A Study in Monochrome

I have been on a black and white photo kick and thought I would give some BPs a treatment. It is neat to just concentrate on the pattern without the color as a distraction.

Hypo Black Pastave
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...ps1b521102.jpg

Pied
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...ps985ad75c.jpg

Blitz
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...psed78d031.jpg

Blade Clown
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...psbb72d597.jpg

GHI YB
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...ps558bee44.jpg

Dream Bee
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...ps7cf97d3a.jpg

Pin het Desert Ghost
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...ps38671bbe.jpg

Hypo Pastave
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...ps91f858ed.jpg

Hypo Black Pastel
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...psad46f4d7.jpg

I like! I'd be curious to see them in greyscale on different backgrounds, though I'm not sure exactly what. Really art it up.

Cool concept. Really neat pictures, as always.:)

Really cool work! I especially like the Pied, because you can see the head and neck but then the rest of her disappears

Nice shots. It's interesting to look at these knowing what the colors should look like. Imagine early on trying to go out and identify snakes in the field when the only reference photos were in black and white. I think it may have been pretty easy to mistake a coral snake for a king snake. Thanks for sharing.

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Originally Posted by Alicia

I like! I'd be curious to see them in greyscale on different backgrounds, though I'm not sure exactly what. Really art it up.

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That would require some experimenting. You have to be careful that the background is not the same base tone as the snake in monochrome.

Nice pictures. Did you take them with the camera set to black and white? Or did you do that in an editing program? Your pictures are great, to the point that it makes one wish Axanthic would not brown out and we could have adults this cool looking.

I say Keep up the good work and make that Pied pic reality, Got my DH and my Pied H axn growing to do so!

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Originally Posted by Slowcountry Balls

Nice pictures. Did you take them with the camera set to black and white? Or did you do that in an editing program? Your pictures are great, to the point that it makes one wish Axanthic would not brown out and we could have adults this cool looking.

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I took them in RAW and converted in Lightroom.

Very Awesome! I definitely got to enjoy the pattern more since everything was black and white. Great idea!

nice pictures! i want a lighting pied.

This is so cool! :D thanks so much sharing, gorgeous snakes in black & white.


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Originally Posted by Royal Hijinx

I have been on a black and white photo kick and thought I would give some BPs a treatment. It is neat to just concentrate on the pattern without the color as a distraction.

Hypo Black Pastave
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...ps1b521102.jpg

Pied
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...ps985ad75c.jpg

Blitz
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...psed78d031.jpg

Blade Clown
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...psbb72d597.jpg

GHI YB
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...ps558bee44.jpg

Dream Bee
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...ps7cf97d3a.jpg

Pin het Desert Ghost
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...ps38671bbe.jpg

Hypo Pastave
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...ps91f858ed.jpg

Hypo Black Pastel
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...psad46f4d7.jpg

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In those colours, They would be worth a fortune , I suspect .

Funnily enough , I have also been taking B/W pix of late . Seems to work best on portraits / animals and less so in landscapes unless there's plenty of contrast in the shot.

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Originally Posted by Royal Hijinx

I took them in RAW and converted in Lightroom.

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Thanks. I've just started shooting in RAW (back in the middle of June), and am enjoying the additional control/flexibility that RAW offers. How do you like Lightroom? I've been using Photoshop Elements so far, and have been thinking about getting Lightroom.

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Originally Posted by Slowcountry Balls

Thanks. I've just started shooting in RAW (back in the middle of June), and am enjoying the additional control/flexibility that RAW offers. How do you like Lightroom? I've been using Photoshop Elements so far, and have been thinking about getting Lightroom.

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I have both, and use Lightroom 99% of the time.

We going to a plush wedding in a few weeks and I'm planning on taking ALL black and white pix :)