ja it gives it life

[weary pulsar]

mmhm

[mellow ledge]

took you long enough to get a monochrome PFP 😂

[weary pulsar]

the only "decent" photo i got of my self was that one from 2018

[mellow ledge]

that's one more decent photo of yourself then I have 😂

[weary pulsar]

XD

[mild hill]

I’ll never have a monochrome pfp

[rich willow]

this some heresy fr

[mild hill]

Shoot me

[weary pulsar]

join us

[mellow ledge]

only in monochrome 😂

[autumn plume]

sure

[mellow ledge]

very monochrome

[weary pulsar]

yesh

[weary pulsar]

?

[kind charm]

ill let you spot it yourself

[weary pulsar]

nope my brain shut down

[kind charm]

top right

[weary pulsar]

i am blind

and that is the best shit ever

[autumn plume]

no way

[marsh tusk]

Feedback Appreciated

[silent obsidian]

Opinions? (Note: This is actually the rear of the car!)

[silent obsidian]

Those are 🔥 🔥 🔥 in my opinion! I especially like #3 and #4

[marsh tusk]

thanks man
I'm new to photography, so seeing good feedback is feels great ❤️

[marsh tusk]

lovely car & photo
where did you take it?

[silent obsidian]

At Audi HQ in Ingolstadt, Germany

HQ = Museum*

[silent obsidian]

the car is an "Auto Union Typ D". It has a 3 Liter V12 with dual superchargers, reached 485 bhp and 340kph top-speed. Built and raced in 1939, aka one of the darkest times in German History

in case you are interested

[marsh tusk]

that's amazing
340kph sounds insane for 1939

[silent obsidian]

it still is insane for 2023, too! but you are right

[autumn plume]

insane for 485bhp

[wise tartan]

had some fun light today

[twin mist]

shot on iphone

[weary pulsar]

quack

[marsh tusk]

Feedback Appreciated

[stable copper]

A tornado?! Nice aircraft.

[marsh tusk]

Yessir
I love how the pic turned out
This is the colored original

[wise tartan]

great shot, works well in both b&w and colour, if I could add one bit of feedback (since it was asked) careful of the nose being ever so slightly clipped. Other than that, pretty decent set

the square inside the square inside the square, using a square format. I like that

[marsh tusk]

Thanks
Yeah i just noticed the nose

[wise tartan]

I'm nit-picking of course, it's a minor detail

[stable copper]

r u serving to get this close access? this doesnt look like airshow of public exhibition stuff.

[marsh tusk]

Nope, I'm not serving
And this is actually a public exhibition on an airshow haha
This is the completely unedited original
The composition is doing a lot here

[stable copper]

thats awesome! surprised that there is so much equipment on the tarmack as well. very cool shot.

[marsh tusk]

thank you!
positive feedback means a lot to me since i'm only starting out
this tarmac is only ever used to either park private 152s/172s or for the annual airshow

[mellow ledge]

https://tenor.com/view/friends-oh-my-eyes-my-eyes-lisa-kudrow-phoebe-shouts-gif-10973109

[marsh tusk]

https://tenor.com/view/station19-vic-hughes-i-may-have-done-something-bad-i-did-something-bad-i-did-a-bad-thing-gif-25887803

[marsh tusk]

great pic but isn't it slightly tilted right?

[modern vapor]

well, maybe... I need to invest in a screen for editing.
I have a curved one that is great for gaming but really suck when it comes to see things straight

better now ?

[marsh tusk]

yep
looks better now for sure
although i still feel like it's tilted right

[autumn iris]

Had a bout with Covid. It gave me blur vision and double vision for a month or so. Finally able to expose some film since I’m recovered.

[modern vapor]

兔年快乐 🐰

[marsh tusk]

lovely pic

[marsh tusk]

the picture feels way too right leaning/tilted

[mellow ledge]

Tree!

[weary pulsar]

tree

[mellow ledge]

TREE!

