Black and White Book Club 9

This is what I would call a "natural" black and white. It's an old door knob in the manse which I did shoot in color, having every intention to convert it to black and white. But, when I did that, no matter how I tried to process it, all texture and depth was lost in the photo. I finally gave up and left it as is, using only the sharpen and contrast features in Ribbet to define the picture. It made more sense to me that way, after all, it is black AND white (and maybe a little gray).

[Hope D Jennings]

Fantastic

[Ann H. LeFevre]

@mzzhope Thank you Hope!

[Lisa Poland]

Love the detail!

[Taffy]

It's a great example for the emphasis on shape.

[Ann H. LeFevre]

@homeschoolmom Thank you Lisa!
@taffy Thank you Taffy!

[Katie]

Natural monochrome!

[Ann H. LeFevre]

@archaeofrog Thanks Katie! I had to call it something that sounded like a good explanation!

[Teresa]

It's perfect. I don't even think "color" when I look at it. The eye is drawn by the shapes and textures, as well as the contrasts. Beautiful!

[Kerri]

Awesome shot

[Nicole Campbell]

I love finding old doors like this, neat shot

[Timothy]

cool

[alia_801]

It looks B&W to me :) I like the different shapes :)

[Brigette]

i love the simplictiy in this. Sometimes less is more.

[Sally Ings]

Wonderful textures

[Ann H. LeFevre]

@wordsmith @kerristephens @nicolecampbell @twr @alia_801 @brigette @salza

Thank you Teresa, Kerri, Nicole, Timothy, Alia, Brigette, and Sally! I just took a quick look at my calendar and I find it fascinating that although my mind knows this is really a color shot, how it really reads as another black and white next to all the "true" black and white shots there! Thanks for all the views and comments- they really mean so much to me!

[Ann H. LeFevre]

@brigette Thank you so much for the fav Brigette!

[Ann H. LeFevre]

@bill_fe Thanks for the fav Bill!

[Keith Porteous]

Great shot, lovely

[Sharon]

Very cool and great eye!

[Bev]

Nice shot, Ann ... great contrast and texture. Well done.

[Rick Schies]

Nice vintage look, and I love the old hardware

[Ann H. LeFevre]

@kporte @twinsplusone @prttblues @digitalrn
Thank you Keith, Sharon, Bev, and Rick!

[Dina Rich]

Amazing detail!

[Ann H. LeFevre]

@bellasmom Thank you Dina! And thank you so much for the fav!

[Frank Hymus]

Wonderful shape and white paint wood texture. Works for B/W. :)

[Ann H. LeFevre]

@frankhymus Thanks Frank!

[The Mysterious Mr Biscuit]

I know just what you mean about losing something when you convert what seems to already be a black and white image to b&w, that's happened to me a couple of times. Looks great as it is!

[Dione Giorgio]

Well spotted. Love it.

[Daisy Miller]

wonderful shot

[Carole Imes]

Old and bold ... for some reason these 2 words came to my mind when I saw this photo. Funny how the mind works :-) Anyway you captured some great textures and it really stands out!

[Ann H. LeFevre]

@kaesebiscuit Thanks Mr. B! I'd never had that happen before, but it was interesting to "learn" that sometimes you don't have to convert to b/w to make a shot b/w. Good to see a comment from you again! Somehow we got off track...life!
@sangwann Thanks Dione!
@daisymiller Thanks Daisy!
@cimes1 Thank you Carole! Yes, true- some things get triggered by what we see because our brains are wired that way.

[Laura]

Brilliant.

[Ann H. LeFevre]

@la_photographic Thank you Laura and thank you so much for the fav!

[Allison Williams]

I love old doors and gates and other weathered hardware. A fav.

[Alexandra DG]

lovely natural black & white. I really like such details...

[Ann H. LeFevre]

@allie912 Thank you Allison! And thank you so much for the fav!
@axika Thank you Alexandra!