© 2013 Michael Fiveson
My recent postings might suggest that I am having a serious affair with B&W images. The addition of Topaz B&W effects has produced renewed passion, and is a great deal of fun. We go way back, B&W and I, and while this isn’t our first dance together, we are now easy lovers, moving slowly and fitting together like two old comfortable socks 😉
Mike's Look at Life 
I take days where I just shoot for B&W, I like that it stops the distraction colour gives and you get to the subject faster, I find I play with presets a lot looking for a style, I need to look out Topaz… I have a series of shoots set where I’m doing portraits all to be included in mono.
The texture in the building has been brought out really well, I would have been tempted to get on ladders and just shoot the wall nearest.
Great capture!
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Thanks. No ladders available but I appreciate your comment.
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Funny that, I’ve never found any laying on the ground either 🙂
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🙂 Aye.
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Black and white definitely works well with a lot of the photos you take. This looks like a fantastic building. Did you go inside?
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I did not see an entry point and there was so much going on outside. It was up against rail road tracks and was rich in images. Thank you.
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I can understand that when you mention the socks. So comforting and reassuring.
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🙂
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You are dancing very well Mike and a B&W company is following you with good rhythm . Keep dancing on like this 🙂
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Dance I will, until I can dance no more, and then I start to sing 🙂
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Fantastic – you’ve given this a look of serious dereliction…
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Oh it really is an old beat up building but I did beat it up a bit more. Thanks!
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it seems me very,very old.
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And you would be right about that!
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It is nice to see you having fun with artistic interpretations using your new Topaz software. Althought I enjoy a great capture on its own merit, I really enjoy the wonderful tools at our disposal to go for a look or feel and see all the ways the same image can show different moods. I love color and toned and black and white images too. It is funny sometimes how certain images that don’t quite hack it in color end up being the very ones which look stellar in a toned image.
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I agree completely with all of that. Thank you for taking the time to make this thoughtful and articulate comment.
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This is really nice in black and white!
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Thanks.
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Great B&W. What a fantastic building. I can imagine you would have had fun exploring the site.
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Thanks Lemony. It was an image feast. A pixel orgy.
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Great photo, contrast and textures are great.
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Thanks Mark, I really appreciate that.
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I’m liking the B/W – the viewer sees more detail.
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Agreed. I love the detail as well as the feel.
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Beautiful photograph. Your B&W photos surely sets a mood for the viewer. Keep it up.
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I will and thanks for this great comment. I really appreciate it.
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I thought it was only teenagers that saw things in black and white!
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Good point. You and I know there are many, many shades of grey.
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I’m really loving your images of old buildings and churches in b&w, Mike! They are spectacular!
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That is nice to hear, coming from one as talented as you Cindy. Thank you very much.
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