Monochrome (B&W Cult)

[frosty vapor]

Something about the flat sky ones just pisses me off

The clouds/smoke there are nice

[fossil sage]

They do the smoke for this exact reason or at least I like to think so

It’s much easier to get marketing fodder when you have big trails behind stuff to add interest

[valid mountain]

Leica M8 - Pentax 43mm f/1.9 Special ( which works out to be very close to the 50mm framelines on the APS-H M8)

[kind charm]

Wtf lens is that

43mm?

[valid mountain]

One of the Pentax FA limited lens line up, allegedly they didn't bother going for standard focal lengths like 35,50,85 instead they made a 31,43, and 77mm lenses all of which are beautifully made metal AF lenses.

43mm is closer to the diagonal of 35mm fill frame sensor than 50mm, so it's supposedly the ideal "normal" for that format.

It's purely coincidental that the 43mm lens behaves more like a 50mm lens on 1.33 crop APS-H sensors.

[kind charm]

What format are the pentax's in

Apsc?

[valid mountain]

full frame.

[kind charm]

Oh what

[valid mountain]

Only a handful of these were made for Leica thread mount.

[kind charm]

Wierd lenses

I've heard of the specials for K but never in LTM

I've also forgotten the wierd focal lengths they come in

[valid mountain]

Pentax released a 21mm f/2.4 not that long ago, it's a phenomenal lens...and 21mm fits in with the odd focal lengths pentax Limited lenses are known for.

A quick street photo I took with the Pentax 21mm

Though I have problems using wide lenses for street photography, geometric distortion can be problematic. I can never fathom why some photographers will use fisheye lenses for street photography.

[kind charm]

I kinda like it for certain angles

10mm on my apsc has been a favourite for a while

[valid mountain]

I have an 8mm for my aps-c cameras. I rarely find any use for it.

[kind charm]

You really can't use it at eye level all the time though

My 10mm is rectilinear

[valid mountain]

so is my 8mm.

[kind charm]

Fisheye is definitely more for effects

Ooo

8mm rectilinear

I like it for casual shooting paired with a more normal 40mm equivalent

It's extremely wide, nice for tight interiors when close proximity to friends

[valid mountain]

I've used my 8mm for concert venue photography. You lose a few degrees in fov when you use geometric distortion corrections so having such an absurdly wide lens does have its uses.

Though having said that: not all distortions can be sucessfully ironed out.

There was a point in my life where I was considering getting the Irix 11mm f/4 - the widest lens I presently have for full frame format is a 15mm f/2.8. I stopped myself when I sorted through my photos by focal length and realised I seldom used the 15mm.

I still have the 8mm for my APS-C cameras and I suppose it's useful to keep on hand.

Another shot from the 8mm on APS-C

[kind charm]

15mm is alr pretty intense alr, I can't see myself wanting anything wider

11mm is reaching that "I can see my feet" category

[valid mountain]

The appeal is the ability to correct for geometric distortions in post, the wider FOV gives you a few more pixels to push around without the annoying complication of pano stitching.

I crop to square a lot, so I muck about with wides as FOV diminishes drastically when doing that. This street shot was taken with an old Samyang 14mm f/2.8 I had.

A 24X24mm crop from a 14mm lens delivers roughly the same FOV as an 18mm. So an 11mm lens would get me back to 14mm equiv FOV.

[kind charm]

Interesting

[wheat egret]

Nice

[indigo hinge]

happy hearing it from you

you shoot real nice stuff yourself

[wheat egret]

Thank you lapis lazuli

[wheat egret]

Really happy with this one

[kind charm]

bruh fake bokeh

[slim mantle]

I'm saving for a prime lens

[pine elk]

Long time no see. How's it going cult

[ashen ibex]

goofy background

[covert plover]

wish i had framed this better but oh well

[covert plover]

I actually hate this lens

[covert plover]

Neat

[wheat egret]

Dont disrespect the goat with “neat”

[regal wave]

Chilll

Preciate you tho 😭

[covert plover]

I just thought the concept was neat. It wasn’t disrespectful

[wheat egret]

Im kidding lol

[indigo hinge]

hello nice featured picture

now.

this is so cool

[slim mantle]

Cattenheimer

[covert plover]

🤐

[wheat egret]

Neat.

