This week the topic is Flowers. The best kind of flowers to turn into black and white or sepia are your two toned colors or those with a lot of texture to them. This is a topic you can really have enjoy. Let’s see how creative you can get. I’m looking forward to what you all decide to post. I just want you to have some fun with your photography.
Upcoming Topics
For a list of upcoming topics, please see the list below. Be creative and challenge yourself. For a great black and white photo look for contrast or highly textured subjects to photograph.
- Ground: sand, dirt, paths, walks, trails
- Shoes or Feet (human or animal)
- Trains and Tracks
- Any Animal (no birds)
- Birds
- Fire Prevention: FireTrucks, Fire Houses, Fire Hydrant, Firemen
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
- Desaturated – very little color tone left in your photo
I hope you have FUN a lot of fun with this challenge.
For more information on this challenge, please visit the Black & White Challenge page.
If you adore challenges as much as I do, please check out WordPress’s Blog Event Listing for other challenges.
CB&W CHALLENGE POST
- Then add a link to your blog in my comment box.
- To make it easy for others to check out your photos and post, title your blog post “Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge” or (CB&W) tag.
- Remember to Follow My Blog to get your weekly reminders.
I usually will respond to your entry on your blog, rather than on my page.
CB&W BADGE
Save the button to your computer and upload from there.
Still have questions? Please contact me.
MY ENTRY THIS WEEK
Bearded Iris
Peony
Tulip field
Desaturated Rhododendron
Qi (energy) hugs
Cee
Cee's Photo Challenges 
This is how my dog would see flowers, if I had a dog. https://photographyocd.com/2018/05/24/cees-black-white-photo-challenge-flowers/
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Beautiful pics Cee❤❤❤
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Thanks Yasmin 😀
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Beautiful pictures as always, Cee.
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Glad you likes these black and whites 😀
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https://theyasminkhanblog.wordpress.com/2018/05/24/cees-black-white-photo-challenge-flowers/
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Simply gorgeous.
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Thanks. 😀
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Nice photos there… Here is a photo of red rose (of course black n white version) with water Droplets… Comments are welcome…
https://haddhaiyaar.com/2018/05/24/wet-rose-photo/
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Lovely red Rhodie!!😎
https://piecesofstarlight.wordpress.com/2018/05/24/flowers-in-black-and-white-smell-as-sweet/
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I could not find these flowers here, looks so pretty!!
Here is my entry: https://hpkahin.wordpress.com/2018/05/24/cees-black-white-photo-challenge-flowers/
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A different climate can make huge differences in what flowers are available to us. 😀
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Beautiful selection.
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Hello Maria, thanks. 😀
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Your Iris is lovely, but the de-sat Rhododendron is my favorite. The color pulls out some volume from the image.
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I’m glad you like the rhodie. Thanks Allan. 😀
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Lovely pictures. I like the shapes of the blooms. Not many flowers left in my garden now it is nearly winter but plenty in the photo archives.which is where my entry will probably come from.
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Archives works well for me….especially in the long winter months. 😀
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Beautiful B & W photographs. I have to admit the Dahlia’s are
much prettier in color becasue of the variegated coloring.
Izzy 😎
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I have a few dahlias that work well in bw, but you are right they are harder to change into an outstanding bw. 😀
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I loved the dahlia’s you photograph, Cee. We don’t have them in the nurseries here. I think the hot temps might be why. I always enjoy your floral photos. Have a great weekend. … Izzy 😎
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Fantastic! I love them up close! I struggle with getting good contrast when doing
B & W with landscapes and flowers. Blah!
https://alltheshoesiwear.wordpress.com/2018/05/24/flowers-in-b-w/
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I have two questions for you. What kind of camera do you use? And, what type of post-processing software do you use, if any? Feel free to contact me anytime https://ceenphotography.com/contact/
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Hey there. I may have told you this, but I got hacked and my PC is off until it is fixed which I HOPE will be tomorrow. Meanwhile, I don’t have any pictures to work with and all my good processing stuff is on the PC. I’ve got files in WordPress, but all the new stuff is on the other computer. I’m doing the best I can in the meantime. I really MISS my computer, but I got so seriously hacked that I got called by both Microsoft AND Dell because the hacker is on their “hot list.” Most of my online accounts are blocked, too and will stay that way until I find a way to get these hackers out of my system. They didn’t some in “the usual way.” This isn’t a virus — these are actual hackers.
