My dear Marita I had to come and see it again! This is really a beautiful album, one of the best you made until now. Such harmony and beauty! It is really an entrancing album. And, besides, it is about some places I love so much. This is a real masterpiece and I think I will need to see it once a while. Thank you so much for your supporting words in my album about blood donations. I really appreciated it because I had some doubts about putting it or not, but I think that I absolutely needed to do it. It is necessary that people knows how her donations are precious and so much needed. I only wish my english was better, for entering easily on peoples hearts. Thank you so much, my dear friend. A big hug for you, Rosa

said quartominguante 2006.03.29 at 04:38:48 PST

Beautiful album ! I enjoyed very much my visit ! Greetings from Belgium.Mary

said marywilford 2006.03.27 at 06:12:33 PST

Hi Marita, And now for something completely different you must have thought. Very well done, your compositions in b&w are great. Paris in black & white is wonderful, my favorite is light up my life (#45). Keep on shootin', Tjebbe

said oomt 2006.03.23 at 14:25:43 PST

Good Morning my dear friend Marita...Thanks for your GB about my Arkansas Rock Formations album as it's much appreciated..now concerning this awesome "Symetry in Black & White" album..since I made the first comment onMar 18th you've had an additional 20 GB entries so that shows that the album has benn well received as you've gotten some great reviews from some of your Peers along with me...Just keep adding more of these awesome images as we love to see what you have captured with your camera...God's Blessings & have a Great Day.....Ken

said bigdaddy8x14 2006.03.23 at 08:59:06 PST

Hi Marita - just HAD to come back to this one - it does something every time! Many thanks for your GB entry in my Cat album - unfortunately, Max belongs to... the unfortunately part... my boss! One of those things in life sent to try us... LOL! Guess I'm the saved and lucky one - haven't had anything from Faul...! We'll keep working at it and see if he next sends me the dirty... :-) Not sure if I mentioned that Banshee's Tribute album's prize shot, as soon as I get it back from the framers, is a water colour portrait of him that my mother has done (she is a well known artist who has had work used for charity items in the past 30-35 years now). Will be in touch again soon. btw feel free to e-mail me - my address is sbirkhead@mweb.co.za. Thanks again for the great entry. Look forward to being in touch again soon. Another btw - is it ok if I download all of these to use as a screensaver? Far too good to be stuck in an album on a site that entails all it takes to have to view them! Hugs, Sue

said sbirkhead 2006.03.22 at 14:14:24 PST

Hallo Marita, ich glaube so gute b&w Fotos habe ich noch nicht gesehen, am besten gefällt mir wohl "Spiraling", aber alle sind schön und einzigartig... Das mit dem "weißen Strand" denken viele, auch die das Originalfoto (aufgenommen mit Canon T70, ist also gescannt) in den Händen halten, aber bei schönem Wetter kann es dort so aussehen. So einen Strand habe ich aber bisher nur auf Sylt in Deutschland gesehen. In Düsseldorf habe ich übrigens während ich studiert habe auch mal gewohnt und bin auch heute noch oft dort. Es fällt mir leichter in Deutsch zu schreiben, darum fallen meine englischen Gästebucheinträge meist sehr kurz aus! Schöne Grüße von Uwe.

said uwe50 2006.03.21 at 18:55:55 PST

Hell Marita. You signed my guest book Album..rr. Sorry but I dont have an album of this name. You are not the first. But you are more than welcome to check out my real albums. Bernard

said volvob12 2006.03.21 at 11:46:42 PST

Hello Marita! I love B&W photos, especially stunning B&W photos, like all these great photos! Amazing B&W photos showing true photography can only be created by great talented photographer ... Dear Marita! Thank you very much for all these wonderful B&W! Thank you so much for all your strong support to me! Always my warmest wishes to you, dear friend! CS :D

said csfoto 2006.03.21 at 07:08:01 PST

These photos are terrific. They say that doing Black and White photography brings out the REAL photographer in you! I can see the REAL photographer!! Beautiful shots. It really does focus they eye more on the various lines and it does bring out the essence of what makes a good photo - namely light and shadow. Hope this one get featured! Marlis in Alberta

said digitaloma 2006.03.20 at 21:38:43 PST

HEY MARITAAAAAAAAA!!!! hey CowGiRl WrAngleR !!! I love these Black & White! tried to sneak these by me without letting me know you'd added some new photos (YES, i know that's what i'm supposed to be doing too...LOL!!) these are awesome! i love semi-circles the best....that is cool! g.

said roobydog 2006.03.20 at 21:00:19 PST

Definitely a good idea! I enjoyed watching these B&W! The architectural shots and the perspectives are the best in my opinion!Friendly regards, Gabriela

said shukun20 2006.03.20 at 17:37:51 PST

<font color='blue' size='2'> Hello Marita, Thank you for your nice words in my guestbook! This is also a great album of you, black and white looks great. Please comeback sometime to see my other/new photos? Best regards, Tom from The Netherlands.</font> <font color='red' size='2'><center>Please click here to see my Webshots albums? </center></font>

said hereistom 2006.03.20 at 16:48:23 PST

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