[steady marsh]

It is very cool

Kamikazis work>

[valid mountain]

Apparently the bag just exploded. Leica Monochrom - Hexanon-M 90mm f/2.8

[steep lance]

i got to work with some models today for a bit!

[covert plover]

How did the outing go?

[steep lance]

It was really really great! I had a ton of fun, I've never worked in that environment before so it was wild how much I enjoyed it

[covert plover]

Awesome!

[sharp gulch]

these are fantastic!

[steep lance]

thank you!

[urban hazel]

New Polaroid b&w emulsion shot through my SX70 on Monhegan Island.

[distant coral]

Beautiful comps

[stone tulip]

My least film photos

[sharp gulch]

Real uninspired as of late

[viscid palm]

I feel that before last week I hadn’t shot for months

[sharp gulch]

its hard to when you shoot film

[viscid palm]

I have to go pick up a roll I devoloped last week

[indigo hinge]

not a fan of the huge border but i like the first piccie a lot

[viscid palm]

Thats just how I frame for insta.

It’s for consistency

[indigo hinge]

makes sense

nice shots on insta

i really like the one with the guy aggressively fishing

[viscid palm]

Haha thank you

[stone tulip]

My first attempt on something like "more serious" street

[indigo hinge]

i kinda like the last shot

not bad for first attempt

[covert plover]

I think this is from one of my first rolls of film

[stone tulip]

Some urbex on film :DDD

[sharp gulch]

i like the 3rd and the last shot

[sharp gulch]

love thesee

[stone tulip]

thanks

[stone tulip]

and thanks :DDD

[stone tulip]

Some portraits taken with my new Mamiya 645

[indigo hinge]

Omg i love these

[stone tulip]

Thanksss

[gusty linden]

Shot this in Adelaide when I went over there this year

Wish I had a 75 with me, but was nice place

[covert plover]

Im sorry that i feel compelled to post all of my dumbest snapshots here

[steady marsh]

I tend to do the same thing

[ivory bridge]

I enjoy seeing your photos here, please keep doing it

[covert plover]

aww tar ty

dont worry i was only being silly

[ivory bridge]

I should take it as an example and post more, too

[covert plover]

i actually really like the idea of what i stumbled onto totally by accident in that snapshot, but preferably id explore it with a little intention and effort

[stone tulip]

Foggy night

[sharp gulch]

na thats a good self porty

[keen obsidian]

Cosina, Lomography Earl Grey (im a happy bean)

[steady marsh]

Thought id share this here

[stone tulip]

Some portraits

[slim mantle]

No variable screen
No viewfinder
Hold it tight and I got this

I know it's not the sharpest in the world

[slim mantle]

Cute

Give him a chicken nugget

[gusty linden]

She likes chicken nuggies 😋

[valid mountain]

Morning grind - Pentax K3 Monochrome Sigma 180mm f/3.5 APO EX.

[valid mountain]

Elegant creature.

[slim mantle]

Monsieur päw

[stone tulip]

Some school work (Do not even ask how my teacher looked at me when I pulled my fully mechanical Praktica l2 xD)

[drifting patio]

Loving the Zf for its file’s versatility. Including B&W conversion.

[viscid palm]

I wish I had more time to shoot

[valid mountain]

Looks like you're getting decent results. I'm delighted when a student brings out a film camera. A few months ago I was helping a student fix light leaks in the bellows of a second hand Cambo 4X5 monorail camera he bought. I'd prefer doing that than dealing with a student who never takes their top-of-the-line digital camera off the auto setting.

