There are so many great images in this forum, I wish some of you would try submitting in B&W. I feel that by eliminating color you eliminate the emotion it creates and are left form and composition.
I have alway wanted to try a 4 X 5 view camera but never had the guts to take the plunge.

A lot of my nature photography is quite color dependent. I use color very consciously to make statements.

I occasionally come across nature images that look excellent in B&W, and of course quite a lot of wedding and portrait work looks smashing in B&W, though those images aren't something I tend to share in here.

But you are right in your statements on form and composition, and it's always a good reminder to use B&W to help us think strongly in those terms.

Agreed, the right picture in BnW makes it pop. My girlfriend made a collage from pictures of a hike we went on and made the center pict BnW. Not the best pict but here is the collage. I plan on trying more black and whites...

Here's one of my favorite black and whites.

Here are 2 of mine:





I have more here: Black and White

I captured these yesterday evening while out driving on "country roads".

Now thats what I'm talking about, I don't think color would add a thing to these great images.

Love that old farm stuff! Nice job Mike, Paul and Catmondo!