40 Beautiful Examples of Black and White Photography
Color plays an important role in how we perceive the world around us. So when you choose to shoot a photograph in black and white, it drastically changes what’s in front of the lens. Without color, other elements of the photograph take on a bigger role in telling the story. Notice how lighting, contrast, and composition are much more important in these beautiful examples of black and white photography.
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Dec 14, 2009
I like your photos very interesting and pretty amazing I think it could not be better.
Dec 14, 2009
Very nice collection, thanks for sharing.
Dec 14, 2009
Great collection!
Dec 14, 2009
Absolutely brilliant! What a beautiful collection.
Thanks for sharing.
Dec 14, 2009
pretty awesome!
Dec 14, 2009
good images. Too much High Contrast for me though, it takes the edge of some of the images…
Dec 14, 2009
Fantastic examples, but I think there’s a lot of filtering going on.. B&W; but still shopped!
lol
Dec 14, 2009
Stunning photography. I don’t know much about photography but these look great in my eyes.
Dec 14, 2009
These are absolutely beautiful.
Dec 14, 2009
Truly inspiring post.
Dec 15, 2009
Beautiful und clear ! I like it!
Dec 15, 2009
I love B&W photography. It’s amazing how a photo can be so stunning with no color. Thanks for the great post!
Dec 15, 2009
Nice collection and realy inspiring post.
Dec 16, 2009
Amazing set of black & white photos depicting the art of photography. Nice find and thanks for sharing with us.
Dec 16, 2009
Thank you for sharing… strikingly impressive photos..
Dec 17, 2009
AWESOME! AWESOME! AWESOME!!
Dec 17, 2009
your pictures are awesome. Shows how a b&w photo ought to be..
Dec 21, 2009
We have been using colour for years now, but these black and white pictures are still awesome. I know it takes time and patience to get the perfect shot.
Dec 21, 2009
Wow… really beautiful!
I love B&W photography… I think that without the colors of the scene you can really ’see’ the feelings surrounding it.
Dec 22, 2009
These photos blew me away
very good! The black and white effects create a wonderful feeling about the scenery and the meaning of the photograph.
Dec 24, 2009
There are some great shots here. I think a lo of them use the HDR photography technique, where multiple exposures of the same scene are combined into one image to highlight the full gamut of contrast. You can’t take photos like these with just one quick shot, a lot of image manipulation is required involving photoshop.
Jan 3, 2010
so beautiful photos, it makes special inspirative.
Jan 8, 2010
Simply beautiful photography! Sharing another inspiring B/W photographer in SF… http://www.bonefog.com
Jan 12, 2010
stunning images..the image of the snow and the stairs are just fabulous..its seems you hav lowered the iso except for few pics..great job..
Jan 13, 2010
Omg stunning. B&W photography contains this amazing magic…
Jan 21, 2010
BEUATIFUL… VERY GOOD, THANKS
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May 6, 2010
Nice images, BUT WHERE ARE THE CREDITS? Photographers worked hard on these images and you shouldn’t STEAL THEM.
May 12, 2010
Many thanks for that post you have inspired me to give photography an additional go!
Jul 12, 2010
excellent pics, thanks for the share.