BLACK & WHITE SUNDAY: AFTER AND BEFORE Y1-06

Regular visitors to my blog know that once a month on a Sunday I post a combined photo challenge theme for Black&White Sunday. It is called AFTER and BEFORE and it invites you to post the same  image both in black and white and in colour. The topic and subject are entirely arbitrary. The only condition is that you post an image captured in colour and that you turn it monochrome in post processing. I enjoy this little exercise which permits me to see the same scene through colour and without it, and I hope that you will enjoy doing the same.

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 I love the blue sea and colours in nature, but I also like the monochrome above which makes me appreciate the composition better. 

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©Paula Borkovic

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Please have a look at the entries to this challenge:

https://teepee12.com/2017/07/16/garry-at-the-canal-black-white-sunday/

https://suejudd.com/2017/07/16/black-white-sunday-after-and-before-3/

https://picturesimperfectblog.wordpress.com/2017/07/16/on-the-roadside-am-wegesrand/

https://travelwithintent.com/2017/07/16/bright-light-in-madrid/

https://lessywannagohome.blogspot.hr/2017/07/b-sunday.html

https://tishfarrell.com/2017/07/16/monochrome-strawberries-a-challenge-too-far/

https://attaleuntold.wordpress.com/2017/07/16/black-white-sunday-after-before-its-a-dogs-life/

https://neihtn.wordpress.com/2017/07/16/black-white-sunday-after-and-before/

https://ameditativejourney.wordpress.com/2017/07/16/black-white-sunday-after-and-before-3/

https://netdancer.com/2017/07/16/black-white-sunday-after-and-before/

https://lagottocattleya.wordpress.com/2017/07/16/black-white-sunday-after-and-before/

https://mostlymonochrome.wordpress.com/2017/07/16/the-tram-before-and-after/

https://lucidgypsy.com/2017/07/16/black-and-white-sunday-4/

https://robert20359.wordpress.com/2017/07/16/black-white-sunday-after-and-before/

https://alipatoblog.wordpress.com/2017/07/16/into-the-light-black-white-sunday-after-and-before/

https://isadoraartandphotography.com/2017/07/16/black-white-before-after/

https://rkarkera.wordpress.com/2017/07/17/black-white-sunday-after-before/

https://ceenphotography.com/2017/07/17/black-white-sunday-after-and-before-july/

https://joeowensblog.wordpress.com/2017/07/17/black-white-sunday-after-before-july-2017/

https://unavistadisanfermo.wordpress.com/2017/07/18/before-and-after-4/

https://dailymusing57.com/2017/07/18/black-white-sunday-after-before-6/

https://bushboy.blog/2017/07/18/black-and-white-sunday-before-and-after-3/

 

77 responses to “BLACK & WHITE SUNDAY: AFTER AND BEFORE Y1-06”

  1. I think I like the color because the blue water and the white sail make me wistful for the ocean. But from a technical point of view, the black & white is really good. This is more and emotional reaction on my part.

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    1. And I appreciate your comment very much, Marilyn as I appreciate your taste, talent and knowledge. Thank you very much.

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  2. Each beautiful in their own right! 🙂

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    1. Thank you my dear Linda. Always a pleasure to see you.

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  3. […] BLACK & WHITE SUNDAY: AFTER AND BEFORE […]

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  4. Both beautiful , but the colour version seems to be nearer and somehow more “available”………….

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  5. […] Linked to Paula’s Black & White Sunday here. […]

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  6. Ah, yes, the monochrome for composition – nice on, Paula! Here’s mine, with monochrome for mood: https://suejudd.com/2017/07/16/black-white-sunday-after-and-before-3/

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    1. 🙂 Thank you again, Sue 🙂 This is the last B&W Sunday in July.

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      1. Maybe one later in the year?

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        1. The next Black &White Sunday will be on 13 August :). This Thursday there is T. Special and then I am having a two week off Internet.

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          1. OK, I knew you were off soon, so hope you have a good rest!

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  7. Difficult decision. The two main shades of blue of the water are a lovely contrast to the yellowish tones of the rock vegetation. And blue sea water is always attractive (in its literal sense). But the different lines – horizontal, vertical and diagonal – come to the fore in the monochrome.

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    1. 🙂 I value your opinion. Thanks so much.

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  8. […] Posted as part of Paula’s After and Before on B&W Sunday […]

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  9. yeap, each is pretty in its own right. I learned to appreciate nature images in B&W.
    https://lessywannagohome.blogspot.be/2017/07/b-sunday.html

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    1. Thank you for sharing Klara, and for your views. It takes time to appreciate nature in black and white. Glad you are one of them.

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  10. […] BLACK & WHITE SUNDAY: AFTE… on Lost in Translation […]

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  11. https://tishfarrell.com/2017/07/16/monochrome-strawberries-a-challenge-too-far/ Look what you made me do to my strawberries, Paula! Hugs, and hope you’re giving yourself a break today.

