Battery Point Light

Inside my empty bottle I was constructing a lighthouse while all the others were making ships.
Charles Simic


Trying to do black and white without that function on my camera. The first three this month were taken with my phone, this with my camera in color then I chose B&W in iPhoto and it has a very different quality, maybe a bit more red or brown in the shades of grey?

[Laraine Kensicki]

experimenting is great - good for you! this is a good vantage point for the shot ~

[Nada A.]

What a lovely place.

Thanks for sharing how you are taking the pictures. I too am trying B&W with this challenge really for the first time. It is challenging!

[Henri Russell]

I really like your composition. My camera has a B&W feature, but I usually just desaturate the photo in photoshop to get black and white. I guess I want to make sure I have the color shot in case I like it better. LOL This looks very good in B&W. The white caps on the water and the white of the building really balance out the picture.

[Sally Ings]

I always shoot in colour and then process to b&w. Like Hendri (@henrir) said at least then you have the colour version!

[Netkonnexion]

Great shot, lovely vista.

[Terry]

where is this dixie

[Kathryn Marshall]

Good composition. It takes too many steps for me to do BW in camera, so I process my BW.

[Dixie Goode]

@sarasdadandmom Our town, crescent city Ca is just on the Oregon border. Battery Point light is in Crescent City. Point saint George light is also here but out on a reef and north of here between us and Brookings Oregon

[Terry]

@pandorasecho got it, what a pretty area, thanks

[Bob]

This shot works well in B&W. Nice capture.

[Ann H. LeFevre]

It does have sort of a sepia tone to it. I wonder if you tried converting it in Ribbet (free on-line) if you'd get different results. I'm not familiar with iPhoto but you might be able to adjust the exposure and contrast as well to get different results. That being said, I think this shot looks great as it is. Of course, I love lighthouses in b/w or color!

[summerfield]

i remember this place! and the black and white here makes it look like a photograph from an old LIFE magazine. beautiful shot and great processing.