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This week’s Cee’s Black and White Photo Challenge (CB&W) topic is Steps: indoors or outdoors. Stairs can be glorious and beautiful. Then there are stairs that are small and strictly a means of moving up and down. Did you know that generally stairs are usually considered indoors and steps are usually considered outdoors. I read that once and I don’t remember where I saw it. So let’s find us some steps or stairs for this week. Have a lot of fun with this topic. Sepia tones and selective color are always allowed in this challenge. I just want you to have some fun with your photography.
For a list of upcoming topics, please see the list at below. Be creative and challenge yourself. For a great black and white photo look for contrast or highly textured subjects to photograph.
Featured Bloggers
Thank you everyone for your overwhelming enthusiasm for the challenge last week. I’m proud to announce our featured bloggers from the topic of Close-Ups. Please check out their posts, they are worthy of a second look. ENJOY!
Julie Powell – Photographer & Graphic Artist
Upcoming Topics
- Cars, Trucks, or Motorcycles
- Flowers
- Store Front Signs
- In the Distance
- Things with Engines or Motors (cars, planes, trains, fans, air conditioners, lawn mowers, etc)
- Locks and Clocks
This challenge accepts the following types of photography:
- Black and white photography
- Sepia tones (browns)
- Selective color with the majority of the photo being in black and white
ENJOY and have FUN.
If you adore challenges as much as I do, please check out WordPress’s Blog Event Listing for other challenges.
CB&W CHALLENGE POST
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CB&W BADGE
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MY ENTRY THIS WEEK
Qi (energy) hugs
Cee
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HI Cee, I’m not sure what happened. I posted my page and linked to yours, but it doesn’t come up. Oh well, here’s the link: https://mythrider.wordpress.com/2016/06/09/cees-bw-photo-challenge-steps/
I like your second photo best. So many steps and so much fun climbing them.
Have a great week, Phyllis
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https://mostlymonochrome.wordpress.com/2016/06/09/99-steps/
Steps are so photogenic.
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Thank you, Cee, for featuring my submission! My favorite of your shots has got to be of the character and history pounded into the train steps. Love it!
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Hi Lauri, you are so welcome!!! Glad you like the train steps.
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I love the close up of the train car steps!
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Thanks Dan. 😀
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Love your sweeping spiral staircase. I had similar thoughts –
https://syllabubsea.wordpress.com/2016/06/09/steps/
Marie
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Thanks. 😀
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Love your steps and the contrasts with them. I found it difficult to find steps with something to decorate them.
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I really liked your entry. 😀
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Oh, that second photo! Lovely.
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Chris actually took that one. I am standing on the steps. I walked down them, but not up. I think there are something like 150-160 steps there.
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Love your train steps and the curving staircase!
Here’s mine for the week: https://parkpreview.wordpress.com/2016/06/09/park-steps/
(Your pingbacks seem to be broken again. What a pain for you!)
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I don’t know what is going on for sure. Some are working some are not. Maybe I will put a note out so people can double check.
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Great steps. Love that circular stair. I get dizzy just looking at it 🙂
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It was a fun staircase to photograph. 😀
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Here is A Young Retirement’s entry.
https://ayoungretirement.wordpress.com/2016/06/09/cees-black-white-challenge-steps/
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ha, I didn’t know about the distinction between steps and stairs. live and learn. my favourite are train steps.
http://lessywannagohome.blogspot.be/2016/06/stairs.html
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You always have such a varied selection of images, Cee. Your steps are great and I love the first shot.
I’ve got some snowy steps: https://travelwithintent.com/2016/06/09/step-by-step-stockholm-snow/
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Here you have one from me:) I love stairs too! https://sunny16.me/2014/01/19/stairs-art-photooftheday/
Love the blog!
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Hi Cee. First event in quite a while. Love your assortment. Especially the bridge. Here’s my entry for steps.
https://supdays.net/2016/06/09/cees-black-white-photo-challenge-steps-indoors-or-outdoors/
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Cheating, or…?https://lagottocattleya.wordpress.com/2016/06/09/cees-bw-photo-challenge-steps-indoors-or-outdoors/
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Love the train steps! Something I wouldn’t normally even think about, which makes it that much more interesting. I do so enjoy the new perspectives I see in this challenge 🙂
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I’m glad you are enjoying this theme.
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Love your steps. Here is my post for this.
https://decocraftsdigicrafts.wordpress.com/2016/06/10/cees-black-and-white-challenge-steps-in-wellington/
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I love that elegant curved stairway! Interesting that you mention about our use of the words ‘stairs/steps’ depending on whether they are indoors or out. I was thinking along similar lines … but there is a twist to my tale 😉 Here is my entry for this week’s challenge:
https://oaktreesstudio.wordpress.com/2016/06/09/steps-and-stairs-for-cees-black-and-white-photo-challenge/
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Has to be the train for me! Love it.