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    1. I will be giving myself a two week break as of Friday. Thank you for caring Tish. xx

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  12. I always enjoy this challenge – saves me having to make up my own mind on which I prefer to post!
    This month I think I prefer your colour version. The black and white has great detail in the water colour and fantastic texture, but I think the colour version is more relaxing and cheerful. And on a very muggy but grey day here, I think colour has extra appeal today

    I’ve gone for a couple from Madrid last year – I had marked them for the challenge as I really couldn’t choose a favourite myself. https://travelwithintent.com/2017/07/16/bright-light-in-madrid/

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    1. I can relate to that Debbie. Thank you so much for giving me your opinion.

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  13. Colour of that water is just spellbinding.

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  14. […] This is in response to a challenge by Paula at the following link: https://bopaula.wordpress.com/2017/07/16/black-white-sunday-after-and-before-2/ […]

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  15. […] early summer morning in Poudre Canyon…submitted in response to Lost in Translation’s photo […]

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  16. The blue in the color image awakens memories of life in San Diego while both images took me back to the Rhode Island. Wow…a transcontinental journey in one Sunday morning…

    https://ameditativejourney.wordpress.com/2017/07/16/black-white-sunday-after-and-before-3/

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  17. I love this challenge – for the same reasons as you mention, Paula. And so I can choose either depending on my own mood! Both lovely.

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  18. […] Paula‘s Sunday challenge: The backseat of an old car at Kyrkö Mosse. I don’t know in which […]

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  19. The Tram, Before and After

    I enjoy these challenges so I thought I’d have a go.

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    1. I’m very pleased to hear that. Thank you for your entry. 🙂

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  20. […] Any preference? Paula has a beautiful Corsican sea scene, take a look here. […]

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  21. If I didn’t know how blue that sea was, I’d love the black and white version, but with the addition of the blue boat it’s really dazzling!

    Black and White Sunday

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    1. 😀 Fair enough, Gilly. Thanks.

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  22. hi paula, wonderful pictures, here is my first contribution to black & white sunday, http://wp.me/p2AvI7-2rl.
    regards
    robert

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  23. […] This is my contribution to Paula’s Black and White Sunday. […]

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    1. Imelda, thank you. I loved your entry and your detailed explanation.

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  24. Difficult because I’m looking at it on my phone. Rubbish except that I can see it’s a lovely shot. XX

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  25. Finally got to appreciate it properly on the laptop, and the lovely music. 🙂 🙂 Wishing you a better week, Paula!

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    1. Thank you, Jo. It’s a difficult one, but soon will be over.

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  26. Hi Paula,
    Sorry about the delay in commenting. Our summer storms kicked in just as I posted on my blog. : (
    Love sailboat photographs. There’s something peaceful about them. I adore the color but the B & W is mysterious.
    Hope you enjoy my entry this week. Thank you for hosting.
    Isadora 😎

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  27. […] from Lost in Transition blog hosts a monthly challenge called Black and White Sunday:  After and Before July.  This is the first time I am playing in this […]

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  28. HI Paula,
    I really like your photo both in color and black and white. Although I tend to like the color version better, but then I’m a huge fan of water and the color blue!!
    Here is my entry for the week.

    Black & White Sunday: After and Before July

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    I have to agree with you on the b & w version. Also, the texture in the water seems a bit more apparent in the b & w.

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  30. […] Paula’s Black & White Sunday invites us to post the same image both in black and white and in colour. AFTER and BEFORE -the topic and subject are entirely arbitrary. The only condition is that we post an image captured in colour and that we turn it monochrome in post processing. […]

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  31. Always enjoy seeing the differences Paula- sometimes it is apparent which works and other times not so! Here’s mine this week https://dailymusing57.com/2017/07/18/black-white-sunday-after-before-6/

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  32. […] Pick your favourite from other photographers contributions at Lost in Translation […]

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  33. I love this challenge
    Here is my contribution Paula

    Black and White Sunday: Before and After

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  34. I think the little boat becomes lost in black and white. The colour of the sea is incredible 🙂

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    1. I agree too – 🙂

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  35. Love the photo you captured. Don’t know which I like better the black or colored…both are aeesome.

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    1. So glad to hear that. Thank you.

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  36. […] also to Paula for hosting her Black & White Sunday: After and Before. The photo in today’s post is a “before” and yesterday’s is an […]

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  37. Hi Paula – I adore your seascape photos, both the color and B&W versions are impactful for their own different reasons. I’ve been absent lately, but wanted to let you know that I appreciate your works. Here’s one from me for this challenge: https://babsjeheron.wordpress.com/2017/07/31/great-blue-herons-artistic-license/ Best, Babsje

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    colored picture :).

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