This should be a fun challenge.
There are a few "rules" this time around

No tinting..that means no sepia, no added tone at all

It is prefered that you actually shoot your photo in monochrome, rather than converting it from color.

Today almost every camera will allow you to do this..

It's kind of a back to the basics challenge.

So there ya go..have fun exploring the simple yet exciting world of black and white photography

Excellent idea ! i'm in ;o)

I'm sorry my camera (Nikon D70s) does not allow me to shot in B&W...
So, here is my entry (converted with PhotoFiltre)

Happy New Year to everybody in the Forum !

:~)

Another example of my being a dollar short and a day late...... I just got home from a bonsai trip along the Eastern Sierras, had my camera, saw some "would be" wonderful lighting for monochrome, but alas I didn't really stop to take many pics, a few on the way home, trying to get a good elk shot, and then I get on here and see this is our new challenge! Oh well, I will have all month to try to get some great B&W, cuz you know how I love B&W!!!!
Thanks to whoever came up with this months theme....... and Happy New Year!!!

Put that fork in your gallery Rich, it is great. Lots of good entries so far. Here is a link to my first:
Mono(chrome) Lake - IR
by Kort

seeya  Tunde

Old bench and the reflection.

a donde se ponen las fotos

Abajo en la pagina donde dice "attach a file", haz click en "Browse" y buscalo en tus archivos.  Asi se lo pone, lo maximo es 200kb y 800px de ancho o altura creo.

 Jeroni : y tu foto tiene que hacer menos de 200k :)

Charlot

Jeroni : tus fotos son geniales ! excelente !

truco : cuando te faltas algo o que quieres hacer una modificación aqui, puedes hacer un clic sobre (edit my post) en el "back to top" (a la altura de tu firma jeroni ) y rectificar lo que sea y despues, clic sobre "save".. Como puedes (delete my post) (eleminar) un post...
Tienes un poco menos de 20 minutos (si me acuerdo bien) para hacerlo, despues este tiempo no se puede hacer nada a parte "quote" (reponer la frase de alguien en tu post) "print" (imprimir) o "save" (guardar)

How many picture we can post

Quote - How many picture we can post

3 pero puede ser que lo han cambiado o no, eso no sé... (3 but perhaps they change it or not,  I don't know)

It is three as far as i know.

Solo se puede poner tres, es para evitar crear un "thread" muy largo y para que todos piensan en lo que capturan en sus fotos.

Gracias por tu repuesta Rich

I have a strange feeling here... 
this is called a challenge, but there is not challenge page (and hence no written rules, and hence the above questions...)
this is a challenge and I understand and agree that it is for fun (--> no votes) but there are also almost no comments... :-(
So, I understand why Kort is uploading his entry in his gallery... but I would like to encourage people to express their opinion, totally frankly, because we are here to learn, to improve...
So, I start giving my opinion on the already submitted pictures :

• Rich's fork : totally extra-ordinary ! we all know Rich's talent... like Tom, I would suggest to post this excellent picture in your gallery
  -V8Bluebottle : nice picture but I'm not comfortable with the nearly exact division in two parts (a dark and a clear)
  -David's bench : of course, I like... LOL (but would be curious to see it in color...)
  -Tom's leaves : I'm a great fan of Tom's photographic skill but here I'm not sure the subject is the best for B&W + I don't like the green frame.
  -Olivier's fan : great creativity, excellentissime !
  -Kort's monochrome lake : Kort is THE master of IR and uses this great tool perfectly to enhance this B&W scene !
  -Tunde's cemetary statue : well seen; perfect mood in B&W !
  -Valou's bench : of course, I like...LOL
  -Valou'strange place : excellentissime ! another masterpiece for your gallery !
  -Valou's forest : I really like the "clair-obscur" effect" provided by the B&W
  -Jeroni's canaletas : very nice classical shot of the Ramblas; well composed.
  -Jeroni's charlot : great POV, well captured !
  -Jeroni's farina : amazing image, perfect in B&W. would appreciate some explanations (where ? Barcelona ? what is it ? a (kind of) battle ?)
  All in all, I think these few images already demonstrate very well the power of B&W in photography !

I really wish that others will give their opinions and advices...

Attached Link: www.renderosity.com/mod/gallery/index.php?image_id=1587756

So, I'm now uploading a similar image here, asking for your true opinion...

