Our Picture This! assignment for
this month was "Color In Black And White," and readers responded
with a wide variety of monochrome images, all made using color film or with
color files from digital cameras. The key to this month's selections is
that not every color image need be awash with red, green, and blue, but that
light and atmosphere can conspire to create an effective image when there might
be a hint of color in an otherwise gray scale scene.
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Kayak In The Mist: Dr. Daniel M. Roper made this shot from an
accompanying kayak on a small inland lake in Michigan. He used
a Canon 10D in raw mode with a Canon 28-135mm IS lens. According
to Dr. Roper, "The misty morning cast a surreal gray to
everything near the lake, but the sky was blue, as you can see
in the upper left portion of the picture."
© 2003, Daniel M. Roper, All Rights Reserved
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One-Two Punch: Karen Bukovitz sent us this silhouette of a martial
arts stance made on a misty day with her Kodak DCS Pro 14n camera
and Nikon 28-70mm lens shot at f/2.8 at 1/60 sec.
© 2003, Karen Bukovitz, All Rights Reserved
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Wrenches: David Kelly placed a set of wrenches on a black velvet
background and used two umbrella-modified flashes with his Canon
G2 lens at f/8 at 1/350 sec. Wrote Kelly, "I submitted this
print in my local camera club competition in the color print division,
but the contest chairman assumed I had made an error and placed
it in the black and white division instead. It came in second
in black and white."
© 2003, David Kelly, All Rights Reserved
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Lonely Bird:
Made with a Canon D60 with Tamron 24-135mm lens, this photo by
Bill Leavitt evokes the mood and light of a wintry day.
© 2003, Bill Leavitt, All Rights Reserved
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Firehole
Lake Drive: Facing east on a clear morning in Yellowstone, Larry
Moloney made this expressive photo using a Nikon F100 with a Tamron
70-300mm lens on Kodak Gold 100 film.
© 2003, Larry Moloney, All Rights Reserved
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Buttermilk Wilderness:
Mark Bristol made this evocative shot west of Bishop, California,
looking toward the East slope of the Sierras. He photographed
with a Mamiya RZ67 with a 65mm lens. He shot on Fuji Velvia 50
with a Singh Ray warming filter and steadied his camera on a Manfrotto
tripod for the 1/4 sec at f/32 exposure.
© 2003, Mark Bristol, All Rights Reserved
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White
Feather: Lori Diemer wrote, "It was hard to pass up the
beautiful contrast between the smooth, dark, wet rocks and the
stark white feather." She photographed along the Oregon
Coast near Yaquina Head lighthouse with a Canon EOS Elan camera
and 28-80mm lens on Fujichrome Velvia.
© 2003, Lori Diemer, All Rights Reserved
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