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I’m still a beginner at shooting monochrome, tried my favourite type of photography: flowers. I’ve noticed straight away that I’ve been relying on vibrant colours to create interesting shots. Now that colours are gone I’m at a loss. Does anyone have any tips on creating striking floral shots in monochrome?

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2¢ for your reference -- line, shape(2D), form(3D), tone, lights in the shade... and the texture.

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Agree with Erato's list.  Two M10M examples.

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Colour Filters will be your friends.

Flowers which have colours that share a similar tonal range to any foliage will, in monochrome, be rendered in similar shades of grey so consider using colour filters to add contrast / drama. Use of an orange or red filter, for example, will lighten a red/orange/yellow flower whilst at the same time darkening green foliage. These types of filter will also enhance the contrast of any variegated foliage.

Practise in order to learn how much difference the stronger Red filter, for instance, will make in comparison to the less-pronounced change when using, say, a Yellow and by how much they each will affect the shot in different lighting situations. Using a Red can be very dramatic but sometimes it will simply be too much as it can completely bleach-out the subject matter.

Philip.

EDIT : FWIW I do like the tonal-range as captured seen in the first shot in your post.

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Two examples without filter, but M10M

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2 hours ago, Ktsa5239 said:

Now that colours are gone I’m at a loss. 

 

You might want to take the time to watch this presentation, which delves into the principles involved. And those principles, as she discusses, have significant implications for shooting, post processing and the entire workflow.


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2 hours ago, 1joel1 said:

Check out what Edward Weston did with a green pepper. It's all about light and reflectivity.

And great understanding of underlying principles and required techniques.  For his famous Pepper#30, he made his own stops and shot at f/240 for over 4 hours in order to focus his view camera close enough, with adequate DOF (using it more like a pinhole camera).   He did more with a bare bulb in his darkroom than most could ever produce using fancy gear.
 

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Q2-Macro

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On 9/6/2022 at 1:17 PM, Ktsa5239 said:

I’m still a beginner at shooting monochrome, tried my favourite type of photography: flowers. I’ve noticed straight away that I’ve been relying on vibrant colours to create interesting shots. Now that colours are gone I’m at a loss. Does anyone have any tips on creating striking floral shots in monochrome?

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Try to make your photographs sharp, so maybe use a tripod and stop the lens down? And use Google to search for images of something like 'photographers of flowers in B&W' for some inspiration. 

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M9M

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Does cactus count? 

M9M 35 Lux FLE and red filter

 

 

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As with everything else in B&W photography, it's all about shape, form, and tones. Use B&W filters (Yellow, Green, Orange, Red, Blue) to separate colors into different tones, and look at how the light plays rather than how the colors interact. 

A few examples of my posted flower photographs in B&W, either for inspiration or to establish "Ugh, I don't want to do anything like that!" :)

https://flic.kr/p/2njMnRD
https://flic.kr/p/2njbxAx
https://flic.kr/p/2kctCeJ
https://flic.kr/p/HqoUdS
https://flic.kr/p/AAmWim
https://flic.kr/p/wbk7os
https://flic.kr/p/7Rrhn9
https://flic.kr/p/7Rrhjh
https://flic.kr/p/6sPxDR
https://flic.kr/p/6asN4N
https://flic.kr/p/6asN1j
https://flic.kr/p/4CcAvx

enjoy, G

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