Assignment: "B&W Portraits" June 24- July 8

[Sime™]

This week's assignment is "B&W Portraits". It can be a self-portrait or it can be of anyone else (human, not animal), but it must be black and white (no sepia). You can do it in camera or in post processing.

I tend to go for very contrasty B&W processing (I use Lightroom) as you can see below! - Show me yours.



As always, the rules...Please note the change in closing time.

Just a note to new posters: DO NOT start a new thread for your post. Please just hit the reply button at the bottom of any current post and put your image there.

1. Your original image you submit should be taken between the 24th of June and the 8th of July. Each week as an assignment closes on the Wednesday, it will be AUTOMATICALLY deemed *CLOSED* after 8am GMT ( 3am EST) and any posts after that time will not be eligible for the assignment competition. Don't wait until the last minute to post!

2. Your post must include "Assignment: B&W Portrait" (to show your permission to count it for the contest) and the date the picture was taken (to show that it is a valid entry).

3. EXIF data should be intact. It helps if you can include the main points (including camera, lens, date taken, ISO, shutter speed and aperture) in the text of your message.

4. Only one entry per member (if you can't restrain yourself until the end of the first week you can post two or three separate pictures but your entry should be in a separate post and the only marked with the text above). It must be an original image taken by you.

5. Remember the cross-site image size limit (800px on the longest side).

6. If the image does not exist in post at the end of the contest, it is disqualified. If you modify anything on flickr and re-save the image then the link is broken and the message needs edited to link the picture again before it will be included in the contest.
For everyone, please do not repeat other people's photos by quoting them until the contest is over. If you want to comment on or discuss an entry you can use a link to it (or just delete the picture from the quoted text).

7. If you are looking for the winners of the mini-contest, please check the front page of the DPS blog Saturday late afternoon (EST) and here.

Next week: A mistake. You've taken a photo, you were rushing, you hadn't checked your settings, SNAP, it came out all wrong - but you like it. I'm sure we've all got a whole hard drive full of these - let's see your best MISTAKE. For this contest, you can draw on your back catalogue (in other words, for once, you can use a shot you took three years ago) but you need to explain why it was a mistake.

[duna]

Jack: 11 days old.



Taken June 25, 2009

Exposure:	0.02 sec (1/50)
Aperture:	f/1.8
Focal Length:	50 mm
Exposure:	+1.67
ISO Speed:	200

[kender42]

Originally Posted by duna

Jack: 11 days old.


Taken June 25, 2009

That is a beautiful portrait!!!!

[kender42]

ok so I decided i liked this picture of my nephew a lot better. I took it on July 1st with my Olympus D-520 ZOOM. The flash did fire, other then that, all settings on auto. Post Production done in Photoshop Elements. I removed color then adjusted brightness and contrast.

[3afsa]

Taken June 29, 2009

EXIF:
Camera: Nikon D40
Exposure: 0.005 sec (1/200)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 55 mm
Exposure: 0.00
ISO Speed: 200
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: No Flash

[lerner2669]

My wife graciously indulged me for 10 minutes while I tried to get something near the shot I wanted.

Nikon D60
No Flash
Focal 26.0 mm
Exposure: 1/30
Aperture: f/f.6
ISO: 1600

[danielgaskins]

My Daughter, Epiphany




Camera Make: Canon
Camera Model: Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XSi
Resolution: 1023 x 748
Color/bw: Black and white
Flash Used: Yes (manual)
Focal Length: 32.0mm
CCD Width: 8.30mm
Exposure Time: 0.0050 s (1/200)
Aperture: f/14.0
ISO Equiv.: 400
Whitebalance: Auto
Metering Mode: matrix

[lerner2669]

This is the picture I really wanted to use, but I took it one day outside of the window

[a_brewley]

Camera: Canon EOS 40D
Exposure: 0.01 sec (1/100)
Aperture: f/4.0
Focal Length: 40 mm
Exposure: 0.00
ISO Speed: 320
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: Off, Did not fire

Date taken : June 30th 2009

Beauty lost, Beauty gained

[WildRain]

Tradition: Navy Wife and Mom



Canon S5-IS, ISO400, f/3.5 @ 1/15s, 28.4mm focal length. Taken 6/26/9