Tag Archives: Black and White

Frosty Needles of Scotch Pine

On a relatively warm winter morning I headed out with my Toyo 45aii field camera in search of some good photographs.  The warm air above the cold snow created a fog, which then froze to just about everything, giving it … Continue reading

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Rainy Day at the Park

Mid-day one summer I heard the distant rumble of thunder.  I went outside and looked up into the sky and saw a thunderstorm coming over the tops of houses in my neighborhood.  This storm was mild, it had no high … Continue reading

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Lone Fern

A fern is surrounded my the grass-like leaves of sedges in a Wisconsin, northern hardwood forest. Original photo on Fuji Velvia 50, Scanned with a Nikon Coolscan 5000 and converted to black and white in Adobe Photoshop.Click to purchase fern … Continue reading

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Bur Oak in Black and White

Bur Oak trees are one of my favorite trees and this individual is perhaps my favorite, probably because it is a big stately tree near my home in Oshkosh, WI.  It rises in an athletic field called East Hall Field. … Continue reading

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Close-up and Hand-held with a Linhof Technica V

You are not supposed to be able to do this.  Many will tell you that hand holding with a 4×5 does not result in good photos; the depth of field is too shallow, the camera shake is too great and … Continue reading

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