Nature in Black and White

Back in the day when I was using film to capture my images, I tended to favor black and white film over it’s color counterpart. My favorite choice for black and white was Illford FP4 or HP5 followed by Agfa APX25. Those where some great films that will be missed.

As digital came along and dominated the photography market, black and white seemed to be a mere command in Photoshop. I mean, we’ve all seen the gray scale type images created in Photoshop by converting the color image to “gray scale” that some photographers tried to pass as off as true black and white photography. The images had this kind of muted, flat gray look. Then came a long some really great plugins, like Alien Skin Exposure and NIK Color EFX that had presets to emulate some of the great black and white films manufactured. Also, Photoshop offered Black and White conversion controls to help produce more true style black and white images over the muddied gray scale versions.

Having been a fan of black and white photography, I have created a small collection of color digital images that have been converted using some of these Photoshop plugins that emulate the black and white film of my earlier years in photography.

Browse through the 8 images in this collection of black and white photography.

11 Responses to “Nature in Black and White”

1. Wedding Photographer says:

   September 14, 2010 at 5:40 am

   Great stuff, Love the black and white nature stuff. Thanks for sharing Alyn!

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   • Alyn says:

     March 10, 2011 at 10:10 am

     You’re welcome!

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2. Charolette says:

   December 8, 2010 at 12:37 am

   I’m looking forward to seeing more of your black and white photography! You’re a very talented photographer!

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   • Alyn says:

     March 10, 2011 at 10:10 am

     Thank you.

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3. Rachel says:

   February 1, 2011 at 4:31 pm

   Interesting post i totally agree with the other commenter. By the way. I really love the black and white photos! You have some wicked talent! Keep writing!

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4. Juliana Gedney says:

   March 9, 2011 at 7:55 am

   I have been absent from your site for some time, but now I remember why I used to love this website. I love the black and white photos. Gorgeous! How frequently you update your web site?

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   • Alyn says:

     March 10, 2011 at 10:10 am

     Juliana, I try and update the site 2-3 times a week. So check back frequently for more cool lighting lessons and diagrams.

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5. Jackie Villalobo says:

   March 10, 2011 at 7:00 am

   Nature in black and white.. OMG!

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   • Alyn says:

     March 10, 2011 at 10:10 am

     

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6. Damien Jackson says:

   March 18, 2011 at 5:50 am

   I wanted to say your blog is very good. I always like to learn something new about photography so this helps me a lot. I did a search on the matter and found a good number of photo blogs but nothing like this.Thanks for sharing the black and white photos.

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7. Jason says:

   March 19, 2011 at 4:40 am

   Nature in black and white.. Not so bad Do you plan on doing more black and white posts? If so, I’d love to know about them. Black and white photography is my favorite.

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