Black and White

So we decided to bump it up a bit and pick a theme for one of the weekend days.

The first theme is black and white photography.

When I looked at my pictures I wasn't that thrilled.  Bumping up the contrast, and knocking down the brightness seemed to give them a bit more kick, but then I discovered 'unsharp mask', and I loved what it did to the pictures.   Just about every picture looked good, to me at least:).  I couldn't decide on my favourite, so I asked the other family members what they liked.  Here is a sampling of what we picked.

File Name IMG_5890.JPG

Camera Model Name Canon PowerShot SX20 IS

Shooting Date/Time 15/01/2011 9:32:11 AM

Shooting Mode Aperture-Priority AE

My Colors Mode Black & White

Tv (Shutter Speed) 1/80

Av (Aperture Value) 2.8

Light Metering Evaluative

Exposure Compensation 0

ISO Speed 80

Lens 5.0 - 100.0 mm

Focal Length 5.0 mm

Digital Zoom None

IS Mode On

Image Size 4000x3000

Image Quality Fine

Flash Off

AF Mode Continuous AF

AF Range Mode Super Macro

Parameters Contrast          Normal

Sharpness         Normal

Saturation  Normal

Color Space sRGB

i-Contrast On

File Size 2099 KB

Drive Mode Continuous shooting

The settings for all the photos were pretty well the same, other than the shutter speed which varied from  1/25 on the tractor shot, to1/500 on the Chinese Lantern shot.