[stone tulip]

Thanks! I started with digital but today I shoot almost everything on film. I enjoy the whole process from shooting to developing and scanning.

Fomapan 200 developed in fomadon excel.

[slim mantle]

Jakarta's old city dump

Ngl I want a film
But my bank account says no!

[stone tulip]

That's why I am shooting mostly foma xDD

[valid mountain]

Pentax K3 Monochrome

[wheat egret]

nice

[covert plover]

This photo looks like it would be soft to touch

[steady marsh]

nice

[kind charm]

how black sky

[valid mountain]

A deep red or IR filter can have that effect.

[wheat egret]

Daytime shot so the sky was deep blue

Just shift aqua and blue channel dark in c1

[wheat egret]

This as well but i dont have that yet

[kind charm]

damn

need to try

[wheat egret]

Works best if its a midday shot

Or wispy clouds

Cause no sunset colors in the sky only blue

[steady marsh]

i feel like it never works wheni try it

[valid mountain]

Infared produces similar results, though the effect is done in camera.

Though quantum efficiency in the 720nm and over frequency range is 40% and under.

Using infared filters was also the method they used to shoot night scenes in old classic black and white hollywood movies - turning the sky black allowed shoots in daylight hours without anything looking amiss.

[wheat egret]

yeah im getting a full spectrum camera soon

then i will use 720 nm filters

although i do like 590 nm for color

[valid mountain]

Kolari make an interesting " Aero chrome" IR filter. it's expensive though.

[kind charm]

damn

[indigo hinge]

damn this is fire black sky looks so cool

[stiff berry]

I love this. The light is captured amazingly!

[steep lance]

thank you very much!

[valid mountain]

Doing some IR work with the Pentax K1 and the SMCP K24mm f/2.8 and Hoya R72 - no hotspotting evident.

Another IR shot with the Tamron 90mm f/2.8 SP Di and Hoya R72 filter.

No discernable hot spots - these were taken with a stock unmodified K1.

[regal wave]

Havent posted here in a minute

[valid mountain]

Apparently the bag just tore itself apart.

[stone tulip]

Some film

[mild bone]

Where is this?

[distant bramble]

Concord, NH

[mild bone]

Howdy almost neighbor!

[covert plover]

@steep lance if you do end up in md will you teach me how to do photography

[steep lance]

lmao, it seems like you're doing just fine on your own! But I'd be happy to impart what wisdom I can

[covert plover]

I mean

I can take some photos but there’s clearly levels to this stuff

[steep lance]

honestly my slump has been continuing but i did take a nice portrait the other day so I'm not totally washed up

[valid mountain]

Cats, creatures of sophistication and dignity.

I have been working on producing trichromes with one of my Monochrome cameras the Pentax K3 Monochrome. At this point i'm using gel filter media from Lee to produce individual RGB frames and stacking them in photoshop.

[junior smelt]

Oooo that’s really nice

[distant coral]

Yeah that’s beautiful

I love the soft looking landscapes

[distant coral]

What was your aperture on this image?

[valid mountain]

I was using the Pentax K3 Monochrome with a Sigma 8-16mm f/4.5-5.6 @ 8mm stopped down to f/11 with an STC rear mounted NDX1000 filter. Shutter speed was about 15 seconds.

On the Pentax Monochrome f/11 is the point where diffraction starts to rear its ugly head, but unfortunately that is also the aperture where the sigma UWA zoom produced the most consistent resolution characteristic - and also reins in the problematic field curvature which rear mounted filters tend to make even worse.

[distant coral]

Shutter looks perfect for this composition

I need to experiment with longer shutter like that. Makes the images a little softer methinks

[valid mountain]

the front element on the Sigma is a bulbous monstrosity, no way of using regular filters on it. The front mounted filter systems that I use have flaring issues when used with it. So I went with a rear mounted ND filter solution as they take up less space in the camera bag.

