I have found that you often get a better “reflection” photo when you lower your perspective significantly. In this case, I dropped down on my haunches to capture the building and sky reflection in a pool of rainwager.
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St. Petersburg, Russia
Here was our musical welcome to the Summer Palace in St. Petersburg.
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Here is a newly planted field of grape vines planted at this fine winery. I think the pattern of the planting lends itself well to a black and white treatment.
Here is a mature field:
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This bus is a very bright yellow in natural light, which makes for a wonderful light tone in Black and White.
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For this CB&W Challenge, I thought my recent trip to the Roman Theater in Cartagena was appropriate. The recent dig has uncovered a beautiful theater with many seats interspersed with steps to climb up or down to the appropriate level. Be careful! No handrails!
This is an absolutely must-see stop if you visit this beautiful city on the Mediterranean.
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I decided that sepia was better than B&W for these marvelous wine casks in a cellar at Château Desmirail in the Medoc region of Bordeaux.
We bought a bottle of the 2009 Margaux wine and brought it back to our cruise ship to have with dinner. It went perfectly with the Beef Stroganoff.
Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge is always a fun exercise in selecting just the right photo to match the theme. The casks certainly fit ‘Circles and Curves’.
One of the yoked oxen in the statue ‘La Carreta’, by José Belloni. Notice the cat snoozing at the feet of the statue.
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Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge is always adds some fun to my day, trying to find just the right picture.
This statue of a bear is located outside of the Buffalo Bill Historical Center in Cody, Wyoming. In full color, the bear is a wonderful orange, but the transition to black and white is also quite appealing:
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This week I have been featuring Puerto Rico in most of my posts. Sooo, Puerto Rico starts with a ‘P’ and ends with an ‘O’. How appropriate. Here are three black and white shots from that wonderful island.
Here is the fort in Old San Juan:
Next we have a window that is definitely shaped like an ‘O’:
And finally, we have a beautiful parrot:
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