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Take a Black and White Photo, Get a patch!

 Hello again.

It's time for another photo contest!
 This month the theme is a nice broad one, just to get things going after the first one last month.

Black and White

This months theme is Black and White.
Try and focus on those distinctive shapes and defined shadows that make black and white photos pop.
Get into the mindset of what will look good when in black and white. A good contrast is normally a good basis for a black and white photo.

Any black and white photo is allowed, digital or analogue. Nearly all modern digital cameras have a black and white mode.


The one stipulation is that you have to go and take a new photo!
Not just upload an old photo.
The idea is to encourage you to take some new pics, opposed to showing off what we have done before.

Attached are a couple of shots I took today!

Every black and white photo uploaded gets a Patch!

If I missed giving you a patch last month, let me know in your comment, and I will send you one of each to make up.




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AngryRedhead says: Jun 18, 2010. 4:54 PM
Yarrow bloom.
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Hello Kitty says: Jun 17, 2010. 5:33 PM
Hello Kitty: (I know, shocking, right? :)
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zpollack says: Jun 7, 2010. 10:10 PM
http://www.flickr.com/photos/50901568@N05/
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zpollack says: Jun 7, 2010. 7:00 PM
Flickr:Z_Pollack
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bauble says: Jun 5, 2010. 2:22 AM
Old but loved squeaker toy that sits near my computer.
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Kryptonite says: May 31, 2010. 3:52 AM
Tada!!!
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gwylan says: May 29, 2010. 3:33 PM
Here's view out my front door this morning (once I figured out the black & white  setting on my camera).
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Tool Using Animal says: May 26, 2010. 9:19 PM
Another one, just for fun.
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quesoman says: May 26, 2010. 6:51 PM
 heres my photo. its not very noticable but my guitar is missing the high E string.
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red-king says: May 23, 2010. 7:52 PM
 some of my Port Orford cedar arrows with field points on them, and my incredibly comfortable, and warm rabbit fur hat.
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Tool Using Animal says: May 24, 2010. 4:23 AM
Pretty, did you make them?
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red-king says: May 26, 2010. 12:56 PM
nope. I bought them from 3 rivers archery. All I did was mount the points.
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Tool Using Animal says: May 26, 2010. 1:14 PM
Oh good, I was gonna post my bamboo arrow instructable, eventually, and those make mine look terrible.
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red-king says: May 26, 2010. 2:07 PM
 I'm absolutely terrible at mounting points. I had to wrap some jute cord around it to hide the hot glue...
glowdog says: May 25, 2010. 2:50 PM
Empty Room with ladders.
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bertus52x11 says: May 25, 2010. 1:33 PM
Cool idea!  Am I too late? 
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arynraynes says: May 25, 2010. 11:30 AM
one of my favourite toys that sits by my comp all day
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wufeisgirl says: May 24, 2010. 9:28 PM
Yay for weddings!! :) 
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Creativeman says: May 24, 2010. 7:08 PM
I couldn't choose just one!
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bloke2022 says: May 24, 2010. 3:29 PM
Here's mine.
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caffino54 says: May 22, 2010. 11:33 PM

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Saturn V says: May 24, 2010. 2:22 PM
Your avatar says it all.
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Wasagi says: May 24, 2010. 1:54 PM
 This was part of a multitude of pictures I took of Army Men portraying the battle of Stalingrad. The first is just the second one zoomed in and cropped, but they're some of my favorites form it.
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Shadowman39 says: May 24, 2010. 1:19 PM
Here's mine. :-)
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Kiteman says: May 22, 2010. 5:58 AM
Are we allowed a small cheat?

I took this about an hour ago, lifting the lid of the blue-tit box in our garden and poking the camera through for a moment.

There are actually six young blue tits in the nest, but two a quite small, and get sat on a lot.

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Kiteman says: May 23, 2010. 8:04 AM
Although, I can't decide if I prefer it with more of the beaks in colour...
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Lithium Rain says: May 23, 2010. 1:22 PM
Oh - I love that!
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Kiteman says: May 23, 2010. 1:31 PM
I'm glad somebody likes it (looks pointedly at Jake).
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Lithium Rain says: May 23, 2010. 7:46 PM
I'm all that matters, right? ;D

I once tried to keep a nest of orphaned baby birds alive on worms I dug up from the backyard, cooing eep, eep, eep, eep, to get them to open their mouths. I fed them A LOT of worms, but they wound up not surviving despite my best efforts. :(
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Kiteman says: May 24, 2010. 11:48 AM
Of course (this is the second year blue tits have tried to raise a brood in the box - last year was a failure, two sad little half-fledged corpses).
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gmjhowe (author) says: May 23, 2010. 1:19 PM
 Is this your entry?

