Today is #monochromemonday so I decided to take some closeup photography. This is also my entry for the #monomad challenge!
The charger for my SLR camera has been missing for quite some time but today I finally found it !
Since the weather outside is pretty gloomy I figured it was better to focus on things inside my house. Luckily my wife is pretty crazy when it comes to decoration and she likes buying these dried plants. Turns out they are great for black and white photography! Just as I snapped the above shots the sun came out and it creates a very big contrast with the background, allowing the small details to come out.
Here is another type of plant. It’s also white in colour so perfect for monochrome as it gives a lot of contrast.
As I continued looking I also found this cotton plant. Pretty amazing plant really. I remember the first time I saw it in real life. It was when I was bicycling outside of Shanghai and I came up on a cotton field. I didn’t know what it was at first and finally I asked a local walking by that kindly pointed at my clothes and explained that it’s the same material which your y shirt is made of.
Hope you’re having a great day ! Not many times left for Xmas m, I’m so excited to get together with the family and friends ! What are your plans ?
I like the second photo, and it would make an excellent subject for a pencil drawing. The shadows have a rhythm with a dark background that helps the highlights pop.
Thank you ! I also like that one. Please note that if you ever would like to use any of my photographs as inspiration for painting etc then let me know and I can send a picture with better resolution.
Hello @dandesign86 and welcome to the black and white community!
Don't forget to add our #monomad tag to your post, in case you feel like participating in our daily challenge 🙂
Sure thing ! The daily challenge doesn’t have a theme correct, it can be anything as long as it is monochrome ? Is it possible to add monomad tag for this post or it’s not gonna work to add a tag after posting ?
No theme at all. As long it is black and white and follows the community and contest guidelines it's good to go.
And yes, you can add the tag to this one, no problem at all.
Ok awesome many thanks !
You're welcome!