Or Grey Day Black & Whites to be more accurate.
I had some wonderful weather whilst in London recently, but there were some pretty dreary days where I ducked from cover to cover, battled brollies, almost lost an eye and looked glumly out from whatever shelter I could find.
Eventually the weather got so bad there was nothing for it than to dive into a curry house for cover in Brick Lane. And of course, while there, drown our rainy day sorrows in beer and bhajis. Or rose and raita (thanks Bec!).
It’s only now that I’m looking at the photos and working my way through them, that I realise I converted every one to B&W, even the indoor shots.
So is this just a coincidence, or do we just naturally think of glum weather as lacking in colour?
Or is it just an attempt to make my dull and dreary shots look like I meant them to look that way?? 🙂
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Great idea! I never thought of that, do you shoot in color, then change on computer or change camera setting?
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Thanks Shelley! I always shoot in colour as I really love colour photography, but I just happened to convert all these to B&W when I was processing them. I shoot in RAW and use Lightroom to convert, it has some pretty handy B&W presets but I fiddled with these and adjusted the settings – probably shouldn’t have!
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Hi, still there???? Not gone to “our” Pub yet in Kensington Church Street. Do go its fun!! Have a good time, where ever you are now. Ciao Carina
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NO back home now Carina 😦 Didn’t make it to the wonderful pub unfortunately! It’s something I’ll have to save for next time.
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I like the black & white; very atmospheric
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Thanks! I struggle with these conversions so it’s nice to get some positive feedback.
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wonderful shots!
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Thank you so much Virgilio, and thanks for dropping by my blog!
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Love the pics.
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Thanks Hayley, I’m not very confident with B&W so I was intrigued when I realised I had converted all these shots taken on the same day!
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Nor am I but I like mucking around, and judging by your results I think you should accidentally convert them more often!
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Why thank you!
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I love the black and white shots! Fantastic!
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Thanks! It’s not something I do a lot of so I may have to explore it more.
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Did you work out why? I think they look great, I love the one with the umbrellas.
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thanks so much! I’ve no idea – I think maybe I was just remembering what a miserable day it was and then that morphed into me converting everything to black and white. Weird!
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I can understand that.
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The London I love and loath! Fantastic.
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Thanks so much, I’m glad it brought back some memories for you! They always say there’s a fine line between loving and loathing!! 🙂
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