1. It seems to have found its way on as a reply
2. Its not black & white. Colour pick outs may be saved for another time!
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Kiteman says: May 23, 2010. 1:30 PM
I guess that's a "no" to small cheats, then...
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maartencomputer says: May 24, 2010. 3:57 AM
 here is my photo:

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bADiTCH says: May 23, 2010. 8:48 PM
 Here's mine.
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Hunter O. says: May 23, 2010. 6:33 PM
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zascecs says: May 23, 2010. 5:59 PM
Just the dog's chew toy and some T.V. effects.
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tonkatruck says: May 23, 2010. 5:17 PM

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yokozuna says: May 22, 2010. 1:18 PM
Inspired by a certain avatar, i was curious how this would turn out.  Keeping my eye open for the flash wasn't as hard as I thought, but it does make me look a bit angry. :)

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gmjhowe (author) says: May 23, 2010. 1:21 PM
 Yeah, I must have taken about 30 odd shots. I had to use lots of external light, and some macro extension tubes. I also used it hooked upto my computer so I could use my iPod to trigger, and see what I was photo'ing with live view, with my other eye.
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lowercase says: May 23, 2010. 10:20 AM
 A storm panorama (3 pictures stitched together)
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gmjhowe (author) says: May 23, 2010. 1:18 PM
 Thats a nice picture. Lightening always makes for great shots!
Notbob says: May 23, 2010. 1:05 PM
I wish I had some of my film negatives scanned in to my computer, ohboy do i have a lot from photography class.
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Hiyadudez says: May 23, 2010. 12:21 PM
I did a few out of boredom :-)

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MotaBoi says: May 23, 2010. 12:18 PM
 Here's a wire sculpture I made, its a runner :P
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cbauman79 says: May 23, 2010. 12:17 PM
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zeechan says: May 23, 2010. 6:57 AM

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thelandlord says: May 23, 2010. 2:11 AM
If anybody is watching their weight, this should help - it'll put you off your breakfast!  :-) 
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Kiteman says: May 23, 2010. 5:13 AM
You need an avatar...
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thelandlord says: May 23, 2010. 6:49 AM
A Good point well made - I'll use that mugshot.  :-) 
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cowscankill says: May 23, 2010. 6:10 AM
 An old knife I made for a friend... tiny little thing...
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steve.b says: May 23, 2010. 3:17 AM

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thelandlord says: May 23, 2010. 2:03 AM
Here's my ham radio rig - it lives on the desk beside my monitor. 
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Zem says: May 22, 2010. 1:58 PM
 Picture of our van's right side front brake. Taken on my new camera =D
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ChrysN says: May 21, 2010. 5:15 PM
Here's a couple of mine.
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Fox-san48 says: May 22, 2010. 8:42 AM
very nice, i like the keyboard one
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arv_christos says: May 22, 2010. 8:10 AM
This is a b&w photo from budapest
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MrL33TPenguin says: May 22, 2010. 6:41 AM
 Well, here is my photo for this month.
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macgeek says: May 21, 2010. 3:38 PM
I am so happy Spring is here, Photo taken at the lake in Prospect Park, Brooklyn
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Kiteman says: May 22, 2010. 5:54 AM
I do like that.

Geese are nature's schizophrenics - grace and elegance one minute, hissing fury the next.


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macgeek says: May 21, 2010. 3:39 PM
Taken with a Canon 5d Mark II - 400mm Zoom lens
mt270 says: May 22, 2010. 1:33 AM
 Here's mine- taken in Florida
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ph1lt3ch says: May 21, 2010. 10:11 PM
 
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rogers236 says: May 21, 2010. 8:16 PM
 
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ItsTheHobbs says: May 21, 2010. 5:10 PM
Here's mine.
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ItsTheHobbs says: May 21, 2010. 5:12 PM
Sorry about the quality, bad lighting and taken on a cell phone.
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noahh says: May 21, 2010. 4:47 PM
Here's one of my favorite B&W pictures I've ever taken:



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Clayton H. says: May 21, 2010. 3:41 PM
Here's one from my phone of my backyard. I took it last year.
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kcls says: May 21, 2010. 1:45 PM
A few flowers and a motorcycle that was parked at the marina we are at. All taken withe my still trusty Canon Powershot A540, and my super cool new Joby Gorillapod magnetic. 
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kcls says: May 21, 2010. 1:48 PM
Whoops! Forgot the pictures. Here they are:
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gmjhowe (author) says: May 21, 2010. 1:55 PM
 Very nice! Third one is my Fav.
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Tool Using Animal says: May 21, 2010. 1:27 PM
I didn't want to get off the couch, my keys were handy.

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The Ideanator says: May 21, 2010. 12:30 PM
I see a challenge! But then I read the rest of the description and its far too easy.
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gmjhowe (author) says: May 21, 2010. 12:43 PM
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The Ideanator says: May 21, 2010. 12:57 PM
What do you mean by that? Adding grain or mix-and-matching?
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kcls says: May 21, 2010. 12:49 PM
Darn it! I was going to do a flower... Now I have to think of something else.
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gmjhowe (author) says: May 21, 2010. 12:53 PM
 I did a flower as the example image, you can do a flower also.

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The Ideanator says: May 21, 2010. 12:51 PM
heres your pics dude
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