black and white – photography by Gabor Kovacs

Beech trees

17 March 2023Posted in black and white, forest of bere, Hampshire, lens: 14-42mm, Olympus EM10, trees

In the Forest of Bere this morning. I was trying to catch the mood on a grey and rainy morning.

This particular location in the woods always reminds me of a cathedral, particularly when the leaves are fresh and the sun is shining through.

Snowdrops

12 March 2023Posted in black and white, BWPS, Hampshire, lens: 14-150mm f4, Olympus Em1 mark ii, Snapseed

The same photo, in colour and black and white. I have just spent time getting into the detail of Snapseed photo editor on my tablet and phone.

Portsmouth at night

12 February 202312 February 2023Posted in black and white, lens: 14-150mm f4, lens: 8-25 f4, Olympus Em1 mark ii, Portsmouth

I have neglected this blog this year. Like many others, I tend to lose motivation for photography at this time of year.

Yesterday I went on an evening photowalk in Portsmouth. I was experimenting with lenses and techniques, including in the processing on the pc at home. As you can see, a black and white treatment won out on 3 of these 4 photographs.

The Queen’s Gambit

2 January 20233 January 2023Posted in 2023 photo course, black and white, lens: 14-150mm f4, Olympus Em1 mark ii

For 2023, I have signed up for an online photography class. Each week there is an online lesson and a challenge to produce one image using those techniques.

Lesson no 1 has been a gentle introduction. The challenge is to take a photograph in which the main subject is in sharp focus, and other elements blurred, i.e. using very narrow depth of field. I took a photograph of a chess board set up in The Queen’s Gambit position, and here it is. The colour image is the original – we are under strict instructions not to process the image in any way, and this is what I uploaded to the class page. But I couldn’t resist the temptation to play around, and so I present the processed black and white version as well.