Flash of Red 25

This shot has not been converted to black and white, it's color, although I did darken it a little to bring out the contrast between the white shell and the black shell. The darkening caused the white plate to go gray- which in turn deceives you into thinking that this is a black and white shot.

[Hazel]

Effective shot and thank you for sharing your processing!

[JackieR]

Tha's a really interesting explanation. I do like the light reflecting off the ridges

[Taffy]

Lovely use of contrast in this composition.

[haskar]

Nice contrast and dof.

[Maggiemae]

Interesting processing! The white shell looks as if it has been knitted!

[Kathy]

Pretty lines

[bruni]

Your calendar looks amazing. looks like you had a lot of fun. missed so much away on vacation and later in February and once home being too sick.

[Sally Ings]

Great textures. I like it when one can capture black and white without doing a conversion.

[Henri Russell]

Very nice capture of the shells and perfect for your February calendar. It looks great.

[Chris K]

how very interesting.

[Islandgirl]

Love the contrasts!

[Sue]

Black and white really brings out the texture of the shell

[Mona]

Great structures and thanks for your explanation of the colours.

[wendy frost]

Super composition and contrasts and textures.

[katy]

Beautifully simple subject and how can you go wrong with natural B&W?!

[Chris Johnson]

The contrast is superb! Amazing how two shells can look so different.

[Ann H. LeFevre]

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Many thanks to you my 365 friends!

@suesouthwood This one is actually a color shot Sue- but because the shells were black and white it gives the impression of being an actual black and white shot.

[Nicole Campbell]

I like the lines of the shells, they are very pretty in their own right

[Ann H. LeFevre]

@nicolecampbell Thank you Nicole!

[Annie D]

Great contrast in tone
love the texture of the shells

[Ann H. LeFevre]

@annied Thank you Annie!

[summerfield]

nice contrasts and it does look like it's in black and white.

[Ann H. LeFevre]

@summerfield Thanks Vikki!