2024
For our Quarterly competitions the photos have to be taken in the preceding 3 months. The subject this time was Black and White. Of course none of these photos are actually taken on black and white film, but converted to black and white from the digital raw file or sometimes converted in camera as some have a black and white emulation mode and will produce a b&w jpeg. The advantage of doing this is that the viewfinder renders the image in b&w, making it a bit easier to judge the end result. Again unless you have a specialist black and white only Leica the original is still recorded in colour. This has the advantage that you can change the rendering easily afterwards, for example: make the blue sky darker (like using a yellow filter in the film days) or even create pseudo infra red images by darkening the blue channel and brightening the yellow/green colours.
Your editor was unfortunately not present at the club meeting where the winning images were voted on by the club members. Below the 10 images with the highest scores, starting at 10 and counting down to the first prize image.
Joint 10th place – Just A Soft Drink -Michael Fraser.
An unusual shot of bubbles.
Joint 10th place – Twisted Tulip – Annette Murty.
Lovely texture of the flower petals.
Jointh 8th place – Itamiraty Palace Spiral Staircase – Ben Kneller.
Great swooping shapes.
Joint 8th place – Greyhope In The Gray – Dave Lynch.
Long time exposure of Greyhope Bay.
Joint 6th place – Forest at Castle Fraser – Rob Romani.
iPhone shot in raw converted to black and white in LR. Took it because I liked the way the sun picked out the tree foliage.
Avenue of the Baobabs – Lynda Gordon. Well composed shot of these amazing trees.
4th place – Four-spotted Chaser – Trevor Stuchbury.
Well executed close up with the lace like structure of the wings nicely sharp.
3rd place – Take An Inch – Pamela Stuart. Simple but original idea, well executed.
2nd place – Mansion House – Graeme Youngson.
Reduced to its essential elements, possibly not so popular with sticklers for shadow detail 😉
1st place – Union Street in the Snow – Graeme Youngson.
Our Graeme excels in bad weather conditions, most of us would not venture out, let alone carrying a camera. But he does and gets the winning shot! Well done!
Visions Photography Club 
What a great take on the challenge. It allows us to see what it might take to present images in contests. I love the B&W, as it truly guides us to noticing more detail. I am with you, I think “Take an Inch” is original and well executed.
LikeLike