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Entry 1 by olmail for B&W Assignment

Reader Stories: Photography Assignment 61 - Black and White Photography

From olmail

Entry 1 by olmail for B&W Assignment

v a landscape

Is a model release on file for all recognizable people? 

n/a

What day was the photo taken? 

photo taken jan. 25 2010

Photo Description 

Taken with a canon xsi and Tamron 17-50 at 17mm-f13-1/250sec. This scene is on the grounds of the Dayton Ohio veterans administration medical center. i was fortunate enough to be there in the few hours with some blue breaking through many days of completely gray skies. i thought the cloud pattern complimented the landscape well.

Advice 

  • The advice I need to follow myself much more often is to give black and white more consideration. this shot in particular would have been very bland in color

Liz Masoner, Photography Guide, says:

Requested critique: This is a very nice image overall. The clouds add texture to the sky and the angle of the shot adds to a sense of large space. My only real nitpick with this image is the dead tree in the center of the clearing. The slight slope of the trees on either side and the clouds both create a funnel or "v" that leads the eye directly to the dead tree.

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