Congrats to this fantastic array of b&w photography, bringing out the geometrical variety at its best. I am off to Spain tomorrow and to Turkey on April 8. So I will have only little exposition online, and no albums for the next month or two. Cheers, Konrad

said kmebert 2006.03.20 at 15:12:18 PST

Marita, you can find Photoshop Elements 4 for less the 50 $$$ on eBay (legitimate) and it lets you adjust tilted pics and do a much better b&w rendition (even if for the best results you'll need the CS2, which costs at least 10 times more...) Ciao! :o) Roberto

said rodemicheli 2006.03.20 at 10:21:31 PST

Hey Marita :o) Thanks for the invite, your album is quite good! I think you definitely have a great eye for composition and perspective. If I may ask, how did you make these pics b&w? I ask because I've experimented a little bit and found that simply desaturating to 0 in, say, Photoshop, makes b&w too flat and often not satisfying to me. Usually applying a red filter (e.g.) does wondes for sky (but you need clouds in it). Also, some pics are tilted and that's easily correctible in Photoshop again (unless it was your intention to tilt them, as that works qute well in the "beholder" shot, but I don't think it serves well the "arch" shot) Ciao! Roberto

said rodemicheli 2006.03.20 at 02:09:32 PST

Key cowgirl! dizzy & semi circles la fayette. gargoyles can-can notre dame. monumental & symmetric architecture at argghh ... i can't remember what it's called ... in paris ... the louvre, hah got it! mountain sunrise opera house. towering ... is that at the grand palace? what a cool album!! love it! Sharon

said smath101 2006.03.20 at 00:16:47 PST

Dear Marita, This is a GRAND album. What a collection! I think this photos wouldn't really be so spectacular in color, you are absolutely right. White and black, and all intermedium tones are really great when well used. It is almost impossible to choose favorites, but I have some preference for photos #1(really deserving being the cover of the album), 13, 22 ( I think I'm recognizing there the bridge Alexandre III in Paris, I love it!), 23, photo 47 I think is next to the Music Conservatory in Paris, isn't it? I have already seen those striped things ... I think I have recognize many parisian photos, no wonder, is soooo beautiful :) I loved also photo Rhapsody in White, it is lovely and that beautiful photo 61 with that magnificent pending clock is absolutely breathtaking. God, You are GREAT! I am with my soul quite washed seeing so much beauty. Thanks so much for inviting me to see it! I finally have uploaded all the photos in My Country album. As when you visited it it had only a few photos i really would like you to see now, even because from photo 54 on ahead there are some things you may like:) not all, of course! search more to the end... it was a really pleasure this visit. Tomorrow I'm going for a stroll where I may take some good shots, but the weather is a little stormy we'll see... A big hug and keep shooting and showing us:) Rosa

said quartominguante 2006.03.19 at 16:46:48 PST

Quite the most spectacular work I have seen in black and white - I am left quite speechless. You are well endowed with talent behind the eye piece of a camera! A magnificent album of art - keep them coming (eagerly awaiting Faul's competitive determination... LOL!) Best wishes, Sue in SA (the part that isn't greener!)

said sbirkhead 2006.03.19 at 14:03:17 PST

Bonsoir Marita! Merveilleux album plein de TRES TRES Great Shots! Black is not too blck and white is not too white! You have a realy Great talent! Amitiés de France ! Denys

said winsydney 2006.03.19 at 12:09:53 PST

Hi Marita, to be brutaly frank I love it, you must have hunted through dozens of pics to find exactly the right ones to put in this album, when travelling the world, famous buildings are usualy stowed away for a holiday reminder, but turn them into art like this is wonderful. A brilliant album and one I am sure will go far, I like you have been lucky enough to travel the world and I think that it makes you appreciate your home land all the more. thankyou for the GB and the kind words, and if you can spare a min have a look at the additions to my Spring 2006 album all taken with my new camera, good to hear from you hugs and may the spirits be with you Ken

said saxonfenken 2006.03.19 at 10:13:00 PST

Hi Marita, thanks for the invitation. I like your album. In some cases B&W makes pictures look better and this is the case with your pictures. The various shapes in the scenes are more emphasizes. You really did a very good job in this album. Thanks for sharing it with all of us. Thanks also for visiting my Masks album and for your kind words. As for Orly's comment, I hope you do not agree with her since she was a bit angry about me... Wishing you a wonderful week, Yair.

said ykarelic4 2006.03.19 at 09:50:02 PST

Hi, These are great, love the Temple Harmony I could sit and look at these all day and still find something new in each one. Hope you do more! Babs

said flotex21 2006.03.19 at 09:35:48 PST

Hi, Yes! I also learned my craft with B&W, developing and printing pictures in smelly darkrooms many moons ago. I especially like “Bridge over troubled waters” and “Symmetry in motion” (note spelling). Going to imitate (flatter) you soon with a album without color soon. Thanks for the idea. Faul, Stellenbosch, South Africa – where the grass is greener on this side of the fence.

said arsfb 2006.03.19 at 08:56:38 PST

Hi what a wonderful album its just nice to see whatmy genrasion never really so which is life from a view with out clouor and say that there the same pic but lets amjaine were there and think of the clouors that we can see ty for showing Shlomo(Rehovot,Israel)

said thewise000 2006.03.19 at 03:22:42 PST

Marita...These are simply fantastic B/W images..you did a "first class" production with each of these images..Another "winner" in your on growing portfolio...I'm honored to be the first to sign this latest guestbook...God's Blessings from Celina....Ken

said bigdaddy8x14 2006.03.18 at 16:08:24 PST