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SSC: High contrast in black and white

Detail of an old gravestone, RAW conversion in Lightroom and edited in Silver Efex . Blown out highlights and blocked blacks are deliberate, though usually I tend to avoid them.
In the note an older photo: detail of a block of flats by Mies van der Rohe.

Ulrich John, Xata, Thorsten, uwschu and 21 other people have particularly liked this photo

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Sami Serola (inactiv… ^club

Good strong B&W.

6 years ago.

Gudrun ^club has replied to Sami Serola (inactiv… ^club

Thanks a lot, Sami! Usually I avoid to have areas over- and underexposed but in this case it was more or less mandatory:-)

6 years ago.

╰☆☆June☆☆╮ ^club

Perfect for the challenge, well done.

6 years ago.

Gudrun ^club has replied to ╰☆☆June☆☆╮ ^club

Thank you so much, June!

6 years ago.

Marie-claire Gallet

Great architectural pattern, Gudrun ! Like the Pip too !! Happy Saturday !!

6 years ago.

Gudrun ^club has replied to Marie-claire Gallet

Thanks very much, Maire-claire! The PiP is a year old, so doesn't qualify;-)

6 years ago.

niraK68 ^club

Tolle Kontraste

6 years ago.

Gudrun ^club has replied to niraK68 ^club

Dank dir, Karin! Normalerweise vermeide ich, dass das Histogramm rechts und links anstößt, aber hier war's die Aufgabe:-)

6 years ago.

niraK68 ^club has replied to Gudrun ^club

ja ich habs gelesen. Aber hier macht es sich aber auch sehr gut finde ich, auch wir normalerweise sowas eher für Müll erklären würden - so auf den ersten Blick in der Kamera ;-)

6 years ago.

Jaap van 't Veen ^club

Splendid b/w image.

6 years ago.

Gudrun ^club has replied to Jaap van 't Veen ^club

Thank you, Jaap!

6 years ago.

neira-Dan ^club

Excellent choix , ce bas-relief !! le PIP est pas mal non plus

6 years ago.

Gudrun ^club has replied to neira-Dan ^club

Merci beaucoup, Dan! The low sun brought it out.

6 years ago.

Rosalyn Hilborne

Beautifully edited Gudrun.

6 years ago.

Gudrun ^club has replied to Rosalyn Hilborne

Thanks a lot, Rosa! I

6 years ago.

Annaig56 ^club

belle création,

6 years ago.

Gudrun ^club has replied to Annaig56 ^club

Merci beaucoup, Annick!

6 years ago.

Tanja - Loughcrew ^club

Krass zur Challenge Gudrun...erinnert mich an eine hervorragende Zuckerbäckerarbeit ;)

6 years ago.

Gudrun ^club has replied to Tanja - Loughcrew ^club

Schönen Dank, Tanja! Haha, genau, eine feine Sterntülle gibt solche Streifen;-)

6 years ago.

Chrissy ^club

ganz tolle Details sind das hier. Super schön!

6 years ago.

Gudrun ^club has replied to Chrissy ^club

Herzlichen Dank, Chrissy! Das Licht hat gepasst, sonst wäre ich vielleicht achtlos dran vorbeigelaufen.

6 years ago.

Roger Bennion ^club

The high contrast works a treat here. An inspired choice of subject for sure, Gudrun. Love the texture and effect of the shallow depth-of-field.

6 years ago.

Gudrun ^club has replied to Roger Bennion ^club

Thanks a lot, Roger! The morning sun made it a natural high contrast shot which I only had to enhance:-)

6 years ago.

Gillian Everett ^club

Such bright light, a natural for B&W contrast

6 years ago.

Gudrun ^club has replied to Gillian Everett ^club

Thank you, Gillian! The sunshine was ideal for the challenge.

6 years ago.

Heide ^club

Wunderschöne Ornamente im Sonnenlicht und sehr schöne und starke S/W- Kontraste.
Das zweite Bild gefällt mir besonders wegen den klaren Linien den hübschen Balkonen.

6 years ago.

Gudrun ^club has replied to Heide ^club

Danke vielmals, Heide! Zum Glück hat letzte Woche die Sonne gescheint! Das PiP ist von letztem Jahr, da wollte ich eigentlich nochmal hin, um neue Fotos zu machen hab's aber nicht geschafft.

6 years ago.

Leo W ^club

schönes Licht und kontrastreicher Schatten.

6 years ago.

Gudrun ^club has replied to Leo W ^club

Herzlichen Dank, Leo! Das ist die Sorte Detail, die man nur bemerkt, wenn die Sonne richtig steht.

6 years ago.

Valfal ^club

You have captured the details so well in this high contrast composition, Gudrun. Well done!

6 years ago.

Gudrun ^club has replied to Valfal ^club

Thank you so much, Val! I'm glad we had some sunshine last week, it would have been difficult without.

6 years ago.

Taormina

Gefällt mir... gut gewähltes Detail.

6 years ago.

Gudrun ^club has replied to Taormina

Dank dir, Katja! Das fiel mir bei dem Licht sofort ins Auge.

6 years ago.

Ruebenkraut ^club

works fine - (at first glance I thought it was heads with headphones on)

6 years ago.

Gudrun ^club has replied to Ruebenkraut ^club

Schönen Dank, Henning! Lol, es sieht von weitem wirklich si aus:-)

6 years ago.

Susanne Hoy

Das ist ein tolles Muster. Die Schatten sind toll.

6 years ago.

Gudrun ^club has replied to Susanne Hoy

Danke vielmals, Susanne! Früher hatte man noch Geld für solche Details.

6 years ago.

Jan

Perfect fo the challenge Gudrun! Great image

6 years ago.

Gudrun ^club has replied to Jan

Thanks very much, Jan!

6 years ago.

Graham Chance ^club

Excellent high contrast processing Gudrun. Lovely detail on the gravestone.

6 years ago.

Gudrun ^club has replied to Graham Chance ^club

Thank you, Graham! I didn't find it easy to go to extremes with the sliders;-)

6 years ago.

uwschu ^club

Starke Kontraste

6 years ago.

Gudrun ^club has replied to uwschu ^club

Großen Dank, Uwe! Das war die Aufgabe, normalerweise wäre ich nicht ganz so in die Extreme gegangen.

6 years ago.

Thorsten

Ich mag solche harten Kontraste sehr. Und dein Spiel mit der Schärfentiefe passt sehr gut dazu.

6 years ago.

Gudrun ^club has replied to Thorsten

Vielen Dank, auch für die übrigen Favs! Mit dem Makro hat man selbst bei ganz geschlossener Blende nur einen kleinen Schärfebereich.

6 years ago.

Xata ^club

Shadows, contrast, DOF... perfect!

6 years ago.

Gudrun ^club has replied to Xata ^club

Thanks a lot, Isabel!

6 years ago.

Bruce Dean (Puchinpa… ^club

Sometimes these extremes are artistic and creative. Don’t eliminate them from your pallette.

6 years ago.

Gudrun ^club has replied to Bruce Dean (Puchinpa… ^club

Thank you, pappy! It takes some effort though to go against what you have learned-)

6 years ago.

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