Photography Competition #49: Black & White

Howdy!

The next topic is : Black & White. This can signifiny ANYTHING that black & white makes you think of. Be creative!.

Rules: This is strictly a photography contest! No photo chopping, but contrast, brightness, levels and other minor touch-ups (healing tool will be allowed for film and print scans). Please avoid any text on the photograph, except at most a copyright statement, remember distractions like text can take away from the composition. Digital and film photography are both allowed. Only one submission per user will be allowed.

You MUST have taken the image yourself.

Max size dimension: 640px (including border)
Max file size: 150kb
File name: Please name your entry the same as your user name (or as close to as possible if your user name has characters that are not allowed in file names)
(Please ensure your entry meets the above before entering your image)

Length: Competition closes Tuesday May 5, 2009

Voting lasts five days after close of competition.

Aighty, I guess I'm first on the chopping block. I noticed that technically, submissions don't have to be b&w to qualify, but I felt the most appropriate way to use the colors was to honor the tradition of monochrome photography.

Black/White always feels most at home to me in a cemetery session. This one's from Elmwood Cemetery in Memphis, TN. Founded in 1852 by 15 men who each gave $500 to purchase the original 40 acres, Elmwood's one of the most beautiful I've had the pleasure to shoot. It doubled in size following the Civil War, and according to the website, it's the final resting place to "mayors, governors, madams, blues singers, suffragists, martyrs, generals, civil rights leaders, holy men and women, outlaws and millionaires."

Beautiful photo, and one of many i know is going to be submitted here. I already have a few i want to use.

Really glad this competition has finally come about!

I have a couple of ideas for this; I hope my little Canon PowerShot is up to the challenge of actually producing a decent photo :-/

Ooh, can't resist a B&W photo comp, so here's my entry - Middle Meadow Walk, on a misty morning. I took this on the way to work one day. It looks a bit sinister in the photo, however it was actually quite pleasant.

Those PowerShots can do anything you want. I used to have the A530 and they're a great camera Good luck with the competition!

Exactly my reaction when i first saw it. Really good photo, glad you decided to opt for this one.

Great shot katana, I dig the fog effect in general.

I know the photo i am going to use and it too has a fog effect, however it's nothing compared to what has already been submitted.

I'll get my entry up soon.

wow katana that's amazing!

Stunning pictures, both. Amazing. Is going to be hard to cast a vote. *wow!

So are we disqualifying unflux from this since he always wins photography comps with his b&w shots?

Just by amazing coincidence I have a photo I took in black and white a few weeks ago and it is still on my camera at home, will post it later.

UPSguy. I love Elmwood cemetery. I visit it regularly. Gorgeous place, they were even considering opening up some property for homes in the place but I think that fell through.

Now I gotta get a good shot.......

I'll definitely have an entry in this one. Just need to find my motivation. Haven't taken part in a competition on Ozzu for a long time now.