Category: Black And White - photovotary

always

3/23/2025

A black and white film photo of a border collie standing among dried native plants and grasses with fallen leaves on the ground. The sun is bright but low so half of the dog's face is in shadow. The dog is standing at alert and looking off to the right of the frame at something.

Taken with Nikon F3 using Ilford 400HP black and white film.

What you see

5/26/2024

Black and white photo of a winter-bare tree jutting out over a the surface of a pond so that the dendritic branching of its crown is perfectly mirrored up and down from the center line of the image. Other trees on the bank are reflected in the background as well. The shapes formed by the branches may appear chaotic, fervent, animal, or insect-like.

Black and white photo of a winter-bare tree jutting out over a the surface of a pond so that the dendritic branching of its crown is perfectly mirrored up and down from the center line of the image. Other trees on the bank are reflected in the background as well. The shapes formed by the branches may appear chaotic, fervent, animal, or insect-like. Photo taken with Nikon F3-HP and Ilford black and white film.

look up

11/11/2023

A black and white image of the branches of a Redbud tree against a pale gray sky.

Redbud branches in spring 2023. Taken with my Nikon F3 using a Nikon 50mm lens on black and white Ilford 400HP film at f/8, 1/500

Dyad (insects on blossoms)

9/10/2023

A black and white film photo taken with my Nikon F3 of blueberry blossoms being visited by a large wasp against a pale grey sky.

A color photo taken with my Nikon D5100 of bright yellow wild flowers being visited by a wasp or bee against green bokeh.

Vulture through the Sweetgum trees

9/10/2023

A turkey vulture soars in the grey sky beyond tall Sweetgum trees with the seed balls visible all over the branches. The image is washed out black and white.

Here she comes

5/22/2023

A dreamy black and white photo of a path through a wooded area with tangles of trees and fallen branches along it. A small border collie mix pup is in the distance in soft focus and running towards the camera. Taken with my Nikon F3 HP using a Tokina 35-105mm lens and black and white Ilford 400 HP film.

Narcissus

5/4/2023

Black and white photo of two daffodil blossoms surrounded by their leaves.

Nikon F3 HP | Tokina 35-105mm | Ilford HP5 Plus 400 | f/8, 1/125

Black and white photo of a daffodil with a wasp sitting on it; surrounded by the daffodil's leaves

Nikon F3 HP | Tokina 35-105mm | Ilford HP5 Plus 400 | f/5.6, 1/250

shadows

4/30/2023

A wooden gate constructed with horizontal slats is photographed in black and white with shadows being cast upon it from late afternoon sun. Trees and sky are on the other side.

Nikon F3 HP | Nikon 25-50mm I Ilford HP5 Plus | f/8, 1/250

Nostalgia for New Orleans

3/14/2023

All of these images were taken with my Bilora Box camera which is a medium format camera produced in Germany. Mine is probably from the 1940s. It takes 6 x 9 cm images on 120 roll film. The shutter speed is 1/50 and, without a tripod as I was when I took these, it's basically impossible to get a steady image. So these photos all look like they are from the early 1900s to me. However, I took them in 2015.

searching

3/12/2023

Black and white photo of a dog walking towards the woods.

A black and white photo taken from behind tall wild plants that appear obscured in the front of the lens focused on a dog walking away from the camera through some tall grasses and many trees in the background. Some creeper vines twist around the bole of one of the trees.

Taken with my Nikon F3 HP using a Tokina 35-105 mm lens, tripod, with the shutter on a timer, f/8, 1/125
Ilford HP Plus 400 bw film.

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