[weary pulsar]

TREE!!!

[mellow ledge]

🌳

[weary pulsar]

I didn't knew how to edit that photo so i end up like that

[mellow ledge]

It’s abstract, I like abstract:D

[weary pulsar]

lil girl liked trees too!

[weary pulsar]

:D

[mellow ledge]

Trees are good you are raising her well!

[weary pulsar]

hehe

[rich willow]

love the tree

tree good

[weary pulsar]

Really old tree too

[mellow ledge]

I love the person in the center that's such a great shot!

[mild hill]

Thank you. I walk by that place every night and there’s always a car parked out front blocking it. Getting the guy in the middle was the cherry on the cake

[mellow ledge]

💯 the guy makes the image, it's so alove, the way he's the only bright / recognizable person in the whole scene, the posture all spot on. Perfectly executed Lunar 😄

[mellow ledge]

Looking longer at it how do you feel about cropping it a bit 16:9 to remove some of the black on top?

[mild hill]

I was considering it actually, I just wasn’t sure if it felt too tight

[mellow ledge]

I like that!

[mild hill]

Awesome 🙂 thank you

[rich willow]

now I need me a scanner

[weary pulsar]

or use a macro lens

[mellow ledge]

devon uses m4/3 most macro lenses would require them to be in the next citi to capture the entire frame in a single shot 😛

[weary pulsar]

oh

my bad 💀

[rich willow]

I'll get a macro lens for X mount

[mellow ledge]

[rich willow]

m4/3 does have a cheap (in ffeq) pana 60mm f5.6 which does pretty nice macro

[mild hill]

I think this one ended a little under exposed but I thought the shadowy cat was cute

[stable copper]

Now that is a legend

[marsh tusk]

Local firefighters were doing low-level passes and I just had to snap some pics
Lovely Mi-17

[stable copper]

That is such the workhorse, going on what 50 years now?

[marsh tusk]

Yeah the design is turning 50 in a few years
This one in particular was transformed from military cargo heli to a firefighting one with the ability to mount bambi buckets. It also features modernised systems.

[stable copper]

very cool.

the huey h1 very similar in that regard the thing just won’t die

[weary pulsar]

i wish i got the first one in focus

[weary pulsar]

These are nice

[autumn iris]

Dope.

[rich willow]

expired tacma300@25 (box speed)

printed a dolly jig to scan film with

[rich willow]

@mellow ledge foma400 or 100?

[mellow ledge]

https://tenor.com/view/the-road-to-el-dorado-both-both-is-good-gif-8304204

[rich willow]

both it is

gotta get new film dev juice

theres fomadon r09 which is supposedly the same performance as agfa rodinal

[mellow ledge]

Rodinal is a standard formula you can get it from a bunch of places

[autumn iris]

I use a DDX/ Rodinal mix. But I semi stand develop all my film.

[ancient vapor]

You can also make your own

[weary pulsar]

Nice colors indeed

[marsh tusk]

Feedback Appreciated

[rich willow]

this definitely says something about society somehow

[mild hill]

I wish the horizon was leveled

[marsh tusk]

Me too tbh
Can't do much about it though

[modern vapor]

well done ! Type of work you can submit in this week contest 🙂

[autumn iris]

Love those!!!

[stable copper]

seems the mono channel is doubling as the street channel LOL

nice stuff

cant wait for september when i go to hawaii! got a new 24-120 lens to use out there.

[mellow ledge]

wooh wooh

[jovial folio]

i still cant figure out how the fuck you did this

unless its just edited

[rich willow]

this line should be telling

[jovial folio]

oh its a hard edit

i didnt notice

thought it was some crazy photo taking strat

[autumn iris]

Tried photographing cars. 4x5 Ilford FP4. First image I cropped to 16x9

[weary pulsar]

21:9 for close up is

well something

[autumn iris]

I want to crop at 21:9.

[weary pulsar]

Then do it

[heady ocean]

Trying new aspect ratio

[mild hill]

Am I a wildlife photographer now?

