Everything ;)

[mjens]

True, but my point was to add specific grain and custom B&W (yellow channel is more dark, like with lens filters). I'm only not satisfied with some sharp white points.

[twiz]

I agree with sentura, except possibly on the last one. Last one is amazing. Might be more amazing with color, but it doesn't leave me longing for color like the others

[-HP-]

those are nice, but i think they could be better if they were in color. the "polish" color palette is damp enough for them to do without desaturation.

It's Polland, everything's grey! Those werent shopped dude! ...

I keed, seriously tho, I don't think the B&W works here. It looks messy and overly way too sharp, resulting in just sploshes of white and black in the picture without any really framing or point of focus.

When your working with B&W it's harder to recognize shapes due to lack of color or depth, therefor you need to reduce the ammount of visual noise in the shots, and always try to capture / frame something, preferable with a good silhouette. Also, try to smooth your photos a bit if your making B&W, they are really grainy.

If you browse trhough some B&W photos on the net, you'll see that most of them have good and strong silhouete readings, so taking photos in B&W of pipes against a wall is not a very good idea.

Useful links:

http://photo.tutsplus.com/articles/revi ... ite-ebook/

http://photo.tutsplus.com/articles/40-i ... te-photos/

Example:

[mjens]

Somehow you're right guys and I wanna make these photos again, a bit different - desaturation instead of B&W, less contrast, more grain. Maybe it won't be great but it's a bit an art than production. I'll check it later, now some nature views:

[mjens]

Fixed Better?

[mjens]

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[TermInator525]

nothing special Non edited pictures

[mjens]

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