almost black & white

Sometimes there's no need for a black and white photo conversion when the natural scenery provides it for us. Believe it or not, the above photograph is in full color! Other than a little contrast bump, I haven't altered this image. I am typically drawn to color photography more than black and whites. But it's a good exercise for me to focus on composition and perspective in an environment that is naturally void of color.

Have you ever taken a photo that's mostly black & white on it's own? If so, please share.

Comments

[Caryn]

Beautiful image. Gotta love that snow! http://instamaticgratification.wordpress.com/2012/02/16/47366/. This one is much different and yet also naturally black and white: http://instamaticgratification.wordpress.com/2012/01/25/25366/

[Sherry]

Snow photos are so beautiful - not much snow in my area, but we do get opportunities to shoot in fog. This one was taken a while back - no editing other than a bit of cropping (foggy winter day).

http://www.flickr.com/photos/42677352@N03/4236469139/in/photostream

[rakusribut]

winter is a great provider of natural monochrome :-()

http://exploringwithmycamera.blogspot.com/2012/02/ice-texture-lake-had-been-frozen-for.html
http://exploringwithmycamera.blogspot.com/2012/02/natural-monochrome.html

[Heather]

I just did yesterday! http://joyfulwise.wordpress.com/2012/02/24/shadows-of-the-heart/

[Heidi M]

Mine is very similar to yours. We don't get a lot of snow on the Wet Coast, when we do it's an "event".(for me anyway)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/49824873@N05/6723538111/in/photostream

This one also didn't have a lot of colour on it's own.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/49824873@N05/6773965791/in/photostream

I like that it happens, then there's not so much of a decision to take it all the way to black and white - which I sometimes forget is an option.
Heidi

[Debbie Ealer]

this one was straight out the camera and once I saw it , I knew I loved it so
a lot of people disagree with me on this one ,but its one of my favs

http://www.flickr.com/photos/debbsga/6782554004/in/photostream

[Carol E.]

SOOC and shot in color!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ordinaryeverydayme/4513770256/in/set-72157623301765518

[J Salcedo]

http://heyjudephotography.com/2012/01/28/fog-over-bear-mountain-2/ ‎

These fog photographs look like they are black and white, but are not.

[Mindy]

Took this "almost" black and white SOOC (but mostly grays) in mid-2010. I immediately thought of it when I saw this post. Here's my take: http://www.flickr.com/photos/breslin/6929119303/in/photostream

[WorthIt!]

Here's a silhouette shot I took last weekend at the beach - all the color just faded away as I shot directly into the sun.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/52055227@N07/6929386895/in/photostream

[chris]

Love this, Paige!

[Kelly]

Great shots here....
I was rather lucky today. The planets must be aligned to get these shots today to share!
http://kelly-justaclickaway.blogspot.com/2012/02/almost.html

[Kathleen O.]

wintry woods (though no snow...a very strange New England winter)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ko2008/6782914992/in/set-72157628475576369

[kylie]

beautiful scene!
i love natural black&whites ...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/madelynsmum/6898392783/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/madelynsmum/6898392957/in/photostream/

[Alexandra]

My natural black and white picture is the second shot from the top. Other then cropping the picture in, it's straight out of camera.
http://alexandra-threesixtyfive.blogspot.com/2012/02/waterdrops.html

[jen]

here are a few from a cloudy day a few weeks ago...no editing at all...

http://www.littlepartlife.blogspot.com/2012/01/seeing-black-and-shades-of-grey.html

[DebC]

How serendipitous . . . my post of yesterday is "almost black & white".
It was monochromatic SOOC, but my style = (heavy) processing . . .
http://www.deborahcrecelius.com/2012/02/20120225-skull-and-cranial-sutures.html

There are some great photos linked in your comments, lots of talented photographers.

[Jane]

Here's one that a lot of folks mistake for a monochrome. Thanks to everyone for sharing. Just the inspiration I needed this morning while sipping on my first cup of coffee.

http://justplainjane-jane.blogspot.com/2010/06/duluth-ariel-bridge-reflection.html

[Ellen*]

Winter is like that.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellenmorgan/2210757262/in/set-72157603773764868/

[spread your wings]

Yes I have several and it doesn't have to be winter in the snow.
here are some of mine
http://www.flickr.com/photos/autumnsun/5949126376/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/autumnsun/5926828926/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/autumnsun/6380836507/

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