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    April 14, 2023, 5:06 p.m.

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    April 14, 2023, 5:34 p.m.

    I like that PP, Paul. The light in the foreground is ethereal.

    I'm bored, too. It's still morning here so I'll go out and take care of that.

    As for as your wetness, I didn't realize you are that old. Keep the doors open between you and the facilities. 🤣 Rich

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    April 14, 2023, 5:35 p.m.

    Mmm... 🥰

    What do you use to create your B&W? Or rather how do you do it? I've given up. I don't have anything Adobe. I've mostly tried with curves and coloured filters for the conversion (to accentuate or hold back some tones).

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    April 14, 2023, 5:42 p.m.

    Thanks rich its been a very wet afternoon here , saying that it was a beautiful morning I was able to get out and do 26 miles on the bike before the rain started plan to go out tomorrow morning with the camera see what I get 🙂Paul

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    April 14, 2023, 5:48 p.m.

    Thanks Charlotte glad u liked it to be honest I couldn't tell u how I processed it no set formula I just play about with it in Snapseed until I like what I see .
    As I told Rich I plan to go out tomorrow with landscape in mind But I will also be on the lookout for a TIT for u 😀Paul

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    April 14, 2023, 6:23 p.m.

    Snapseed? You do it on your phone? Now I totally give up.😂

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    April 14, 2023, 6:30 p.m.

    No I do it on my iPad Snapseed is a free and very good program easy to use Its what I use for all my photography ..

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    April 14, 2023, 6:42 p.m.

    Hmm. It even handles raw, I read. I don't have a tablet, so can't try it.

    And you shouldn't quote my typos. It's rude. 😋😉

    Besides, I never wrote pone. You must have changed that. 😛

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    April 14, 2023, 6:58 p.m.

    Nice, Paul ... Horizontal with the Rock in the left corner!!... I spent more time with the vertical and have looked back even today ... still thinking about it ... I do like monochrome ... I grew up with photography reading and looking at the pictures of Ansel Adams ... and I always wanted to be a landscape photographer but I lived in and near Chicago and I find that my inclinations are not landscape .. even when the opportunity arises.... and also decided I could never afford to be a photographer! ...

    WhyNot

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    April 14, 2023, 7:01 p.m.

    Love the ghostly glow here. Looks like beautiful weather for b&w photography.

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    April 14, 2023, 7:03 p.m.

    Charlotte I just thought Pone was some kind of new Viking device I hadn't heard of yet 😂

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    April 14, 2023, 7:08 p.m.

    Thanks WN I am starting to like monochrome /more and more so much so I have set my camera up for Raw and JPEG monochrome so I have both I see pentax have just released a K3 III monochrome camera 🙂

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    April 14, 2023, 7:09 p.m.

    Thanks it was one of those mornings it was good to be out 🙂

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    April 14, 2023, 7:20 p.m.

    I noticed that too .. I generally have my smaller cameras -- M10 & M5 set for monochrome so I can see it that way through the EVF. From Color I can convert with NIK Silver Efex (which will emulate file types) or Topaz B&W ( no longer available) so not sure what those monochrome cameras can offer ... Both the cameras and the current printers get usable B&W these days ... it took a while ... I use to buy B&W film in 100 foot roles back in the film days .. and really still don't understand color ..

    Keep at it these last pictures are great ... ( as thought you need encouragement .. better let's find a table, drink some coffee and compare results!!!)

    WhyNot

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    April 14, 2023, 7:39 p.m.

    Thanks for the encouragement WN its much appreciated we all need encouragement, I like the thought of the coffee its 8:40 in the evening and that's what Im doing Now Paul 🙂👍

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    April 14, 2023, 8:56 p.m.

    A lovely scene Paul and dramatic tones again. I see a truck ascending a hill in the upper right corner of the image!

    Andrew

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    April 14, 2023, 9:21 p.m.

    Thanks Andrew I had noticed the truck but not straight away I thinks it’s a Bread delivery Van .