Weekly Black and White Photography Thread Year 2 No. 20 (28 June 2026)

Thank you. It's certainly a challenge given the not so square/straight lines of many buildings/walls in town.

Brough Castle, Cumbria

Really nice tonality - particularly nicely captured sky. The aspect ratio fits the image nicely.

The edits had differing effects on each image. They really worked well on the last one to make it "pop."

Baby Whale

Very interesting abstract. Of course I am bias, I love the tonality of weathered wood. 😉

Nicely done. B&W photography is a different animal. People who mostly do color often miss the point that in B&W there is NO color. That sounds simplified but without color subjects cannot be separated using color. Drama cannot be generated using color. What you do have is texture both fine and large, contrast and tonal range. I often use the concept of W. Eugene Smith, "The light comes out of the dark." I think your have accomplished this with this edit. I particularly like the first and third.