Posts Tagged “B&W”
A homeless man taking a nap in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn. Aperture: ƒ/9 Camera: Canon EOS 20D Focal length: 24mm ISO: 200 Shutter speed: 1/60s
While wandering around the High Line Park on the west side of Manhattan, I spotted this building. Something about the fire escape caught my eye, reminding me of my youth running up and down narrow alleys and climbing fire escapes for fun, and I snapped this shot. I wanted to evoke feelings of urban nostalgia,…
One World Trade Center as seen from the Jersey side. Aperture: ƒ/11 Camera: Canon EOS 7D Focal length: 65mm ISO: 100 Shutter speed: 13s
A giant banyan tree found along the Pipiwai Trail on Maui, Hawaii. Although I shot this photo with the intention of leaving it in color, during my processing I just wasn’t getting the look and feeling I wanted until I converted to black and white. Aperture: ƒ/5 Camera: Canon EOS 7D Focal length: 15mm ISO:…
This is the first bridge leading to the bamboo forest along the Pipiwai trail in Maui, Hawaii. The forest is huge and full of magic and beauty, but also pretty dark and foreboding. The sound of the bamboo swaying in the wind is soothing and mysterious, it almost feels as if the trees are talking…
On September 11, 2001, four commercial passenger planes were used as missiles to kill nearly 3,000 people. I took this particular photo in 2006 at the five year anniversary of one of the most horrific tragedies in American history, and my life. As a lifelong New Yorker, with a family history here going back more than five…
This is a natural, heart-shaped cutout in the lava rocks near Nakalele Blowhole in Maui, Hawaii. Aperture: ƒ/8 Camera: Canon EOS 7D Focal length: 85mm ISO: 100 Shutter speed: 1/40s
Taken in Tarragona, Spain back in 2011. This is a very nice town, with some interesting sites to see, but for some reason this one bridge really caught my eye. I just love the crisscross shadows and almost tunnel-like feeling one gets as you stand on one side of the bridge and gaze across at…
This was the very first photo I ever took with the intention of turning it into a black and white photo in post. When I saw this guy working I had a vision of the final photo in B&W and this is almost exactly what I envisioned. Aperture: ƒ/9 Camera: Canon EOS 7D Focal length:…
Taken during a street fair in Brooklyn. This gentleman was in charge of the “Strongman” Carney attraction where virile young men and women attempt to ring a bell by hitting a lever with a rubber sledgehammer. A little tip, if you want to ring the bell, there’s a trick. Don’t try to hit the…
Taken while on vacation in Florida. I’ve processed this photo both in color and in b&w, and to me it looks great either way. Tomorrow I’ll post the color version (with slightly different cropping) so all of the interwebs can judge for themselves. Aperture: ƒ/11 Camera: Canon EOS 7D Focal length: 18mm ISO: 200…
The Williamsburg Bridge in Brooklyn, NY. I was riding my bike near the waterfront when I came upon the Department of Transportation’s bridge repair office building. Amazingly, even though the gate was usually closed and locked, it was wide open. Even more surprising, I actually had my camera with me. I quickly ran inside the…