[covert plover]

Whoa a tom photo

[gusty linden]

hehe

[gusty linden]

Feels underexposed, but I like 😄

[mossy compass]

Thanks I took this one as well but the cold was making it difficult lol

[mossy compass]

Like too dark not enough detail?

[covert plover]

Too dark

[gusty linden]

So your meter will always meter to middle grey

with snow, its best to overexpose by a stop

[covert plover]

Exposure slider goes brrrrr

[gusty linden]

and for a shot like this close your aperture just a bit more, just dont go too much, otherwise you risk diffraction

also! with monochrome, feel free to bump your ISO up more, that digital noise can easily pass off as grain to the person who doesn't know better, OFC not too much otherwise it will look like noise haha

that and monochromatic noise is easier to filter out depending on the shades and so on

[gusty linden]

yee, I like this more

but yeah, snow, overexpose. set your exp comp to overexpose 1 stop or even 2 stops

[mossy compass]

Aight thanks for the tips I shot it with my phone so although it's a really good camera for a phone it's slightly limited at the same time but I'll definitely try to remember that if I get the chance to shoot snow again

[mossy compass]

Thanks 🙏

Took these a couple days back and posted them in "open feedback" asking for opinions but didn't get any.
Any feedback or advice?

Was considering cropping the dark bit at the top of two of em but not sure cause quite like the curve as well

[junior smelt]

I went back and did the editing on this photograph again. I quite like the results

[sharp gulch]

Great

[steady marsh]

Neat

[left stag]

Pics from my trip in New York

[mossy compass]

Nice shots 👌
7 and 8 remind me of a fish's spine/ribs, looks cool

[left stag]

Thanks

[regal wave]

Awesome

[fossil sage]

It’s a fun old building, afaik the whole block used to be like that

[wheat egret]

nice

really cool building

[fossil sage]

One wonders if it sways in the wind

[mossy compass]

What do you all think?

And which do you prefer?

[valid mountain]

Oboe reedmaking...

[stone tulip]

Ilford delta 3200 test

[stone tulip]

Still life

[stone tulip]

Experimenting with portraits

[indigo hinge]

Others felt a bit basic but the eye one is really interesting

How did you take it? Or is it all post

Doesnt matter just curious)

I like it

[junior smelt]

Thought this came out pretty neat :))

[vague vault]

One of my favourite shots

This, too

[swift harbor]

Abstract Architecture

[steady marsh]

Sick

[slim mantle]

Thought on this one?

[steady marsh]

I like

Maybe more like this though

Im nitpicking though

[slim mantle]

Oh that looks interesting

[steady marsh]

[regal wave]

Awesome

Agree with riley

[regal wave]

U should try diptychs

[steady marsh]

Ive thought about it

Some of those look like diptychs lol

[steady marsh]

Sweet

[steady marsh]

Nice

[buoyant cedar]

Wow. Beautiful. Where is this?

I really like B&W photos. Makes them a lot more dramatic and deep

[wheat egret]

sierra nevada california

[steady marsh]

I need to visit, landscapes like that are not my strong suit though

Definitely sometime in the next couple years

I'm curious on the raw and i wanna watch your editing process

[wheat egret]

In true big dogg fashion its an 8 frame focus stacked panorama

Hdr too but I decided i didnt need it

DR was high enough

[steady marsh]

Of course

[slim mantle]

I can stop time
But nothing stops me ahh photo

[slim mantle]

Lately I'm doing a lot of bw

[rare badger]

that’s fire

[keen obsidian]

Oh my gosh, Riley. These are pretty

[steady marsh]

Thank you

[fair jackal]

I am very happy with this photo

[valid mountain]

Night time roadworks, the reason I've been sleep deprived lately.

[earnest badger]

Tried out some motion blur while being a passenger last weekend.

