Black and White Challenge Bonus Photo

As promised, here is a bonus photo for the black and white photo challenge.  I also shot this yesterday, also using the reverse lens macro, this time with a tripod for added juggling.  Any guesses on what is pictured here?

Day 5 of the Five Day Black and White Photo Challenge

I decided to shoot a photo within my home for the final day of the black and white photo challenge.  My husband is, among other things, a machinist, and the by product of machining is mounds of metal shards in all sorts or shapes and curls.  This photo is a reverse lens macro of a pile of metal shards.  Its unfortunate that something so beautiful can be such a nuisance in every day life. 

Day 4 of the Five Day Black and White Photo Challenge

Looks like I'm going with business days!  Here is a photo I took of my big guy Steve exploring the back yard.

Day 3 of the Five Day Black and White Challenge

I had some company while I was out taking yesterday's photograph.  Luckily he was sitting quite still, which allowed me to do a longer exposure and soften the water.

Black and White Photo Challenge Day 2

So, for day two of the challenge, I went out to shoot a photo.  I spotted this log while walking the dog  on Mount Doug Beach this weekend, and knew I wanted to come back with a camera and tripod.

Black and White Photo Challenge Day 1

I was invited to participate in a #fivedayblackandwhitechallenge by Chris Bone. This might actually be a bit of a challenge for me, as I don't tend towards black and white edits.  Maybe something good will come from trying it out though.  So here is my day one edit, a shot I took as we were walking across the Brooklyn Bridge on our trip to New York.

New York - Day 2, Part 2

All that was left from day two, were some night time shots.  Turns out these are some of my favourites though.

The picture below is of the historical Helmsley Building.  What's interesting is that Park Ave actually goes through the building as you can see at the bottom.  As we walked onto Park Ave I stopped to take this photo as the building was beautifully lit up, and as I lowered my camera it went completely dark.  I'm not sure why it was lit up at that exact moment, but it worked out perfectly for me.  My favourite part about this photo though is the couple walking arm in arm towards the building who also happened to be passing through the light of a street lamp when I took the shot.

As I mentioned in part one, we ended the day with a trip to The Top of the Rock, something I had wanted to do after dark in order to get a full view of the size of the city.  The next two shots are the view from Rockefeller looking North towards Stanley Park with the George Washington Bridge in the background.

And looking South West towards the Hudson.