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Thanks. Glad you like the train. 😀
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Hi Cee, here’s the link for my post this week 🙂
https://imageandword.wordpress.com/2016/06/09/cees-bw-challenge-steps/
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Great pics, as always. Yes I have heard the same thing re: inside vs outside and steps etc. Thanks for featuring my Close Up image, it’s always nice to be featured on your posts. Here is mine for this week; https://juliepowell2014.wordpress.com/2016/06/10/cees-black-and-white-challenge-steps/
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You are so welcome. Glad you heard about the steps and stairs thingy too.
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Good ones, Cee! Here’s my link for this challenge: https://livingwithmyancestors.wordpress.com/2016/06/09/cees-black-white-photo-challenge-steps-indoors-or-outdoors/
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At first it was the train steps. I can’t resist any part of a train, for some reason. But then I checked out the rest. And though I appreciate some more than others, I can’t really say I have a favorite this week. Apart from numbers one, two, and four!Great job.
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😀 😀 Thanks!! Have a great weekend.
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I love the train steps, Cee! 🙂
https://mecyme.wordpress.com/2016/06/09/cees-black-white-photo-challenge-steps-indoor-outdoor/
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My staircase is similar to one of yours I just realized. Found in a library- nothing like stairs that curve! https://dailymusing57.com/2016/06/10/cees-black-white-photo-challenge-steps-indoor-or-out/
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Nice steps! Here is my contribution for the week: https://picturesimperfectblog.wordpress.com/2016/06/10/step-up-or-down/
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Just love the spiral steps photo 🙂 Have a great weekend. Here’s my contribution
https://janescreativita.wordpress.com/2016/06/10/cees-black-and-white-photo-challenge-steps/
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lovely photos!
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Thanks.
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hi cee,intersting pictures my favorit is the second, here is entry for this week http://wp.me/p2AvI7-1LZ
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Here is Sup Days entry.
https://supdays.net/2016/06/09/cees-black-white-photo-challenge-steps-indoors-or-outdoors/
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Here is Woolly Muses entry.
https://woollymuses.wordpress.com/2016/06/11/cee-bw-challenge-steps/
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Here is A Sawyer’s Daughter post
https://asawyersdaughter.com/2016/06/09/cees-bw-photo-challenge-steps-indoors-or-outdoors/
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Helo Cee … How are you ??? Happy to be a part of your challenge again … Here’s my link https://sabaonline.wordpress.com/2016/06/10/cees-black-white-photo-challenge-steps-indoors-or-outdoors/
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I’m doing well. I hope you are too. Have a great weekend.
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Yes … Doing good . Thank you….
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Always gonna be the steps on the Wagon for me – Nice shot 🙂
Here’s my entry for this week – https://2e0mca.wordpress.com/2016/06/10/cees-black-white-photo-challenge-steps-indoors-or-outdoors/
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Love the curved stairs. Here’s mine: https://aquamarineeyes.wordpress.com/2016/06/10/frankie-on-the-stairs/
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And because the pingbacks aren’t working again –
https://teepee12.com/2016/06/11/taking-steps-cees-black-and-white-challenge/
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As soon as I clicked Post Comment, I saw that the pingbacks ARE working! Huzzah!
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My pingbacks are working sporadically. They mostly work, but then some one says their pingback doesn’t work. It’s the strangest thing.
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Woodland steps I found this morning!
https://laurihawley.wordpress.com/2016/06/11/woodland-steps-cees-black-and-white-photo-challenge/
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I like the first picture best of the train. It made me think of an old (very old) TV programme called Casey Jones about a train driver. I can still remember the words of the theme tune.
My entry this week is Skytower
http://helenbushe.com/skytower-leighton-moss/
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https://raleighcatdaddy.wordpress.com/2016/06/11/cees-black-and-white-photo-challenge-steps/
DJ
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Hi Cee, here is my entry for this week’s challenge: https://shootngo.wordpress.com/2016/06/11/cees-black-white-photo-challenge-steps/
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Great theme this week Cee; I particularly love the last image. Rather later than usual, here are my entries for this week: https://storki.wordpress.com/2016/06/11/cees-black-white-challenge-steps/
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Here are my pictures for this weeks challenge :
https://folcke.wordpress.com/2016/06/12/cees-black-white-challenge-steps-indoors-or-outdoors/
//Lena @ iPictureThis
I really love your old steps with the withered leaves on.
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I inserted a ping back which seems to have linked through, but just in case – here’s my post for the week 🙂
https://mynuttydubai.wordpress.com/2016/06/12/cees-black-and-white-challenge-step-it-up/
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Yep, they seem to be working again.
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http://wp.me/p7BgHi-dW for my take on your steps theme
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I haven’t ever entered any of your challenges before. I will have to keep my eye out for the next B&W Challenge as I love taking Car, Motorcycle, Truck photos.
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Oh I hope you do get a chance to play. 😀
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Beautiful photos! I love the curved staircase. Here’s my entry: https://bloggergirlapril.com/2016/06/14/cees-black-white-photo-challenge-steps/ Enjoy!
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Entry up! https://rjbailey.wordpress.com/2016/06/15/cees-bw-steps/
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Thanks so much for featuring my entry for the ‘steps’ challenge, Cee. Have a great weekend. Jane 🙂
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You are so very welcome Jane. Have a great weekend yourself. 😀
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