I’ll write more when the problem is fixed, but until then, I’m keeping my head down. It’s brutal getting hacked!
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I would be feeling lost and angry. Be gentle with yourself. Using your archived photos on WP works well for me.
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Just utterly wonderful this collection is 🙂
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Happy weekend. 😀
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Love the field of flowers, Cee and all the other contributions. Here is my selection:
http://sallys-scribbles.blogspot.co.uk/2018/05/cees-black-white-photo-challenge-flowers.html
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Oh, my, Cee, your bearded iris photo makes me so excited for mine to bloom! Great challenge, thanks for the opportunity to play along!
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Oh and did you play along beautifully well. I adored your photos.
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Love the theme and the way you carried out your choices…..!
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Have a lovely weekend, my friend. 😀
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My FLOWERS, here:
https://unavistadisanfermo.wordpress.com/2018/05/25/bw-flowers/
Ciao!
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Pale petals for all to enjoy!
Thank you, Cee.
Donna
https://nomaddernomadder.wordpress.com/2018/05/25/pale-petals-cees-bw-photo-challenge/
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Amazing photos, Cee! I like this B&W challenge because it’s interesting and fun to play around with different filters and see what works for each photo. Some are great in straight B&W, while others need muted color. And some photos just don’t work well in B&W at all. When I first learned photography in high school, all I did was black & white. There was color then, but I only knew how to develop black & white photos. I think I had to look more carefully at my subjects, using light and shadow to greater effectiveness.
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You learned a valuable lesson back then. I love playing the different filters too in post processing. They can really change how a photo looks. 😀
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Love the bearded iris, Cee! It’s one of my favorite flowers, and one I’m still on the hunt for to add to my yard. Here is the link to my black & white photo of an Asiatic Lily that I bought today. https://dsphotographyda.com/cees-black-white-photo-challenge-flowers/
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Your own photos make adding my link very challenging but I am determined to become a better photographer. Thanks for the opportunity to participate. http://haddonmusings.com/2018/05/26/cees-black-white-photo-challenge/
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Oh Bernadette, don’t ever be intimidated to post your photos. Your daffodil was gorgeous for this week. I don’t expect everyone to be an expert in photography, let along flowers, which happen to be my passion. 😀
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https://nowathome.wordpress.com/2018/05/26/cees-black-white-photo-challenge-flowers-2/
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It always feels odd photographing flowers and then draining them of color! Love your Peony and, of course, the Iris 🙂 Here’s my ‘wild’ entry – https://2e0mca.wordpress.com/2018/05/27/cees-black-white-photo-challenge-flowers-2/
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Hi Cee. Here are my moody flowers. https://odaciuk.wordpress.com/2018/05/27/many-moods-of-flowers/
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Nothing beats your series, Cee…so I tried a whole bunch of them today…https://lagottocattleya.wordpress.com/2018/05/27/cees-bw-photo-challenge-flowers-2/
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I’m joining in 😉 https://lifeamazing.net/2018/05/28/bw-flower-challenge/
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http://www.ostendnomadography.com/cees-black-white-photo-challenge-flowers/
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hi cee, great pictures for this week theme, here is my entry for this challenge theme https://wp.me/p2AvI7-2L1.
greetings robert
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I really like your B&W field of tulips!
Here are my black and white flowers: https://treerabold.wordpress.com/2018/05/29/black-white-flowers/
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Just trying to catch up again Cee
http://bushboy.blog/2018/05/30/flowers-monochrome/
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Love the sea of tulips, Cee!
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Thanks Sandy for commenting. 😀
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My pleasure.
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