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Robin Breucker
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p.1 #1 · Some Black-&-White Images

Though I'm not that in to black and white photography, I do have fun converting some shots from time to time. Here are three images, taken at totally different location within the last six months. Let me know what you think!

An old groin at the Baltic Sea, Germany

Some wild light appeared when during a thunderstorm the sky suddenly cleared up, Yoho National Park in Canada

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Early Dawn at a local lake, Germany

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Edited on Mar 28, 2008 at 08:09 PM

Mar 28, 2008 at 08:08 PM

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p.1 #2 · Some Black-&-White Images

Really beautiful set, Robin! I like all three! Well done!

Barry

Mar 28, 2008 at 08:11 PM

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p.1 #3 · Some Black-&-White Images

Hey Robin,

Super shots and fantastic conversion to B&W! I like the slower shutter speed in #1 a lot. And that last one, very cool! How neat to see that dock like that.

Jim

Mar 28, 2008 at 08:53 PM

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p.1 #4 · Some Black-&-White Images

Wonderful shots, great BW conversion. I like them all, but esp #1 and #3 speak to me.

Mar 28, 2008 at 09:26 PM

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p.1 #5 · Some Black-&-White Images

Robin,
All of the shots are very nice.
I like the first one best. Nicely done !

Mar 28, 2008 at 09:26 PM

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p.1 #6 · Some Black-&-White Images

I love #1, very dramatic and powerful, and the light in #2 is quite special! Oh and I really like that lonely tree with the orange background (dune?) on your website. Good to see some of your work too

Mar 28, 2008 at 09:34 PM

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p.1 #7 · Some Black-&-White Images

Fine set of images Robin . I'm not too keen on the broken horizon in the 1st shot though. Have you tried a vertical crop dead centre ?

Mar 28, 2008 at 09:40 PM

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p.1 #8 · Some Black-&-White Images

Hi Robin,
As all the others have stated, a fine set on B&W.
I really like No 3.

Ron

Mar 28, 2008 at 09:52 PM

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p.1 #9 · Some Black-&-White Images

1 is super duper. 3 works very well too. second is good but other two overshadow it :-P

no nitpicks this time :-P

aF

Mar 28, 2008 at 10:09 PM

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p.1 #10 · Some Black-&-White Images

Greta set, especially # 1.

Mar 28, 2008 at 10:41 PM

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p.1 #11 · Some Black-&-White Images

All three are marvelous -- great shots.

Mar 29, 2008 at 12:39 AM

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p.1 #12 · Some Black-&-White Images

I like them in order presented. The first is excellent. The conversions are all great as well.

Mar 29, 2008 at 12:40 AM

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p.1 #13 · Some Black-&-White Images

Gorgeous work...all three are excellent images, congratulations!

Mar 29, 2008 at 12:40 AM

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p.1 #14 · Some Black-&-White Images

Hi Robin, wunderbar! The diagonal perspective in #1 and the light and clouds in the upper left are classic. Great work!

Mar 29, 2008 at 02:32 AM

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p.1 #15 · Some Black-&-White Images

Wow Robin! Great shots. I love all three. Excellent processing.

Mike

Mar 29, 2008 at 02:42 AM

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p.1 #16 · Some Black-&-White Images

When i read we would be seeing an old groin i was a little nervous, but then pleasantly surprised when they loaded. Very nice set. Hard to get much better conversions than this. The Yoho one is my pic.

Mar 29, 2008 at 02:57 AM

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p.1 #17 · Some Black-&-White Images

Thanks a lot guys!! It's great to see that most choose a different favorite.

@floris: Yep, it's a dune. Image was taken with 300mm in the Dead Vlei Valley, Namib Desert. Wish I could have been there earlier in the morning for some wide-angle shots, but been there with my family and had to compromise. I'm looking forward to hang up the Sandstone King in my room next week ;-)

@mooch: Thanks for your critique. Maybe you could post a crop as you'd like to have it? Would be very nice if you could do so :-)

@Heinz: Your German is excellent ;-)

Thanks again to everybody.

Mar 29, 2008 at 08:21 AM

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p.1 #18 · Some Black-&-White Images

Great tones, very good composition, all over very good images.

Well done

Roger

Mar 29, 2008 at 09:00 AM

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p.1 #19 · Some Black-&-White Images

Excellent set of images. The second one is truly amazing, so is the first.
Ute

Mar 29, 2008 at 09:02 AM

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p.1 #20 · Some Black-&-White Images

Great set here, excellent conversions. I find the first and second to be truely amazing shots and the first one is my favourite. I like the third one as well, but the sunken pier (even though it's old and decaying, which I love) is a bit distracting.

Mar 29, 2008 at 09:55 AM

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p.1 #21 · Some Black-&-White Images

These are fantastic!!!
Especially the first two!!!

Mar 29, 2008 at 12:10 PM

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p.1 #22 · Some Black-&-White Images

Very nice series, if i had to pick a favorite it would be the first one. Good work here.

-Derrick

Mar 29, 2008 at 04:10 PM

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p.1 #23 · Some Black-&-White Images

I like these a lot, Robin. Your conversions work really well for me, in that I feel that the B+W look really enhances the pictures, making the scenes much more dramatic and powerful than they would be in colour. I think it is to do with getting the contrast just right. Lovely work.

Mar 30, 2008 at 07:21 AM


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