I always love to see great black and white photography but haven’t stretched outside of my comfort zone to try it for myself. We spent Saturday afternoon in the Skagit Valley Tulip Fields and I took a lot of pictures with my camera for a future Pacific Northwest travel post but I also snapped this one with my phone so I could text a “we are here!” message to my family. When I saw Lens and Pen by Sally was hosting an iPhone black and white challenge I realized today was the perfect opportunity to try something new. Let me know what you think, tips and pointers are welcome! I took this picture with my iPhone 5 and all edits were in Snapseed.
If you would like to join future iPhone challenges please visit Lens and Pen by Sally for details. The monthly schedule is below.
1st Monday: Nature
2nd Monday: Macro
3rd Monday: Black-and-White
4th and 5th Mondays: Challenger’s Choice (Pick One: Abstraction, Architecture, Food Photography, Night Photography, Portraiture, Still Life, Street Photography, and Travel).
I love the look of this in black and white. I think it gives it an interesting ‘layered’ look that color might distract from. If that makes sense…
Thanks, it does make sense and I welcome the feedback! I am such a color person this was a stretch for me. 🙂
Love the sharpness and the different levels of “color.” Nice job!
Thank you! I liked your choice today too!
Nice work! I don’t often embrace B&W, but this photo is great for it.
Thanks! I love looking at other people’s B&W but can’t seem let go of color in my own photos. I’m glad you like this one. 🙂
Love the composition of this; beautiful.
Thanks, it was a crazy day with snow, rain and hail but I think this picture manages to show only the pretty parts. 🙂
Wow! I was imagining gentle sunshine, soft spring breezes. The kind of day you end up tying your sweater round your waist cos it’s just too hot to wear it.
I wish it was like that! We were in rain boots and big coats…
😦 certainly wouldn’t know it from the photo!
You have done an excellent job with this, in my opinion 🙂 I would have loved to see the original unedited version, just because I am a geek that way.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts! I will include the original color version when I post the rest of my pictures next week. I like to see them “before and after” too. 🙂
Cool 🙂
I am going to post both versions today for Alisa’s theme of Contrast. Thanks for the idea!
Welcome to the challenge, I’m delighted to have you join the fun. Your image is engaging and nicely conceived. I like that you took another view of a flower that brings us a glimpse of Spring’s magic. While I like the layered effect and being drawn back into the surroundings of the tulips, what if you cropped it across the image, just before the trees. If the tulips are your subject that might make it more effective. Well done for your first attempt. Have a lovely week.
Thanks for the encouragement and feedback! I am going to try some cropping options today and can’t wait to see the results. Thanks also for choosing to follow me. I will be sure to take more pictures with my phone to be better prepared for Mondays. 🙂
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Your composition is well conceived with the close-up of the larger tulips with leading diagonal lines of smaller tulips in the background. This adds depth to the photograph. Well done on the processing as well. – Bob
Thanks for taking a look at my first B&W and sharing your impressions! I really enjoy how you document your editing processes on your blog and am excited to keep trying and learning with each new image.
My more technical blog can be found at http://ungawa.tumblr.com, where you should be able to see the camera, lens and settings used on each photo. Welcome aboard. – Bob
Great, thanks for the link!
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