Black & White Sunday: Rural Photography

When approaching rural photography you may think of it as rural landscapes (which is perfectly fine) or you can capture something (or some place) that has to do with a rural lifestyle. Your photos do not need to show what life used to be in the past (which is the case with my photo of a reconstructed Iron Age Celtic farmstead captured in Slovakia at Liptovska Mara). It can be rural life as it is today, with or without livestock, abandoned or active. The choice is yours.

 

 

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I look forward to your photographic interpretations of rural. Make them Black & White and link to this Black & White Sunday challenge.

 

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Please check out the entries for this challenge. Click on the links bellow:

 

https://artishorseshit.wordpress.com/2016/03/06/bw-sunday-rural-photography

https://teepee12.com/2016/03/06/black-white-sunday-a-country-life/

https://dailymusing57.wordpress.com/2016/03/06/black-white-sunday-rural-photography/

https://sonyavdg.wordpress.com/2016/03/06/black-and-white-sunday-rural-photography

http://lessywannagohome.blogspot.hr/2016/03/feet-in-water.html

https://morselsandscraps3.wordpress.com/2016/03/06/black-and-white-rural

http://collinesblog.com/2016/03/06/black-white-sunday-rural-photography

http://tishfarrell.com/2016/03/06/farm-hedge-winter-sunset/

https://thepisceanme.wordpress.com/2016/03/07/black-white-rural-photography

https://mostlymonochrome.wordpress.com/2016/03/07/a-farmers-field-21st-century/

https://travelwithintent.com/2016/03/08/edinburgh-holyrood-ruins-salisbury-crags

https://smallbluegreenwords.wordpress.com/2016/03/08/a-lingering-look-at-shropshire

https://photographyplusblog.wordpress.com/2016/03/08/country-roads

https://photographyplusblog.wordpress.com/2016/03/08/country-roads/

 

On this page you can see slideshows made of participants’ contributions.

80 responses to “Black & White Sunday: Rural Photography”

  1. amazing photo, beautiful!

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    1. Thank you for your visit and appreciation.

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  2. joli tableau champêtre

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    1. Je te remercie, Marc. C’est une tres belle maniere de le decrire 🙂 Bonne soiree et surtout bonne semaine!

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  3. Gorgeous, Paula
    I’ll be thinking if I can stay awake (had a busy day!)

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    1. Thanks very much, Debbie. You should rest; there is plenty of time for posting.

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  4. Your rural landscape is so beautiful, so engaging.

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    1. Probably because of the lack of colour. It is very nice to hear from you, Charlie. Have a good week and thank you for the visit and nice comment.

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  5. Nice shot. I love the atmosphere with the clouds and the darker trees

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    1. I appreciate it, Sonya. I love your fence and your edit also which gives it a vintage look. Happy to have you on board.

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  6. I live pretty rural … but not THAT rural 🙂 I think I have a few things that may fit the bill 🙂

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  7. […] to my car along the Potato Point road after coffee at my favourite coffee shop, Blue Earth. This challenge of Paula’s provides a perfect blogosphere home for its bright b&w. Unfortunately I […]

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  8. morselsandscraps Avatar
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    Queen of the skies is back at work. I now know where to go if city life in Warsaw palls. An Iron Age farmstead might be just the retreat I need!

    Here’s my contribution, via pingback.

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    1. Hi Meg, you mentioned something about going to Zakopane, and this is in the area. 😉

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  9. You’ve got Meg working hard, again! 🙂 Happy Sunday, Paula! This is always an interesting place to spend some of it.

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    1. Hope yours was relaxing too, Jo. Thanks for the visit.

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      1. The very opposite! 🙂 But I’m ending it with wine and chocolates…

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  10. What a beautiful shot- a bit haunting- the clouds, the trail leading to the woods- I really like it Paula. Like the music too 🙂

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    1. Thank you kindly DM. I had to travel to Slovakia to see that. Will you be joining me with your entry?

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      1. I have left your post open in a tab on my computer and hope to get to it later today! 🙂

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        1. Thank you DM. There is no deadline until next Sunday. Enjoy your day off 🙂

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    1. Thanks, Klara. It is different from the ones I saw in the UK that apparently date to the same period. The nature in Slovakia is breathtaking.

