I went to check out the matinee of the new Bond movie at the neighborhood movie house and ended up walking down the alley behind the theater to get there....it struck me as a place to snap a few shots for the challenge...I took several in the alley...didn't end up with what I'd hoped, but these were the ones I liked the most. vista_alley1  vista_alley2

The theater  vista   has one of the best sound systems in town & the interior would be great to shoot one day...

it's on the far east end of Hollywood Blvd, where it intersects with Sunset. hw_and_ss2  hw_and_ss1 I took a few angles and depths...liked these the most...

and just up the street, the barber shop shot is probably better in color Rudy_s ...the actual sun was right behind this sun sculpture... el_chavo_sun                                         

Janet and I had taken a trip to San Diego as you know ,and while we were coming back home to Sacramento, we visitied the Monterey Bay Aquarium in Monterey. Super nice building and lots to look at.

Here is a group of Sea Nettles, and here's one alone.

Check this odd one out... it's an Egg Yolk Jelly fish.

One of my favorites... a Blue Tang. So much color on these fish. Wonderful place to shoot.

Camera: Canon EOS 20D

Group-                                                      Alone-

Exposure: 0.02 sec (1/50)                              Exposure: 0.033 sec (1/30)
Aperture: f/4                                                      Aperture: f/4
Focal Length: 91 mm                                        Focal Length: 109 mm
ISO Speed: 1600                                                ISO Speed: 1600

Egg Yolk Jelly Fish-                                      Blue Tang-

Exposure: 0.017 sec (1/60)                             Exposure: 0.01 sec (1/100)
Aperture: f/4                                                       Aperture: f/4.5 
Focal Length: 109 mm                                       Focal Length: 70 mm
ISO Speed: 1600                                                 ISO Speed: 400

OK...how about a twist on the theme? How about b&w pictures taken in color mode?

Like these, for example DSCI0017  tg_y ...peace guys

 2 for the challenge BW FLOWER  BW FLOWER2 

 My friend takes care of this Prairie Dog, such a cutie watcha lookinat 

Not shy at all  goat tee 

Having fun with one of my fav shotsBIRDIES  

This guy was very animated  ring tailed lemer 

I really like how this one came out with the  shadows2 

Enough for now, have a great day!

 Forgotten

Listen to the sound
Dizzy from the ups and downs
I’m nauseated by the polluted rot that’s all around
Watching the wheels of cars that pass
I look past to the last of the light and the long shadows it casts
A window grows and captures the eye
And cries out a yellow light as it passes me by
And a young shadowy figure sits in front of a box
Inside a building of rock with antennas on top, now
Nothing can stop in this land of the pain
The sane lose not knowing they were part of the game
And while the insides change
The box stays the same and the figure inside could bear anybody’s name
The memories I keep are from a time like then
I put on my paper so I could come back to them
Someday I’m hoping to close my eyes and pretend
That this crumpled up paper can be perfect again

-Frgt/10 Linkin Park

Two of Bailey for the b&w challenge.

Bailey

MMMmmmmmm.... Lunch

Thanks for looking!

 IMG_2398 The dramatic peanut

  IMG_6673 Would you care for some fresh cracked pepper?

 IMG_4152  limey

 IMG_1112 can you guess?

 IMG_5104 can you guess 2

My camera club’s theme for this month photo competition is … “Delicious” … This will be my entry … “Red Delicious” … This image evolved from just a couple of Washington Red Delicious apples to this  …

Your comments are always appreciated … Thanks for looking!!

You can definitely count me among those who are not-so-much b/w fans - rarely take them, and rarely see photos I think are at their best without color. 

However, I am up for a challenge, so here are a few attempts:

   guitar                   weeds                     clouds

What, you ask, does that have to do with the title??  This last one is one I thought begged to be in b/w.  It is a sculpture at the United Nations in NYC.

I never shoot b&w and am just learning to use my camera in manual mode - can't say that I like either at this point.

 Turner_s_Pond

 Trash_Container___bw

 Soda_Fountain___bw

 Car_Lot___bw

--Pat

 BW   

 Mexico Border BW 

 shadowtrees 

OK so the last one should be for the last challenge but thought it looked nice..

I didn't shoot these specifically for this challenge, but they are very recent.  Both were taken with a little point and shoot, a Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX3, which turned out to be a completely unexpected surprise.  It's a great take-everywhere camera with very good image quality.  I took it and my D300 out over the weekend and the D300 never made it out of the camera bag.

 lands_end 

 fog_1 

And one from a Ricoh GX-200:

 sfflower 

So, in the true spirit of this B&W project that pyro has set upon us, I grabbed the camera, set it on the B&W setting swearing not to even think in color, got on the bicycle and headed to Neary Lagoon to shoot. The pics I have posted so far were from my archive and were actual shots that I converted to B&W back when they were taken. These are fresh, shot today. The mud hen thanks you...

Like the water on this one  DSC05391_1

Like the reflection here  DSC05389_1

Up in the air on this one  DSC05380

 Might like this one the best DSC05379_1

The following set is of the Wahkeena waterfall in Oregon. The waterfall is located about 15-20 miles East of Portland. The first picture in this post is for  reference . It was taken at 27 mm.

The following four were taken with the 80-200 and picking the area around the rock in the foreground. I realize the first two are somewhat similiar but differ in the blur of the water. I figured I post them both to see if there is preference for one or the other. Any comments/critiques will be appreciated.

 Wahkeena 1    1/3 second f10 @ 80mm

 Wahkeena 2    2 seconds f22 @ 80mm

 Wahkeena 3    1/3 second f10 @ 112mm

 Wahkeena 4   1/10 second f8 @ 80mm

I took these at a little neighborhood zoo that my son & I like to visit. They're not exactly exotic animals but they have their own charm. Hope you like them.

 IMG_3645 

 IMG_3626 No Bull! (my favorite)

 IMG_3641 I will NOT follow the leader!

 IMG_3652 (sorry about the blur in the corner)

 IMG_3624 OHMM..