Favorite B&W - Week of January 19th - 25th

[Paul Myers]

This is a B&W thread - for B&W photography where B&W is the main mode. Selective coloring is OK, Sepia is OK, but the images in this thread should mainly be monotone.

What's your favorite B&W photo from this past week? Share with us what you took this week. Please post only one B&W photo you took. Didn't take a B&W this week? That's OK. Post a B&W from someone else's project that you really fell in love with this week.

Find the B&W you want to share and then copy and paste the code into a reply. You'll find the code below the Facebook and Twitter buttons on the right hand column of that photo.

Once again, I didn't process any B&W shots this past week until after the fact, so I'm going to highlight GiGi's shot from this past week. @gigiz

[Luka]

[Ben Fahrbach]

Here was my only B&W for the week, I like it a lot personally. It was really my first time trying black and white after seeing some great ones from other 365ers. Thanks to those that inspired it. I also tried a selective coloring although that one colored object takes up more than 50% of the frame so I did not choose to share it for this thread. Thanks for starting this thread @webfoot.

[lindseyingphoto]

[Michelle]

@bbf Ben, that's GREAT!

[Aaron]

With @jsorensenart

[Miley]

[Heather]

[Michelle]

[Lili]

[Traci McLaughlin]

This was my entry for this weeks theme of Light and shade

[Brandie]

[Lisa]

[Sandi]

This was my fave for this past week, I was playing with my manual settings when I should have been working! This was pre-processed monochrome thanks to lesson from an older camera setting challenge ;) I like having the pic of the challenge itself in it!

[guaranteed]

I had a fantastic long weekend in San Francisco!

[Mek]

[Katharine Hubbard]

Not quite monochrome, but I did really like this snow shot from Sunday

[Danny G.]

I liked how this Borrani wire wheel looked on a classic Ferrari in monochrome:

[Mike]

My favorite b&w of the week is not a b&w at all. It's full color and not converted to b&w.

[JulieCo]

A bit of artistry going on here. I've been experimenting with manipulation for the past few days and this one marks a venture into monochrome too.

[Kristen]

Took a black and white of my kittens eye, with me in it!

[Robyn]

Love my nephew! :)

[Muse]

@lindseying I love this! A simple pic that tells a whole story :-)

[Robyn]

@webfoot That's a beautiful one to highlight, Paul! I'm curious about your comment about not processing photos in B&W until after the fact- do you mean you don't consider it a B&W thread photo unless you shoot in monochrome? I haven't figured out how to shoot in monochrome on my Nikon D5100, so I always do conversions after the fact.

[Muse]

[Jeff Walker]

been posting a lot of barns in color lately, decided to do one in b&w and was very happy with the end result:

[Michelle]

Because I love seeing my hubby and our son interact and play :)

[Emma]

[April Milani]

Because its so silly it works

[Jennifer]

[Emily Chadderton]

This is my girl Sophie - she has the most incredible soulful eyes and I love how they've come out in b&w

[Simply Amanda]

I finally got a lone tree shot and was pretty pleased by how it turned out.

[Danielle]

[Ashley]

I took a few, but I think this is my favorite:

[Michelle]

@rockinrobyn really nice

[Michelle]

@aprilmilani this made me laugh out loud!

[Harry J Benson]

I did not post a b^w this week, but Michelle Blackford @tryeveryday posted this excellent one for the theme light-and-shade

[Paul Myers]

@rockinrobyn No, I just shoot in RAW, so everything is always in color, then I process it to B&W after the fact.

[Paul Myers]

@rockinrobyn The after the fact comment was because I didn't post a B&W photo until later Friday afternoon, after this thread last week had already been posted.

[Robyn]

@webfoot Oh, I see what you mean now. Thanks for explaining! :)

[Jennifer Ruge]

[Miss Mercy]

This is mine. I wanted the snow to stand out more and found the b/w contrast helped.

