My Black and White Photography.

[Kuruni]

Not the best, i'm learning.

I have a Nikon D50.

[Gentile]

I like the last one and the girl in the wading pool. Nice captures :]
You might want to work on your noise though, it can be pretty dang distracting. And some are too dark/blurry

[MLlanes]

are you shooting film? if you are, getting a better film with less grain.

if youre shooting digital, set it to a lower ISO.

[eazym]

if you're shooting digital in a dark room, actually set it to a higher ISO to get more light it and a brighter exposure, then darken. That is of course if the noise/grain bothers you. A lot of people wouldn't mind it.

[Kuruni]

The sixth image was taken with film, the lab killed the negative and i recovered a few images, like 5 from 32 shots, i didn't bother cleaning the white dots because it kind of reminds me of the feeling of the place we were when i took it. Pretty chaotic and dirty.

The other pictures, except for a couple were taken at concerts at night and very far away from the stage, i had to shot the pics at 800 - 1600 ISO without flash.

[Kuruni]

and.... i like grain... a lot.

[purplerose]

Nice work with the one with the girl in the water and the second portrait.

[Kuruni]

Originally Posted by purplerose

Nice work with the one with the girl in the water and the second portrait.

Thank you so much!

[klips]

Originally Posted by Kuruni

and.... i like grain... a lot.

Just be sure to differentiate between grain and noise. Grain often = good, noise rarely so.

[daedicurus]

Originally Posted by eazym

actually set it to a higher ISO to get more light it and a brighter exposure, then darken.

i've never tried this technique, wouldn't it just blow out all your highlights? but i guess a little blow out is better than a lot of noise... time to experiment...

[Cypher]

I like your style, it's got the Ye Olde flair to it.

You captured the costumed people really wel, its almost like you stepped in a timemachina with an old Nikkormat

nice job !

[alicat08]

I like the last one with the dog..its my favorite. Great shots!

[Kuruni]

Thank you so much Cypher, it's really good to know other people's views, it's kind of tricky to see your own art or photography, i've seen mine so much it's difficult to *see* things the way others do.

Thank you alicat08


And yes i like grain but not noise, i understand what you mean, i will take some more shots and share them and see if it looks better this time.

[amordecosmos]

I Think you have some beautiful portraits here.

[kraut2]

Nice shots! I like grain alot also. I do use an old Nikkormat FT2. I am new to computors, so so far I have only one portrait posted. Kraut2

[Kuruni]

Originally Posted by kraut2

Nice shots! I like grain a lot also. I do use an old Nikkormat FT2. I am new to computers, so so far I have only one portrait posted. Kraut2

But will you get a digital or are you still hooked up to film? the change was difficult for me!


And thank you amordecosmos!

[ErbTheLawnGnome]

Gorgeous. I particularly like the first two and the last two. I, also, prefer to have some graininess in photos, and would disagree that it is distracting. To me, it shows the human touch, and proves that both photographer and subject are real, with real flaws, and more beautiful for it.