[stable copper]

has to be the most popular angle for car shots ever! it makes almost car shot look cool.

[stable copper]

absolutely

[mental cosmos]

From the archive

[mental cosmos]

And, yes, I'm aware that this is probably out of focus 🙃

[weary pulsar]

nice

[rich willow]

jarring

https://tenor.com/view/mason-jar-shake-smoothie-healthy-diet-gif-3541494

[weary pulsar]

where monochrome jarring

[jovial folio]

kitty !

[mental cosmos]

From the archive

[stable copper]

hmmm im from “The Land of Lincoln” lol where was this taken?

[fossil sage]

The Soldiers and Sailors memorial in Cleveland

It depicts Lincoln and Sherman’s meeting aboard the steamer River Queen to plan the last campaign of the war

[heady ocean]

I think this doesn’t really fit bw, i just feels like there are less separation on this pic

[fossil sage]

Counterpoint, seeing only textures shows how the lizard might blend into an environment

[modern vapor]

I have a color version that you can see in #🌳・nature . I like both but I agree that the bw version is harder to read.

[mild hill]

Can’t wait to get these into C1

[stable copper]

really need to kill these two rolls of bw…

[heady ocean]

Is this any good?

[kind charm]

pretty nice

[mild hill]

I don't even understand how I got this

Well cherub statues are apparently explicit. Have the rest of these now that they're processed

[heady ocean]

Noise but ok

[fossil sage]

Discord doesn’t know how to distinguish between sculpture and actual nudes, it’s silly

Makes any kind of sculpture photography hard to post, which is a shame

[mild hill]

Hilarious

[fossil sage]

Absolute faithful depiction of the piece

[modern vapor]

I didn't even know that was a thing, first time I see it. Is it a service provided by discord or one of the server bot that does this ?

[fossil sage]

It’s the Clyde bot

Whoever runs that

[mild hill]

That’s Discord internal, not an extra bot

[autumn iris]

Went to pioneer town.

[stable copper]

Fuji x100T

[autumn iris]

Played around with FPP 120.

[ancient vapor]

Playing with my Pen

[jovial folio]

all awesome

[neat musk]

Pic 5 and 6 are a bit 2 bright

[jovial folio]

i think it looks sick

[neat musk]

Thanks : )

[heady ocean]

I liked this very simple

[modern vapor]

thanks 🙂

[heady ocean]

Wow how did you get this soft lighting

[timid copper]

Alot of experimenting with masks and general experience

[heady ocean]

Minimalism

[stable copper]

That is meme worthy lol

[modern vapor]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/802837701023760404/1077327592857804820/MG_8749.jpg @mellow ledge going bw on fireworks is not something common

why does it post the image and not the link to your portfolio ?

[mellow ledge]

Idk

[junior smelt]

Which is better, right or left

Ps. You have to click on photo to see all of it

[heady ocean]

Curtain lighting can actually pops up texture that I didn’t realise were there

[weary pulsar]

Nice

[modern vapor]

👍

[last blade]

not sure if this is interesting but eh

[heady ocean]

Too bad there were some electricity cables hanging in the air but what can be improved here is too rotate your image a little bit or use the perspective feature

[jovial folio]

wheres that

[steady marsh]

My first few tries at B&W

[junior smelt]

Still new to b&w, be as brutal and nit-picky as you want. Also feels like sky is boring and needs dodging/burning, not sure how to go about it. Please give suggestions. Appreciate youall!

[orchid field]

you're right about the sky being boring and flat, but tbh the composition really isn't all that interesting in the first place. it's true that bnw can save images that are bad in colour, but the composition needs to be good for that to work

[rich willow]

the only real usable image, out of my 4 rolls of expired russian stock

finally scanning stuff at a usable res

@kind charm my latest scan

[quasi creek]

hi can i draw this for art class

is that weird, idk if thats weird

[neat musk]

Sure : ) good luck!