5th September 2015 - Begonia

Our little mentoring group is going to be concentrating on B&W for the next couple of weeks. One week natural light and the next artificial light. Just having a play today. This begonia is in a pot in the garden and in colour there didn't seem to be much detail. Converted to B&W in Nik efex pro and I seem to have got a lot more detail out. I think the week with artificial light is going to be a challenge!!

I think I needed a deeper dof for this shot.

Uploaded for my extras album

[Graham Thresher]

Lovely mono shot.

[Sally Ings]

Nice details

[ShirleyB]

Lovely light and shade in this B&W shot.

[Newbank Lass]

looks very delicate.

[Eleanorl]

Beautiful - fav

[Cathie]

Gorgeous sense of depth.

[Shepherdman's Wife]

Gorgeous

[Paula W]

Pretty detail.

[elkehochban]

Lovely! Nice processing, too

[Jane Pittenger]

Yup, deeper dof would have been good but the b and w is marvelous

[Taffy]

Fun to see your monochrome play...and agree it is worth attempting a deeper DoF or maybe focus more toward the front. Inspiring me to get going on something.

[Sam]

I do like this in B&W!

[Kim]

Stunning!

[Rachel]

This is such a gorgeous flower! I agree a larger dof, or if the focus was on that bit sticking up at the front. Beautiful though.

[Leon Buijs]

I quite like the shallow DoF here, gives more focus to the drops on the petals. I like the way the b&w brings out the shapes and lines of the flower

[Marnie]

Great toning in this shot Pam, very soft and fluid lines too.