January 2011 Photo Challenge - READ FIRST POST!

[Culhwch]

Okay, sorry for the delay in posting this up. Was trying to come up with a good theme, but in the end I succumbed and went with one of my favourite genres:

MONOCHROME​

Monochrome describes photographs in one color or shades of one color. A monochromatic image has colors in shades of limited colors or hues. Monochrome images in neutral colors are called grayscale or black-and-white.

This is one of my favourite styles of photography, though of late I haven't been desaturating nearly so much as I once was. I hope no one is daunted by this theme - most digital cameras have a black and white mode, and there are plenty of free software programs and image hosting sites out there that allow you to edit the colour in images.

If you're looking for some inspiration, try here: Flickr: The MONOCHROME ROCKS!! (POST ONE, AWARD ONE) Pool. Or search 'monochrome' in Google.

The usual rules apply:

- only two photographs per participant
- all photographs entered must be owned and have been taken by the member posting
- do not use photographs already posted around the site
- entries close and voting begins at midnight GMT on the 27th of the month
- the winner must post a new challenge within a couple of days
- all Chrons members welcome to enter
- all Chrons members may vote (including those who do not enter the competition)

And remember, only entries should be submitted to this thread - all discussion should go here: http://www.sffchronicles.co.uk/forum/530005-january-2011-photo-challenge-discussion-thread.html.

Snap away!

 

[Mouse]

 

[Erin99]

 

[sloweye]

 

[BookStop]

 

[BookStop]

 

[philoSCIFI]

Gate in Toronto

 

[J Riff]

One of my homeless friends in LA.

 

[mosaix]

First entry:

Second entry:

 

[CyBeR]

And my first entry for the month:

 

[HoopyFrood]

 

[Mouse]

 

[Talysia]

My first entry:

And my second:

 

[CyBeR]

Was going with something more recent at first with a cat, but I remembered this picture and wanted to show it off a bit. I really liked it when I first shot it.

 

[alchemist]

For my first...

And second...

 

[TheDustyZebra]

The view through my car windshield with its snowflake frost:

 

[TheEndIsNigh]

The trees through the fog this morning.

And again

 

[Culhwch]

My first, a simple gerbera...

 

[J Riff]

A burnt out gasstation in the middle of nowhere

 

[sloweye]