Kilve Beach, Somerset
A great beach to explore and especially great for fossil hunting. It doesn’t look it but it was really windy that day.
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Category: Mono
Mono Monday-Feline
Here’s a pic taken with the Nokia Lumia 920 for today’s Mono Monday shot. Taken using the phones standard camera, I then imported into Lightroom and processed it to my liking using Silver Efex Pro2.
I also learned today that Nokia will also be sending me the new Lumia 925. It will be interesting to see how/if the camera differs compared to that of the 920. On paper they are pretty much the same thing.
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Mono Monday-Reach for the sky
View of the Shard, London.
Have you ever heard it said that it often pays to look behind you when out photographing? In some cases it also pays to look up.
In other news, the Topaz B&W Effects offer has now ended but is still available at a great price.
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Topaz B&W Effects2 offer
NOTE: This offer has now ended but it is available at a great price.
The good folks over at Topaz Labs recently asked me to trial their new version of B&W Effects 2, which i was more than happy to do. I’ve been using this over the last few weeks and was so impressed its now become my go to plug-in for my mono workflow.
I’ll be posting a review/overview of this software very soon but in the meantime I’m letting you know that in addition to them releasing version 2.1 of B&W Effects, they are also giving new customers a whopping 30%off! Just follow the link on the right (featuring an image by your truly) and download your free trial. If you like what you see use offer code “bw21” at checkout. (Correct at time of publishing)
Offer ends Sunday!
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Mono Monday-Performance break
A fresh off the sensor image today taken this weekend. After having to make a visit to the bank I decided that I would go for a walk along the seafront with my camera to see if anything would catch my eye. A bit of street photography to get my mind working. I had decided to go in super stealth mode taking nothing but my trusty Fujifilm X10 compact. No bags or tripods, the idea was NOT to look like a photographer. I just walked along, camera in one hand by my side, observing things as I went along. If I saw something I liked the look of, I would either shoot from the hip or quickly bring the camera up to eye level focus and snap, moving on straight after so as to not bring attention to myself. It’s quite a challenge and very hit and miss. I’m certainly no expert but it’s a lot of fun and something I try to do every now and then.
I certainly prefer black and white when it comes to people photos and this shot definitely called for mono.
I have been invited to be guest expert on the subject of monochrome photography over at the panachallenge.com forum for the next four weeks, so hop on over and take a look at what the community is up to.
Mono Monday
It’s time to get my Mono Monday series back up and running, so here is a pic taken at a churchyard near my place of work…and it was shot on film!
I’ve been a fan of all things lomography for quite some time but never had the motivation to get back into the film world…until very recently that is. In fact it was on my birthday that my interest for film was properly re-ignited when I was given a lomography Diana Mini as a present, along with two rolls of Ilford HP5 black and white film. This photo is one of the more successful frames from the first roll. I’m also borrowing a cheapo film scanner in order to transfer to the PC.
Expect to see more Lomo shots from me here in the future, both mono and colour.
I see it is also Dec 24th, so ill finish by wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Dave Wares 