[sacred spire]

Grand canyon

[stone tulip]

Something more decent

[indigo hinge]

this is an old picture i took like 2 years i go think. nothing particularly amazing but i like it

uhm why cant i send it

[steady marsh]

Nice

[slim mantle]

Thanks

[stone tulip]

Some portraits from a cooked roll of fomapan 400

[steady marsh]

These are nice

[hoary basin]

Thank you 💜

[stone tulip]

Fomapan 200 pushed to 400

[steady marsh]

Nice

[true dawn]

Wanted to go higher contrast than I normally do with this last show

[slim mantle]

Some streets thingy

[drifting patio]

Recent black and whites

[valid mountain]

How does that work? high rollers all have Leicas and 'blads?

[neat musk]

Marine ships are cool in b&w

[stone tulip]

spain nature

[wicked mantle]

Some shots from a flim noir themed photo group shoot

[glad furnace]

Going shopping

[woeful jungle]

Rolleicord medium format double exposure on film

[glad furnace]

This guy counts right?

[valid mountain]

Lazy panoramic with a fisheye.

[dusty ledge]

shots from abq balloon fest

[fossil sage]

One of the better photo ops in the state

Nice

[dusty ledge]

Definitely lmao, thanks!

[fossil sage]

good thing you got there now and not a week ago, apparently the winds were too high to fly

[dawn trench]

Finland

[dawn trench]

I love this and the raised blacks

[steady marsh]

Big fan of this and the very first one In the group you sent

[valid mountain]

Discord compression really butchered that..

[slender dew]

./

[slender dew]

Mackinaw Bridge in UV & 850nm IR

[wheat egret]

Second one is pretty nice

[steady marsh]

Cool

[covert plover]

snappies

[covert plover]

Jay and silent Beth

[fossil sage]

I never actually say any of those movies, worth a watch?

[covert plover]

I think clerks is but tbh it’s also been so so long

[covert plover]

Dogma is good

[fossil sage]

I’ll try Clerks first then, thanks for the recommendation

[dawn trench]

Crunchy af

[swift harbor]

That is super cool. Looks like it's coming out of an old newspaper or something

[frank kite]

This has to be my favourite choice from touring for monochrome, it's only a couple shots each show but when they're just right they do the job brilliantly

[steel igloo]

I have another edit with a very darkened sky that is fun for an album cover but otherwise too surreal

its looking up a flagpole of some kind in the rain in dublin

Dark Edit

[swift harbor]

Very cool perspective! Do you mind if i share small piece of feedback?

[steel igloo]

Yes please 🙏

[swift harbor]

I think it's a cool perspective, but I think you can improve the crop a bit by playing around with the vanishing point and the rule of thirds. There are quite a few fun options here in my opinion, with each one changing the image a bit.

[steel igloo]

Yeah I think i kinda liked the off balance feeling of it but this is good feedback, and the symmetry is nice too

[valid mountain]

On the Limestone Coast.

Morning Coffee.

[fossil sage]

Mmm, coffee

[covert plover]

snappies from dc today

[wise tartan]

A small sample of photos from an ongoing project of mine in Sarawak, Borneo. Two trips already done, third one coming up in June.

[keen crater]

omg malaysia mentioned

[wise tartan]

someone gotta

[keen crater]

https://tenor.com/view/scream-if-you-love-malaysia-gif-15778146341978048248

[glad furnace]

(First one is technically not a b&w pic but it looks close enough)

[dawn trench]

The third one very clean

[north torrent]

thanks!!

[plain mulch]

love the tones

(if this is film please share what it is)

[north torrent]

thank you! these are all digital :>

[plain mulch]

ou dang

2nd one is really nice

[north torrent]

it was shot at uh the old town in takayama japan at night if you’re ever around

[plain mulch]

lmfao i wont be in japan for ages

[leaden violet]

Some b&ws ive done

[visual coral]

Good works

[pure barn]

Really getting to enjoy black and white for focusing on texture/variety of shapes not just colour

[north torrent]

do you know any more about this majestic tree

piss off clanker

[pure barn]

Tamworth wetlands
-32.3327074, 115.8118365

[north torrent]

thanks king

[pure barn]

