4 replies to this topic

[sunshine]

Peter's recent monochrome challenge sparked an interest for me in black and white photography.  I have processed quite a few since then.  Yesterday I decided to take a different approach and dug up my old Olympus E-M10 camera.  If you're not familiar, it's a 16 megapixel, micro four thirds, mirrorless, interchangeable lens camera.  I set it up to capture both raw and jpg, then set picture control to monochrome.  The day was bright and sunny with few clouds so I selected the red filter option.  Here's a few examples of the .jpg photos providing a small "snapshot" of Culpeper, Virginia.

 

St. Stephen's Episcopal church

 

County Courthouse

 

Wrong side of the tracks

 

State Theater

 

Assembly of God church

[Bart]

A great b&w series!

So, if I understand correctly, these are straight out of the camera?

Remarkable!

[sunshine]

A great b&w series!

So, if I understand correctly, these are straight out of the camera?

Remarkable!

 

Not quite.  I brought them into Lightroom for the usual highlight and shadow tweak but that was about it.  They were not converted to black and white in Lightroom.

[Nikon Shooter]

… love the second frame, most pleasing composition!

[sunshine]

… love the second frame, most pleasing composition!

 

Thanks.  My favorite of the day, as well.