{"id":2322,"date":"2020-11-26T16:51:22","date_gmt":"2020-11-26T16:51:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/philippemonthoux.com\/blog\/?p=2322"},"modified":"2020-11-26T16:51:22","modified_gmt":"2020-11-26T16:51:22","slug":"longniddry-bents-in-black-and-white","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/philippemonthoux.com\/blog\/longniddry-bents-in-black-and-white\/","title":{"rendered":"Longniddry Bents in Black and White"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you have a look at my portfolio, I don\u2019t have (yet) any black and white pictures. I love colour but I also want to stretch my vision. This is the reason I started a personal project on black and white landscape photography.<\/p>\n

Black and white teaches you to see and seek tonal contrasts.<\/p>\n

Browsing the internet, you can come across some spectacular black and white landscape photographs. I know I’m not there yet, but this gets me motivated to get better.<\/p>\n

\"Ship
I had seen pictures of this ship wreck online, but never managed to find the location. It turns out, the key is to go there at low tide.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Longniddry
I was attracted by the textures and shapes of these rocks revealed by the low tide.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Longniddry
Another composition. I could have stayed there for a long time, but decided to move on to other photo opportunities. I will be back.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Longniddry
Always look for both horizontal and vertical compositions.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Longniddry Bents are part of the John Muir Way coastal walk and a popular place for a relaxing walk. The place is full of interesting textures, and the often dramatic Scottish skies make Longniddry Bents a great subject for black and white landscape photography. The pictures in this blog post were taken over a couple of photo trips.<\/p>\n

\"Rocks
I was attracted to the shapes and textures of the rocks nicely complemented by a dramatic sky.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Rocks
Using the rocks to lead the viewer into the image.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I plan to go back in the coming weeks as it will be easier to take long exposures of seascapes at this time of year. I did manage to take a few back then, but I’d love to try exposures longer than a minute or so.<\/p>\n

\"Long
The tide was rising while I took a few long exposures of this scene, and when I turned back I was on an island. Fortunately the water was only up to my ankles.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Long
I really like the reflection of the sky in the water.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Long
Got some nice motion in the clouds in this 47 second exposure.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Long
It was a bright day so with my 10 stop filter, a 50 second exposure is the maximum I could get. I would have liked some more motion in the clouds with a longer exposure.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Digital photography gives one more freedom in converting a colour image to a monochrome one. One can apply various filters after the fact. I like to digitally apply a red filter for contrast in the sky, as in the two photographs below.<\/p>\n

\"Longniddry
Using the rocks to guide the viewer into the image. A red filter for a dramatic sky.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Longniddry
Motion in the clouds from a long exposure and a red filter for a dramatic sky.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A red filter makes a blue sky go almost completely black The clouds are barely affected.<\/p>\n

\"Long
Long exposure seascape.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Long
Strong textures in the foreground of this long exposure seascape.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

On my way back, I noticed an interesting bridge and a lone bench facing the sea and a dramatic sky.<\/p>\n

\"Wooden
Emphasising the lines of the bridge with this composition and a wide angle lens.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Wooden
Now a more traditional composition.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Lone
I got as low to the ground with my tripod as I could, to capture as much of the sky as possible.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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