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#MacroMondays

#BW

 

I feel drawn to B&W more and more recently. Or maybe it's just that I have learned (a little) better what works in colour and what in monochrome. Sometimes, I even think "This is a B&W scene" while shooting. Unheard of a few years ago ;) But what looks good in black and white in the macro world? If there's no colour to play with, either the subject has to have "something extra", patterns, texture, depth, something that retains interest when there is no colour, or the setup should provide something interesting such as light.

 

I collected a few possible subjects like my silver Airdale terrier brooch covered in grey jet stones (or rhinestones) that give it a blingy yet elegant look. Or a simple tin lid, partly broken where I had screwed a bottle open (I thought I could play with backlight and use the crack in the lid). The lid was nothing in B&W but I could have made something of the terrier brooch (and probably will for another theme).

 

But in the end, I returned to my very first idea: the mode dial of one of my cameras. It (almost) is a black-and-white subject by nature because there only is silver and black (the center ring which doesn't have any functionality other than making the mode dial slightly higher than the other dials, to make it easier accessible and/or set it apart from the other dials, I assume). The dial also has a nice haptic structure of numerous protruding tiny pyramid shapes for a good grip. To get extra close to the tiny pyramids, I mounted the Laowa 50mm 2x Ultra macro, so this is a single shot, only illuminated from above by my daylight photo lamp.

 

I'm busy today and will catch up with you later!

 

HMM, Everyone!

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Uploaded on March 24, 2025
Taken on March 23, 2025