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Black & White Sunday: Nightscape
Even though it hasn’t been long since we did nocturnal for Thursday’s Special, I am giving you another night theme, but this time in B&W. It is nightscape, a representation of a night scene.
The absence of colour lets us focus on shapes more, and the scene is more solemn with a film noir feel. Maybe you’d like to join the challenge even if monochrome is not your first choice when it comes to photography. However, converting a photo into Black and White can be revealing. It makes you look with a different set of eyes – eyes that are not distracted by colours.
If you missed seeing this scene in colour, go here.
If you want to participate in Black & White Sunday photo challenge, make sure to:
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make a photo post in black and white before next Sunday 13 November
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link it to this challenge post and tag it #blackandwhitesunday
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Amazing… 🙂
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🙂 Cheers, Drake.
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This looks wonderful in black and white Paula.
I’m off to convert a couple of mine from Ljubljana to see what I think…
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Morning Paula
Had a bit of fun with my Ljubljana shots – nice in black and white, though that was in my early photography days so not many to play with!
Anyway, I’ve gone with Budapest for this week’s challenge. It is a great city for nightscapes as they illuminate the key buildings well and there’s a castle area to act as a viewpoint!
https://travelwithintent.com/2016/11/06/from-buda-to-pest/
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Hello Debbie. I had to go out this morning after a whole day of rain to catch some air. I was concerned that you would not like Ljubljana i monochrome – phew. Thank you, honey.
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Bonne fin de journée Paula,
Ah oui ! la photo donne en effet en noir et blanc une toute autre atmosphère. Doux, de beaux reflets. Je suis allée Ljubljana en 1974, mince c’était il y a longtemps. C’était encore l’ex-Yougoslavie et peu de touristes le long de la côte, le début seulement. J’ai vu des bâtiments qui à ce jour ont été détruits.
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Tres contente de te lire Genevieve. Ljubljana est une ville jolie et ca ne change pas.
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Night photos are still challenging for me- this photo was not only shot at night but with fog descended all around. Love your music once again Paula- hope you are having a goo weekend https://dailymusing57.com/2016/11/05/black-white-sunday-nightscape/
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We are having a diluvial rain here, and it means sleeping a lot. I went out for an hour when it stopped raining to look for my heron, and I found him so it is a good weekend after all. I appreciate your entry, Lisa. I would like you to try more night shots. You have a knack for it.
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It gave me a chance to use not only a few favorite pictures, but a very favorite song. Thank! Nightscapes are great in town, especially with a big of rain to add reflection to the roads.
https://teepee12.com/2016/11/06/night-in-the-city-photos-joni-mitchell/
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I love them!
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It’s beautiful Paula. You raise an interesting point about colours being distracting. I had never thought of it that way.
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Thank you a lot, Sue. I am glad to share with you 🙂
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It truly is fascinating how monochrome transforms images. Your photo is striking in both formats, but I like the mysterious glow of the b & w. Definitely film noir. Now here’s mine: http://wp.me/pKVAM-23f
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I am very happy to read you, Tish. 🙂
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This is the best night photo I’ve ever seen, I think. Such sharpness and light, the reflections and the placement of the barge of lights. Can’t find enough superlatives. I have trouble seeing it as noir I must confess.
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🙂 Thank you, Meg.
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What a photo….!
“Superb”…….Is not enough!
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I love this shot, Paula. Converting an image to b/w can often be very revealing and i often do that when considering doing one of my images as a painting. It can be very helpful to see things without the distraction of colour.
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Thank you, Lynne, and thank you so much for joining this challenge 🙂
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It’s such a pretty city, Paula, and you’ve made a lovely job of this. Hope you had a good Sunday 🙂
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Thank you for visiting me on such a busy day 🙂 It’s raining like crazy here.
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Here too, and windy. Hail stones yesterday! Not many leaves left 🙂
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Shame!
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Beautiful. Romantic
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Glad you like it, Irene. It was a warm, winter night. If it had been summer, it would have been more crowded and less romantic.
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Enjoyed the prompt and the picture..Looks so calm and serene! Have a good week ahead, Paula 🙂
Here’s my entry (after a really long time!):
https://thepisceanme.wordpress.com/2016/11/07/nightscape-black-white-photography/
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It’s nice to have you back here, Srivi. Thank you for the view 🙂
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Your photo is stunning Paula. The b&w really make the white buildings stand out.
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Cara Paula, ho appena publicato il mío contributo al tema di domenica scorsa.
E’la vista da casa mia , a Milano… Bacione
http://unavistadisanfermo.wordpress.com
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Bravo, Anna 🙂
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Here’s one I took out of the window:
https://mostlymonochrome.wordpress.com/2016/11/08/night-church/
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Thank you 🙂
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This is beautiful, also in monochrome.
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Tack, Max. How was France?
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Marseille was great, thanks! Nice city, OK temperature and a very good tattoo convention. 😀
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😀 I was there when I was 17 and was visiting a religious order. I met some cool nuns there.
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Haha, some cool nuns. I saw some videos with cool nuns when I was about 17 too. 😀
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NOT that type of video (I presume)!
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Hi Paula, hope you are well? I haven’t had much time to jump on my favourite blogs but finally have a little time. Love the lighting and overall scene…very calming and peaceful. Have a good night 🙂
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Hello Mark. It is always great to see you, and I am glad that you have some free time at last. I am doing OK, a bit too busy at times, but nothing to complaint about 😉
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