POST YOUR BEST B&W SHOTS! (2)

Sony Alpha 7II
Summicron-M 28/f2.0 ASPH

mberger3 wrote in post #19445532
Double exposure..overlay?

It's actually a HDR photo, and the combination of odd clouds in the sky, combined with swaying tree branches just created the effect !

This is what happens if you don't eat enough, be warned.

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Sheep Skull

Shakertown, KY

el lobo wrote in post #19445585
Sony Alpha 7II
Summicron-M 28/f2.0 ASPH

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Great choice for B/W and I really like all the tonal variations of the rock strata; thanks for sharing.

2slo wrote in post #19445882

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/2nYN​sbi Fallen leaves by Mark, on Flickr

Normally I find an out of focus foreground a bit distracting but here I feel it works quite well. The whole image strikes me as a dream sequence, with one's unclear thoughts starting to take shape in the foreground, and then finally sharpening in the "illuminated consciousness." At least that's how it strikes me; thanks for sharing.

sapearl wrote in post #19445915
Normally I find an out of focus foreground a bit distracting but here I feel it works quite well. The whole image strikes me as a dream sequence, with one's unclear thoughts starting to take shape in the foreground, and then finally sharpening in the "illuminated consciousness." At least that's how it strikes me; thanks for sharing.

Interesting POV, thanks. My intent was to focus attention in the leaf with the ripple to the left of centre and I've used the shallow DoF to assist with that.

sapearl wrote in post #19445915
Normally I find an out of focus foreground a bit distracting but here I feel it works quite well. The whole image strikes me as a dream sequence, with one's unclear thoughts starting to take shape in the foreground, and then finally sharpening in the "illuminated consciousness." At least that's how it strikes me; thanks for sharing.

And now that you point it out, I understand that viewpoint. I was just flying with my immediate gut reaction to the image as a whole. It just goes to show that you've got a lot going on there.

Shopping trolleys - carts to you folks in the US, I believe
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Terrycanon wrote in post #19446114
Shopping trolleys - carts to you folks in the US, I believe
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Also called buggies. Invented in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Terry McDaniel wrote in post #19446144
Also called buggies. Invented in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

I remember you told me they were called carts, but buggies is a new one on me. In the UK a buggy is a child's pushchair.

Terrycanon wrote in post #19446159
I remember you told me they were called carts, but buggies is a new one on me. In the UK a buggy is a child's pushchair.

UK pushchair = US stroller?

Dialects vary so much. I haven't heard "buggy" for shopping cart. A buggy can be a baby carriage or a horse-drawn vehicle like Amish still use. "Buggy" is also a jocular term for a car, I think not often used anymore.

OhLook wrote in post #19446163
UK pushchair = US stroller?

Dialects vary so much. I haven't heard "buggy" for shopping cart. A buggy can be a baby carriage or a horse-drawn vehicle like Amish still use. "Buggy" is also a jocular term for a car, I think not often used anymore.

Yes, pushchair = US stroller (which is also a new one on me). Funnily enough, pushchairs/buggies/str​ollers are also called trolleys in the part of the UK where I live. I'd never heard that one until I moved to the North West of England. Isn't language fascinating?