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  11. V. interesting photo from the Iron Age point of view, Paula. Very different from our British Iron Age with its large round houses.

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    1. Very well noted, Tish. Fascinating, isn’t it 🙂

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  12. Lovely shot Paula. I’ll see if I can post something this evening.

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  13. […] (This post is linked to Paula’s Black & White Sunday) […]

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  14. The place certainly looks idyllic Paula.
    My contribution this week: http://collinesblog.com/2016/03/06/black-white-sunday-rural-photography/

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  15. […] Black & White Sunday: Rural Photography […]

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  16. Great scene…. Lovely picture…

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    1. Thank you, Lori. Do you have any rural photos you’d like to share?

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        1. Thanks so.much Lor. You’ve put a big smile on my face. I’m so happy they didn’t shoot you.

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  17. A love well framed black and white photographs and this is certainly one of those 🙂

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    1. Thank you very much Peter.

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  18. […] BLACK & WHITE PHOTOGRAPHY: A COUNTRY LIFE […]

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  19. And my town. We are rural … just not “wild.”

    BLACK & WHITE SUNDAY: A COUNTRY LIFE

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    1. Far from “wild” It is lovely, Marilyn. I love that staple and that watercourse. It would be a small town in my country 😀

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  20. There are so many things to admire, here…
    ….. that marvelous composition , then the wood , against those gorgeous clouds on the background and finally the way you managed to capture the atmosphere of the place….
    My congrats, Paula!

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    1. Mi hai fatto felice con il tuo commento. Grazie Anna 🙂

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    1. I will make a slideshow later this week and showcase this beauty. Many thanks, Max.

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  21. Rural settings in Black & White really work. They set the mood so well. Here are mine https://dailymusing57.wordpress.com/2016/03/06/black-white-sunday-rural-photography/

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    1. You did not disappoint dear. Thank you for this vivid imagery of rural life in America. I love all of them, and the second one in particular.

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      1. So glad Paula 🙂 ❤

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  22. I shall have to post my ‘soon to be’ rural view, but not tonight. Your Iron Age Celtic farmstead is wonderful. I like the composition, the clouds, the trees and the way you have captured the isolation of the place, with the buildings hunkered down and protected by the woods behind them.

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    1. Take your time Jude. I am very glad you like the photo. It is situated in an idyllic setting whose beauty is even more evident in B&W. It is good to exchange views with you 🙂

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  23. Oh, like this one a lot, takes you back to old times, great one!
    Cheers, Ron

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    1. Thanks buddy 😀

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  24. […] this is my entry for the Black & White Sunday Photography with the theme being […]

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  25. Wow! What a lovely picture this is..Gives you the perfect feeling of a rural atmosphere!
    Love it 🙂

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  26. most people i know would freak out.what no electricity or running water! ..lol. fer me 2 kewl fer skewl what a wunderful place , an nice photo also 🙂

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    1. 😀 why thank you Q

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  27. This is beautiful, dear Paula.
    Stor klem, Hanne

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  28. I think that is a great piece of monochrome photography. I’d like to add my own:

    A Farmer’s Field (21st Century)

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    1. We crossed our paths. I’ve just come from your place 😀

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  29. What an amazing and stunning capture Paula! I wouldn’t mind living there either. 😀 ♥

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  30. […] Paula’s black and white Sunday this week is all about Rural Living. […]

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  31. Lovely quiet scene, made me think of Slovenia.

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  32. J’aime bien le contraste des nuages, c’est comme une horde de cavaliers qui va débouler d’au-delà de l’horizon…
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  33. What a terrific photo – here’s my contribution – https://photographyplusblog.wordpress.com/2016/03/08/country-roads/

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    1. Happy you like it 🙂

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  34. Beautiful composition, Paula. 🌷

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  35. Beautiful and timeless image, Paula. Love the soundtrack. It has a Celtic flavour. 🙂 xx

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    1. Thank you, Sylvia and the farm is made acc to Celtic Iron Age design. They sing in Slovak. 🙂 xx

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  36. Nuno França Photography Avatar
    Nuno França Photography

    Linda foto! 😀

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  37. Yes, I should have participated in this one.

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