Sunset, B&W

[Hardyhead 0]

Well, I took this photo before I got my digital SLR, so it's an actual photo that's been digitized. The photo was taken about 35 mins before sunset in Madison, WI on Lake Mendota this spring. I had not processed the film, and considering this photo was shot unfiltered, I think it came out pretty darn good. I only wish I would have had some filters on me. Anyway, I am going fishing this weekend, and have some new toys to play with, so hopefully I will be able to post some good shots.

 

Enjoy!

 

[Graham 0]

Gorgeous photo! The god-beams came out real nice in b&W, very interesting, and beautiful.

[JayMorr 0]

Stunning! I have been doing more and more with black and white. This is a really neat photo. Thanks for sharing!

 

 

 

[Ashby 0]

Nice sunset photo, never thought of doing them in B&W, I'll have to give it a try.

 

Ashby

[Hardyhead 0]

 

Thanks for the kind words, sometimes I look at this photo and I think it may benefit from some cropping, seems like there is too much sky. I was pleased that the reflections on the water showed so well, but a bit disappointed in the massive amounts of slime that interrupted the smoothness of the reflections.

 

I wish I would have had my DSLR that day, the resolution on my scanner is a bit low. The real photo is abit nicer, and just a touch brighter than the scanned version.

 

B&W is a lot of fun, but tough to get the right balance of contrast and brightness, often times my B&Ws are a touch washed out.

 

Anyway, keep up the great photos guys, it's very inspiring.

[Guest]

That is a great photo. Was the original in color or in black and white? I have played with a couple of photos in photoshop changing them from color to greyscale.

 

Jim

[Hardyhead 0]

 

This original was B&W, but it was taken with an old Topcon SLR I have. Funny story about the Topcon, when I was an undergraduate at the University of Minnesota, they had a blind auction on a bunch of old equipment they wanted to get rid of. They had a Chinon SLR, a Topcon SLR, and a really old Leica Rangefinder. My friend wanted the Leica, so he got it for $135, I bid on the Chinon and the Topcon, I got the Topcon for $75 and the Chinon for $25. The cool thing about the Topcon is that it came with 5 lenses, all nice Super Takumar screw mounts, and all of the lenses and the body are stamped with 'PROPERTY OF US SECRET SERVICE'. I will be holding onto that stuff for a while

[Peterjay 0]

That's a lot of gear for $100. I hope you hung onto your MF negs. I've had pretty good luck scanning mine.

[troutgeek 0]

Well, I took this photo before I got my digital SLR, so it's an actual photo that's been digitized. The photo was taken about 35 mins before sunset in Madison, WI on Lake Mendota this spring. I had not processed the film, and considering this photo was shot unfiltered, I think it came out pretty darn good. I only wish I would have had some filters on me. Anyway, I am going fishing this weekend, and have some new toys to play with, so hopefully I will be able to post some good shots.

 

Enjoy!

 

Hey! I think I see Middleton!

[Hardyhead 0]

 

Indeed, that is looking in the direction of Middleton from University Bay. I love fishing for the big bucketmouths in the spring at this location, last year our fish averaged 5lbs, hard to argue with that, hook a few of those on a 6 or 7 wt and you are having yourself a dandy day :yahoo: