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I have to admit this picture was not taken with the intention of making it black & white but I've been inspired to create a few black & white posts over the last few days having seen some wonderful examples in other blogs around the web.

I was taking pictures of a small church in Codecote, Hertfordshire and as I got close to the fence I got an inquiring nose pushed towards the 10-24mm lens I had fitted to me camera. I turned the camera on the sheep and took a couple of shots of him.

It was quite a dull day in early January 2012, so this picture was taken at a low 1/30th at iso200, but because ite was such a wide angle shot (10 mm) I could successfully hand hold at that speed. The post-processing was in Lightroom where I converted to black & white and set the contrast a bit higher.

Comments (11)

  1. anisjarossi
    Well done !

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    1. simonhawketts
      Thank you - I have to say it was your wonderful B&W images which inspired me to try this post. I recommend anyone interested visits anisjarossi's blog to see.
  2. Jackie
    Whether intended or not this capture is great! I really like it a lot. Very well done! :-D

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    1. simonhawketts
      Thank you
  3. andyhodgson2000
    Black and white pictures so often seem to have a certain extra depth to them, I love the detail in this one, it's like being right there

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    1. simonhawketts
      Thanks
  4. clevelandg
    Sometimes the unintended are the best of the bunch. You have wonderful variety in your photos.

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    1. simonhawketts
      Thanks you very much for saying so.
  5. lena de almeida
    I love this 'portrait' :-) You get quite a different feel from black and white, I like to convert some of my photos too.

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    1. Simon Hawketts
      Thank you - Yes it makes quite a difference doesn't it