Picture This!
Monochrome: In Camera
Shutterbug Staff, November, 2007
Black and white has always been a very expressive photographic medium. When
digital came along it was all RGB, all the time. But black and white was always
there, although in some cases it took some skill in image editing to get it
right. Increasingly, digital cameras feature a Monochrome mode, many including
“filter” effects that emulate the tonal interpretation as if color
filters were placed over a lens on a film camera loaded with panchromatic film.
The Picture This! assignment this month was using this unique feature to make
black and white images “straight” from the camera without using
external software by working in the Monochrome mode. (Of course, they remain
RGB images, but desaturated.) Readers sent in a wide variety of black and white
images, many classic subjects prime for a monochrome eye.
Old Tires And Van |
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Dick Herpich’s tonally rich image was made with a Nikon
D80 in B/W mode with red filter emulation and a +1 contrast setting.
Exposure through a Nikkor 24-85mm lens was f/13 at 1/250 sec at
ISO 320.
© 2007, Dick Herpich, All Rights Reserved
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Leaving On Time |
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This classic steam locomotive was photographed by Richard Southwick
with a Canon EOS 20D in B/W mode with an orange filter setting.
Exposure was f/8 at 1/200 sec.
© 2007, Richard Southwick, All Rights Reserved
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Ice & Snow |
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John L. Patterson photographed this wintry scene with a Canon
EOS 5D set on Monochrome with a red filter effect. Exposure was
f/22 at 1/800 sec. He also printed this on an Epson R2400 in Advanced
B/W mode set to “cool.”
© 2007, John L. Patterson, All Rights Reserved
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Play Date |
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This tender portrait was photographed by Michelle Axtell-Horder
with a Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi in Monochrome mode. Exposure
was f/5.6 at 1/40 sec at ISO 100.
© 2007, Michelle Axtell-Horder, All Rights Reserved
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Classical B&W |
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The highlight edges and deep tonal values make this a classic
shot of a classical instrument, photographed by David Prewitt
using a Fuji S2 Pro camera in Monochrome mode.
© 2007, David Prewitt, All Rights Reserved
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Weather Horse |
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Crisp shadows and a dazzling spectral highlight make for a textural
play in this photo by Shannon Corr. Exposure with a Canon 580
Speedlite and a Canon EOS 5D was f/6 at 1/30 sec using a Sigma
12-24mm lens.
© 2007, Shannon Corr, All Rights Reserved
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Hearst Building |
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The play of shadow, light, and form create a classic black and
white mood in this photo by Gerald Swede. Exposure through a Fuji
FinePix E900 in Monochrome mode was f/7.1 at 1/320 sec.
© 2007, Gerald Swede, All Rights Reserved
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Light Shutter |
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In a classic black and white approach, the textural quality of
this field of mid tones is enhanced by the silvery light fixture
in center frame. Abery Clark made this image with a Canon EOS
Digital Rebel XTi with a red filter effect; exposure was f/11
at 1/200 sec with the ISO set at 200.
© 2007, Abery Clark, All Rights Reserved
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Grand Canyon Of The Yellowstone |
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Dr. Richard Santee made this classic landscape with a Leica D-Lux
2 set to B&W “color effect.” Exposure was f/8
at 1/200 sec at ISO 100.
© 2007, Dr. Richard Santee, All Rights Reserved
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Ice Flow |
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This abstract view of ice on a shoreline was described by photographer
Bryan L. Davies as “…a volcano spewing forth little
ice particles.” He worked with a Canon EOS 20D with a sepia
tone effect setting and exposure was f/16 at 1/640 sec at ISO
400.
© 2007, Bryan L. Davies, All Rights Reserved
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