Help Valou, or Rich...
Just got a site mail from Jeroni :

*-----Original Message-----
From: jeroni
Sent: 2008-01-04 16:27:56
Subject:

hola amigo perdona que no ponga comentarios  en el forums pero mi ingles es pesimo y los traductores traducen como quieren, Te explico lo de la farina  es una guerra de agua y arina que se celebra en verano en algunos pueblos de Valencia y Alicante , lo malo de esta guerra es  que la camara sufre mucho ya que  uno solo tiene ojos para hacer fotos pero no sabes lo que te vas encontrar a tu espalda, bueno si quieres saber algo mas no dudes en preguntar un abrazo tu amigo Jeroni. Tus fotos de Barcelona geniales y gracias por la dedicatoria amigo

I think I understand most of it but not enough to translate it for the other viewers here
So, I would appreciate your help my friends...

Attached Link: http://www.renderosity.com/mod/gallery/index.php?image_id=1592495

hello friend forgives that do not make comments in the forums but my English is pesimo and translators translate in want, Te explain what the SYNERGY is a war of water and 25529 to be held in summer in some villages of Valencia and Alicante, bad in this war is that the camara suffers much because one only has eyes to make pictures but do not know what you are going to find your back, good if you want to know something but not hesitate to ask a hug Jeroni your friend. Your pictures of Barcelona gene.
No se si esta bien escrito

Quote - It's kind of a back to the basics challenge.

I don't really think it is. After all, how much of a basis has B/W phtography been for anyone here? Sure, black and white has been the start of photography, but how much has it really been the basis of what the guys and gals around here do? If it has been, it has been a choice, but not a necessity, as it has been been when photography was really at its "basics". These days black-and-white photos are an artistic choice, not a "basic" - or so I would think. What the basics of photgraphy are can be defined from a historical POV, but will that really do the craft justice? Like most things photgraphy evolves, so should we really cling to the roots of it, or embrace the opportunities modern technology provides and make them our own? Nevertheless, this challenge got me thinking and I figured if I shot a B/W image I might as well shoot an image of a blackbird:

its one of my boyfriend and a young bull... i call it... co-mooooo-nications!

i missed it

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Quote - Jeroni : tus fotos son geniales ! excelente !

truco : cuando te faltas algo o que quieres hacer una modificación aqui, puedes hacer un clic sobre (edit my post) en el "back to top" (a la altura de tu firma jeroni ) y rectificar lo que sea y despues, clic sobre "save".. Como puedes (delete my post) (eleminar) un post...
Tienes un poco menos de 20 minutos (si me acuerdo bien) para hacerlo, despues este tiempo no se puede hacer nada a parte "quote" (reponer la frase de alguien en tu post) "print" (imprimir) o "save" (guardar)

Merci Hermanita ! Gracias Soeurette ! Lo que habes escribido a Jeroni vale para me tambien porque no sabia por el tiempo que tenemos para rectificar...!

Thanks sister ! What you've explained to Jeroni would help me too because I did'nt know about the timing to valid an edit !
:biggrin:

last summar, uk, i guess he or she felt lonely
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Quote - what am i doing wrong?

You are trying to use BBCode, whereas most of the post formatting seems to beased on HTML (as far as I can tell, being not very fluent in HTML). Gave me quite a headache too, for a while. What I do these days is save coding that works in a text file, replace parts of it when I want to post a new image, then copy-paste the whole block into my post. Might be a bit of a roundabout way to handle it, but probably doesn't take much longer than typing all the tags would.

Thank you for your help. I have to say that one time when i do it, there is no problem and another i cant upload. So it is very frustraiting, not knowing why one time it works but not the other.

Sorry I haven't had a chance to comment on any of the great stuff everyone has been posting to this one.

There is some really stand out material here...Gimi is correct about the nature of the forum challenges..

These are more informal and Iwe really do encourage you to interact with the other photographers and talk about what you posted or they posted, or different ideas or techniques..

jeroni's shot is my favorite so far...

Andreas, my point was, B&W is the basics of Photography..Sure a lot of people started in the color world, I'd be willing to bet quite a few here started in the digital world.

It's like asking (for example) Eddie Van Halen to play a set on an accoustic Guitar., or or asking "Will I Am" to record a Bluegrass band with one microphone on a single take. (Ok, that's a really obscure reference)

But it makes a point, It's an exercise in the basics..It's also a good way to explore and learn about the way light and dark work together

Agree with you Pushinfaders about the basic and great shool of B&W !

Not agree with your example Eddie Van Halen : he did a live stage exhib' with an acoustic solo for about 10 minutes...lol ! Maybe Joe Satriani or Dave Gilmour could suite better, but I am not sure as each guitar man (woman) began with acoustic ...

And as I understand the meaning of your comparison, I'd rather say : acoustic is at the guitar player what B&W is at the photographer...

But like Michel ( GiMi53) I hadn't some in my files, now which could perhaps challenge

A nice sunday to all of you my friends
q:) Magali

Anyways, I downsized a bit and now I'm below what has alredy been uploaded without sacrificing quality.

Fit the first: Vienna I
OM2, Ilford FP4, scanned from print.

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