u3a - u3a Eye - Black & White

I went to Colchester Zoo in April and being a sunny day the animals were relaxing in the sunshine.  Even though I could not see much of this ape, it was obvious that they were chilled out lying on a platform

Taken as the space probe touched down on Morecambe.

Amazing what you can do with a glass half full of water and a couple of backing boards.

King Penguin at Birdlife Centre, Bourton on the Water.

This church dates from 1830 and is located in a place known as the Poisoned Glen which is in Co Donegal  Ireland. This is part of Irish folklore

Maybe some of our bowling members kept their eye in during lock down by practicing with carpet bowls similar to these? I have two spot colours in this black & white subject produced as a high contrast black & white photograph to add a slightly different take on the brief. Colour file converted in Photoshop Elements.

The shadow cast by the spectacles when I rested them on a book inspired me to create this photograph.

This simple spiral stairway feeding the circular glass roof dome at the Museum of Liverpool looked better rotated to landscape mode (it produces less of a crick in the neck looking up as well)

I had been to see the Don McCullen exhibition of B&W images at Hauser & Wirth before first lockdown. I was out for an exercise walk during lockdown and noticed the moon reflected in the puddle in a gateway. It reminded me of the exhibition images I had been to see. It was a quick grab shot but I quite liked it. 

This was taken back in January during the lockdown photography group monthly competition of The Calverton & District u3a. The theme was 'Still Life'. It was following a tidy-up of my older camera stuff.

I was enchanted by the amazing patterns made by a smoking incense stick, many having the quality of an x-ray.  The delicate twists and turns are magnified in this design by flipping one image vertically and horizontally to add to the intricacy.

Black and White theme reminded me of my wonderful jazz box sets The White Box and The Black Box. Enjoy listening to the Jazz Album in the evening too! 

Elephants recently made an appearance on the streets of Worcester in support of charity. This black and white elephant depicts local images and harmonises with the black and white building in the background. Most of the elephants were multi-coloured but this one stood out being black and white and with the detailed intricacy of its pen art.

A modern art galery and hotel in Cape Town, South Africa.

Traditional steam train image from our local Heritage railway. Always more atmospheric in black and white!