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| Tiny cemetery in the middle of a farmer's field. (click to enlarge) Nikon Zf; Nikon 28mm f/2.8 lens; 1/250th sec. @ f/9; ISO 100 |
Recently I decided to grab a camera and a few prime lenses and just wander the countryside keeping my eye open for anything that I felt was 'picture worthy.' I was in a black & white photography mood. The sky was perfect for photography, especially black & white photography. Here are a few of them that I took that morning.
I'm photographing more and more in black & white these days. After posting my several month blog project, which I titled, "Monochrome Monday," I found that I enjoyed challenging myself once again to see in tonal values instead of colors. Afterall I had spent my first decade in photography shooting only black & white.
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| Nikon Zf; Yongnuo 85mm f/1.8 lens; 1/200th sec. @ f/11; ISO 180 (click to enlarge) |
For the black & white images, I take the Nikon Zf, utilizing the top plate switch to instantly engage black & white and using Nikon's Deep Tone Monochrome profile, along with a few prime lenses I've mentioned before. Again, old school for me.
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| The last time I was here the sign read, "R.I.P. Mom." Since then, in lighter and smaller letters below, someone has added, "& Pop." Evidently the whole family is dying off! lol (click to enlarge) Nikon Zf; 28mm f/2.8 lens; 1/60th sec. @ f/8; ISO 360 |
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| Swayback roofline. (click to enlarge) Nikon Zf; Yongnuo 85mm f/1.8 lens; 1/250th sec. @ f/11; ISO 125 |
Again, nothing special. Just a few of the results of a recent morning out in the countryside with no particular agenda. I love just getting our and wandering with my camera.
Thanks for looking. Enjoy!
Dennis A. Mook
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Very nice! Now I am thinking of renting a Leica Q2 Monochrom. If so, as it will be a very short term rental.
ReplyDeleteThere is something revealing in the abstract of the grayscale- B&W that has always been attractive to me. It does not work for every subject but can be very special where it does.
I am pleased with the grayscale rending of scanned Tri-X negatives using Negative Lab Pro but think the Monochrom might be a big step forward in an advance to the past.
Thank you. If you do rent one, I’d be interested to hear your assessment of it versus scanned Tri-X and converting images made with a Bayer array sensor. ~Dennis
DeleteLove the shots Dennis. For the 3 photos with buildings, they always get me thinking, "Who lived here...what were there lives like and why were the houses eventually abandoned?"
DeleteSteve, thank you. Exactly! One of the reasons I enjoy photographing the old, abandoned, forgotten, etc., is because those subjects invoke those same thoughts in me. ~Dennis
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