Weekly Black and White Photography Thread Year 2 No. 31 (13 Sept 2026)

Really nice composition and tonality. A classic rendering.

Detail of a 19th C boat lift in Belgium

140926 boat lift detail bw by softmarmotte, on Flickr

I like subjects like this. A great subject for B&W. I will keep my eye out for appropriate subjects here locally, try to take a picture, make a conversion, and hopefully it will look good in B&W.

I am not familiar with "triplet" lenses, but this looks really cool and dreamy, yet sharp at the same time.

To Daneland and Meeces... YES... I agree! Very well done. And the (almost) lone woman on the platform... takes you away to another time (old movie).

Yes, this caught my eye, too. Well done Meeces!

Thank you very much! It's one of the most famous and influential lens designs in history, invented in 1893 and consisting of 3 elements in 3 groups.

Here's a drawing, though from a different lens series:

A timeless look. And the very nice subtle tones of the horses' coat/hair.

Thank-you for the kind words. I am still "weeding through" a bunch of stuff and have found a couple more that might be worthwhile. I will post them. As I go through the various pictures, I'm finding that a lot of what I saw is almost "better" in B&W than in color. And... all I can think of now... is I missed so much! I need to get back to Chicago someday and just "focus" on walking around with the camera and looking for angles/shapes (rather than trying to do all of the "sightseeing" and museums with the family). There's "so much there" - it is mind boggling! LOL.

A few additional wide-angle B&W's from Chicago. There may be more! LOL. Always fun to process and make the conversion.

Chicago Water Tower (1869)

Milwaukee Art Museum

Obama presidential center

Michigan Avenue looking north

Great image. I keep coming back and finding more interesting subjects and compositions within the composition.

Geometric patterns always make good subject matter, especially when it is found in unanticipated places. Nicely seen and executed.

The beauty of the shine on the summer coat in morning sun.

I spent a year at the University of Chicago. I fell in love with the city (except for the winter ). I particularly like the geometric design of the composition in the second shot.

Sunset 09/18/26

I enjoy taking these kinds of photographs. They are so expressive.

Steve Thomas

We enjoy seeing them. No two clouds are the same.