First time messing with B/W

[Msteelio91]

From a recent trip to Peru - CC welcome here really no clue how these came out

Water Tower by Matthew_Steele, on Flickr

Old Basement by Matthew_Steele, on Flickr

Peruvian Silversmith by Matthew_Steele, on Flickr

 

[Virgil]

Nice shots.. Maybe add some contrast.

 

[Msteelio91]

Yeah that's what I was trying to figure out how to balance... Here's another for added "creepiness"

Wounded Tarantula BW by Matthew_Steele, on Flickr

 

[BananaRepublic]

All are nice. Increasing the contrast might get rid of the the reflection or whatever going on in the left of 2. Play around with software and see what edits you like and post them up for FB, that's what I did to learn about B&W processing

 

[Msteelio91]

That flare you're seeing is actually dust in front of the lens getting caught in the light. I wanted to incorporate it in the pic more but couldn't back up any further since there were wine vessels behind me. I wasn't sure how i felt about it in the final shot here

 

[vintagesnaps]

Looks like they need to be adjusted for more actual white. I like the first composition, that's an interesting photo, I don't think the vignetting adds to the picture.

 

[Msteelio91]

Duly noted! I'll give these some more work

 

[unpopular]

These are great. And really good use of b/w, also. Often people will just take a photo that may as well be in color. The first in particular is a great subject for b/w

 

[Msteelio91]

Thanks! I regret the vig on the first one but I do still feel that the B/W added a nice feeling to these.