B&W Let's see your Black and White photos

silhouette53 said:
I must agree that B&W does, in many instances, have more impact than colour. I have recently dug out my old Pentax MX and am sending it for a service with the intention of shooting a few rolls of B&W - nostalgia I guess. ]
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Top man! That is a truly great camera, and the Pentax-M lenses are excellent and still affordable as they're not so easy for the digerati to use (as the Pentax-A and later lenses). Please do visit the Film & Conventional section and tell us what you're up to? :wave::)
 
ChrisR said:
Top man! That is a truly great camera, and the Pentax-M lenses are excellent and still affordable as they're not so easy for the digerati to use (as the Pentax-A and later lenses). Please do visit the Film & Conventional section and tell us what you're up to? :wave::)
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I certainly will Chris ! I have the 50mm f/1.7 - 85mm f/2.0 and 135mm f/2.5. This was my first ever 'proper' gear and has great sentimental value for me having used it to photograph my children from birth onwards. Like many people I bought into the digital 'thing' a couple of years ago and traded my Nikon 35mm bodies and lenses in to buy a D700. I suppose I love the immediacy of digital but oh dear how quickly the models become obsolete and lose their value !!
 
silhouette53 said:
I certainly will Chris ! I have the 50mm f/1.7 - 85mm f/2.0 and 135mm f/2.5. This was my first ever 'proper' gear and has great sentimental value for me having used it to photograph my children from birth onwards. Like many people I bought into the digital 'thing' a couple of years ago and traded my Nikon 35mm bodies and lenses in to buy a D700. I suppose I love the immediacy of digital but oh dear how quickly the models become obsolete and lose their value !!
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That 50 is excellent, and the 85 is seriously lovely. The only 135mm f/2.5 I have is Tamron, but I don't much like it; the focus changes if you point the lens slightly downwards! I do have the Pentax-M 135mm f/3.5, which you perhaps meant, which is also a fine lens. In fact, I don't know any of the Pentax-M primes that are bad. The zooms... another matter entirely!
 
ChrisR said:
That 50 is excellent, and the 85 is seriously lovely. The only 135mm f/2.5 I have is Tamron, but I don't much like it; the focus changes if you point the lens slightly downwards! I do have the Pentax-M 135mm f/3.5, which you perhaps meant, which is also a fine lens. In fact, I don't know any of the Pentax-M primes that are bad. The zooms... another matter entirely!
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Ah yes you are correct about the 135mm, it is in fact marked Takumar rather than Pentax
 
silhouette53 said:
What an amazing shot !! How did you capture it and what did you use ??
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There's a hill nearby where there's Kestrels and Buzzards that hang out a bit. The Hill is pretty steep so I can practically get under the Kestrel to get the shots :)

Taken handheld with a 7d2 and a 200-400mm F4L :) 1/800 ISO 500 F5.6 @ 560mm
 
@ecniv - pencils - could work, just not enough detail/contrast for me and the OCD part of me wants to see the tips lined up.
 
Byker28i said:
@ecniv - pencils - could work, just not enough detail/contrast for me and the OCD part of me wants to see the tips lined up.
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Hi Thanks.

Technically they are lined up against the edge of the box they are in... Do you mean more lined up visually?
As to contrast/detail... If I should more detail I lose the contrast. But I will try a few other things to see if I can get more on the next lot... :)
 
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Just back from a week in Iceland. Here is a quick LR edit of one of the waterfalls:

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That is very well done, Rob, although I have no idea how!
 
I guess I'm EXTREMELY biased but I think my 2 yr old grandson Hunter is very photogenic - enough to make up for the many discrepancies in my photographic abilities !
This was taken at his younger brothers 1st birthday and I've given it a caption : ''Okay, okay, I know it's full of calories but at my age it just doesn't matter'' !!

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