[Helen]

[Michelle Blackford]

@hjbenson I'm so flattered that you posted mine! Thank you, Harry. That was my only b&w this week, so I'll also post one by someone else. I really loved this one by Northy @northy Her b&w photos have the coolest tones and gritty feel to them...love 'em! Plus, her tags are always hysterical. :)

[Rachel Hope]

Light, Shadow, emotion....love this one by @tryeveryday

[George]

[Patty]

I've only just started given b&w photography the serious attention it deserves. There is so much to learn and understand about it, that I feel like a beginner again.. This is one that I did for my course assignment...

solitutue before the storm

[Nicole]

This is my only b&w of the week, but i love it. It was really hard to get our dog to sit still and he wanted to jump of constantly to go to my mom who was cooking :P

[Fran]

[Debbie]

Thanks to the snow I was able to take this B&W which I was really pleased with

[Lyn]

I'm just back after a short break on finishing my year. I still feel that I struggle with making the choice to take a raw file away from color to b&w, but I was pleased with this one for the theme-lightandshade:

[Anna Ruth]

[Carole Imes]

This one by @carolmw

[Alison]

not really a lot of colour to remove here

[Wendy Bowden]

[Helene]

[Michelle Blackford]

@hopess13 Thank you so much, Rachel...very flattered!

[Peter de Graaff]

This one taken on Fomopan100 and developed in D76

[danielleg]

[Jim]

I really liked the expressions and the moment captured by @kwind

[Kass]

Didn't shoot it this week - but gave it a b&w edit:

[Dave Vaughan]

I was really surprised at this shot - it was not the image I had expected to capture!

[ACRaszman]

My only one

[Paula]

I did not take a black and white photo this week, so will gladly post a photo by one awesome paula. @paula365

[Gemma]

[DavidCHR]

[Tim Adams]

[Louise]

One from my own project for the first time! It's in colour and is SOOC but I liked that it looks black and white :)

[Lisabell]

[Meredith B]

The only one I took, so I guess it's my favorite from this week!

[Tiara]

[Tanja Carda]

[Leonie Mogridge]

None for me this week, but really like this one of Jase's

@jase_h

[AutomaticSlim]

[joey d.Muli]

Supermodel----acrylic on 16" x 20"canvas pad

[paula365]

@phillyphotos , thank you Paula:):)

[Valerie Steinkeonig]

This would probably be my favorite b&w for this week.

[Amanda R.]

[Paul Myers]

OK, here we go again, taking a shot after I post the thread. Here's mine for this past week.

[KWind]

@jcarrollphoto Thanks so much for singling out my team spirit shot. I'm thrilled you liked it so much!

[Julie]

[Steve Purcell]

My fav B&W this week is

[Jo]

[Richard]

[Kathryn Marshall]

[Bankmann]

[Joanne Hunter]

Here is mine...

[Trina P Holub]

[Lizzy Bean]

@jo13 Let It Snow

I didn't take a b&w this week, but I did fav this one for obvious reasons!

[Terry R]

The only one I've put up this week but I do like it.

[David H.]

[Christina]

[Liane]

[Anne]

This is mine - because for once the picture actually came out looking as I had imagined I wanted it to look !

[Julie Duncan]

@julieco That is so COOL!

[❀ Lynn]

@vskolnik

[Ann H. LeFevre]

The only b/w I took this week (with a little cross-processing in the processing).

[Philomena]

Don't have a B&W, but this is sepia :

[JulieCo]

@juliedduncan thank you.

[Nicole Campbell]

[k.elizabeth]

[Lesley Chisholm]

[Colleen]

Frost and Curl

[Mel]

This is my first attempt at a selfie, there's a bit wrong with it, but I've come to quite like it despite it's faults.

[Cindy Hagan]

This one for me.

[Sophie]

This is the only b&w I did this past week, but it is my favorite anyway. I really liked the lighting and how even though it is simple it has an innocent beauty

[paula365]

[Cat Whiskers - Nan]

[MaryBeth Dailey]

[MaryBeth Dailey]

[Kimberly Balychev]

I loved this one from @pocketmouse Outstanding shot Teresa :)

[Cheri M.]

Selfie....

[Leah]

[Dennis Cacho]

my only B&W for that week.