Very hard to say what species it is due to the age and state of weathering

Given the size and width of base, may be a Jarrah, but there are similar trees there in a similar state of weathering that appear to be sheoak after seeing dropped limbs

[north torrent]

i’ve started on a bit of a journey (very early start) trying to find trees that are like at least a few hundred years old and stuff so this is cool to see - i know nothing about them but yeah this makes sense

[pure barn]

I don't know if these would be that old, given how fire prone this particular area is, and the rate of growth given location

I'm trying to document small bits of the wetlands bit every few months, just, as it is
Obviously anything in detail would be monstrous considering the variety and size of even such a small reserve, so just as the wetlands are

The fuel age in the wetlands is insane, and it's literally impossible to reduce in in a non destructive manner
One day a fire will take hold properly and it will be decades before it returns to its current state

[north torrent]

how humbling

[pure barn]

I am appreciative of the work the local shire and state government are doing to manage invasive species of plants and culling invasive species like kookaburras, but it's easily 30+ tons per hectare in at risk areas
Combine that with the peat in the swamp, the Paperbark, and literal feet of decaying matter in untouched areas
It would burn on and off for months or years

We have another similar area of wetlands that started burning about a decade ago and it's been on and off since, just untouchable areas with insane fuel loads, and layers and layers of slow burning peat and biomatter

[north torrent]

peat bogs are SICK

but yeah super out of control real fast once they light up

[pure barn]

They don't get out of control as such, because they can never get enough oxygen to burn hot
And if a fire is burning hot enough above them they sometimes can't start due to oxygen starvation

But it's the wackamole

Couple years back my parents property was burnt over and we were dousing the peat on their boundary for months
I think the last time a brigade attendee for a call out was more than six months after the fire, well into the wet season

[north torrent]

holy shit

i see

i know fires need oxygen to sustain themselves but its like .. hard to imagine oxygen starvation as a concept given footage seen of wildfires and stuff that you see of rainforests and stuff

much to think about

[pure barn]

You can't control oxygen in a wildfire
Can sooner block out the sun
In large fires you use your limited water and manpower to protect critical assets/culture and then you use machinery to cut breaks to contain it and then try and stop the head/fingers as wind and conditions change, then go into the already burnt ground and wet it down from the edges until it's far enough away from fresh ground that it can't start again

In remote areas where water is not attainable due to remote locations, the main method is to burn back into the fire
Most things can only burn once

In my volunteering aspect I've gotten permission from my chief to take photos for the shire during incidents when allowed by IC
So I'm looking forward to getting that and then also doing some personal use of it

I have my full spectrum modified nex-7 and I'd love to see what I can do with that in mono because it already produces insane skin tones, eyes and skies

It's not weather sealed, so if I really like the results I'll look into getting a Z30 or something similar and removing the hot filter

[north torrent]

hell yea, i really like … was it the 590 or 6xx IR filter as like a b/w adjacent where you can get dark skies and white foliage

sold my full spectrum x100s for the xh1 actually but have an itching to return to it one day

[pure barn]

I'm not too sure, still waiting for my filters to arrive
This is just colour tweaking white balance, then monochrome with sharpness and contrast boosted
Straight out of camera

[north torrent]

pls no banding

holy highlights

in the second photo

work in progress i suppose

[jaunty flower]

[worthy flare]

Need to start sharing in here more. Really been enjoying B&W wildlife as of late

[ivory bridge]

I've not posted for some time but yesterday I finally got around editing the photos I took in September

[humble tapir]

Hello! I love B&W.

Some of the ones I am enjoying so far and trying to get better at crushing the blacks.

[woeful epoch]

Mill hell remains

[humble tapir]

@normal iron check out this B&W thread!

[buoyant stone]

Some monochrome photos 🙂

Taken at Hilsea Lido

[plain mulch]

leica 50 in amsterdam

[lethal bobcat]

Nightlife in port