B&W RESULT:#54 Black & White Challenge

sinnerjohn said:
Congrats to Lynne.Peterson and rizole and many thanks for my 3rd Brian.


Personally I think this is irrelevant, Rizole could photograph virtually anything and make it look good regardless of weapon of choice and I was just lucky with interesting subject matter. Would they have looked different using an iphone, probably not :D
Don't lets go down the Nikon is better than Canon, Canon is better than Fuji road please :)

I do agree with your comment about posting at 3000 pixels,why post at a lower resolution ?
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It’s not a matter that this is better than that but it seems the non-iPhone crowd sometimes feel their phone of choice is not being recognized as a viable option. So that’s just my tip of the hat.
 
FundyBrian said:
First Place: Lynne.Peterson. Very fine composition, dramatic shadow, leading lines, good print tones. All round, a very fine image.
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Well done Brian... so many great images to choose from.

Congratulations Lynne!! A gorgeous B&W and so deserving of first place. :inlove:

FundyBrian said:
2nd - rizole. Rizole consistently pulls off great pictures in situations when most people wouldn’t even try and this is an example. It has the feel of a frame from a movie. It’s hard enough to get photos in the dark when nothing is moving.
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Totally agree with Brian... well done Rizole!

FundyBrian said:
3rd goes to sinner john for his dramatic building-scape. This strange structure could have come from a science fiction set.
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Fabulous and kudos to you, John!

FundyBrian said:
Since I had such a hard time dividing them up I’m also naming 3 HMs.

sdimbour for her striking eye photo. I have no idea how she achieved such sharpness from a 1536 px image.
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The Egret photo by terse. Beautiful.
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rizole with his small snowman lit by a pathway light. He is always doing surprising things. And there's that illuminated reindeer decoration in the background.
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Congrats HMs Sandra, Ted & Rizole!
 
FundyBrian said:
B&W #54 Results
JillyG "It’s now the job of FundyBrian Brian to choose the winners."
And quite a job it turned out to be.
I’m sure that most of you realize I’m somewhat of a traditionalist when it comes to B&W photos, reaffirming the print values from the film days. The Fine Print, The Zone System, etc. I like to see a full range of tones in a B&W image, good tonal separation, highlight and shadow detail. But I also like to see more extreme renditions at times when the subject suits.

I found it difficult to pick a winner from my last selection of 9 images. I felt I was nit-picking to whittle it down to 6. Every image was very good. At that level the differences were small, being more related to image content, mood, style, composition.

Since I was looking closely at these photos I could see that people who posted at 3000 pixels had an edge when it came to image detail. Something to consider.

First Place: Lynne.Peterson. Very fine composition, dramatic shadow, leading lines, good print tones. All round, a very fine image.
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2nd - rizole. Rizole consistently pulls off great pictures in situations when most people wouldn’t even try and this is an example. It has the feel of a frame from a movie. It’s hard enough to get photos in the dark when nothing is moving.
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3rd goes to sinner john for his dramatic building-scape. This strange structure could have come from a science fiction set.
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Did you notice 2 of the top 3 photos where Android or Samsung?
Since I had such a hard time dividing them up I’m also naming 3 HMs.

sdimbour for her striking eye photo. I have no idea how she achieved such sharpness from a 1536 px image.
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The Egret photo by terse. Beautiful.
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rizole with his small snowman lit by a pathway light. He is always doing surprising things. And there's that illuminated reindeer decoration in the background.
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I continue to be very impressed by the quality of B&W photos in this Challenge. Well done everyone!
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Congrats Lynne.Peterson, sinnerjohn, sdimbour and terse and thank you for my 2nd place. :notworthy:
sinnerjohn said:
...Rizole could photograph virtually anything and make it look good....
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And thank you too. :notworthy:
 
FundyBrian said:
B&W #54 Results
JillyG "It’s now the job of FundyBrian Brian to choose the winners."
And quite a job it turned out to be.
I’m sure that most of you realize I’m somewhat of a traditionalist when it comes to B&W photos, reaffirming the print values from the film days. The Fine Print, The Zone System, etc. I like to see a full range of tones in a B&W image, good tonal separation, highlight and shadow detail. But I also like to see more extreme renditions at times when the subject suits.

I found it difficult to pick a winner from my last selection of 9 images. I felt I was nit-picking to whittle it down to 6. Every image was very good. At that level the differences were small, being more related to image content, mood, style, composition.

Since I was looking closely at these photos I could see that people who posted at 3000 pixels had an edge when it came to image detail. Something to consider.

First Place: Lynne.Peterson. Very fine composition, dramatic shadow, leading lines, good print tones. All round, a very fine image.
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2nd - rizole. Rizole consistently pulls off great pictures in situations when most people wouldn’t even try and this is an example. It has the feel of a frame from a movie. It’s hard enough to get photos in the dark when nothing is moving.
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3rd goes to sinner john for his dramatic building-scape. This strange structure could have come from a science fiction set.
View attachment 103603

Did you notice 2 of the top 3 photos where Android or Samsung?
Since I had such a hard time dividing them up I’m also naming 3 HMs.

sdimbour for her striking eye photo. I have no idea how she achieved such sharpness from a 1536 px image.
View attachment 103604


The Egret photo by terse. Beautiful.
View attachment 103605


rizole with his small snowman lit by a pathway light. He is always doing surprising things. And there's that illuminated reindeer decoration in the background.
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I continue to be very impressed by the quality of B&W photos in this Challenge. Well done everyone!
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Wonderful choices Brian. Congratulations to everyone. Another challenge with top-notch work that raises the bar yet again :):thumbs::thumbs:
 
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