I had been over to a prospective employer’s office in Seattle and was taking the M/V Walla Walla back to Bremerton. Of course I seized on the opportunity to update my collection of Seattle skyline photos. Even though I capture everything in color, the black and white conversions work out fairly well due to the…
This is a totally contrived a.k.a. staged photo. I had the fence, a pedestal, and a garden gnome just sitting around doing nothing so I thought, that would make a decent black and white photo. I have the aperture wide open (f/2.8) to soften the fence in the background. I’m focused in the the gnome’s…
This was taken from Scenic Beach State Park on Hood Canal. I knew this would make a decent black and white conversion due to the lack of color and the contrast of the tones. You can just see the wisps of clouds coming off of the ridge.
The M/V Hyak is one of the Washington State ferries that serves the Bremerton to Seattle route on occasion. Here it is berthed at the dock in Bremerton. And I have included a black and white conversion.
I used to play a lot of softball down at Lion’s Park in my younger years. Even back then the park was getting a bit dated. Recently, the city of Bremerton embarked on a redesign and refurbishment of the park. This is the outcome.
It was a fair June day down at Illahee State Park. A storm had just passed through and the clouds were separating. Someone on a live-aboard sailboat was berthed at the dock. There wasn’t much color in the scene which made a great candidate for a black and white conversion.