Deer with large antlers sitting on the grass
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Gallery: the letter D in black and white

May 24, 2024 / 35 Comments

For me, converting a colour photo to a black and white is like dipping a film negative in the developer liquid and discovering the final image.

Guy Gagnon, French photographer

I’m not sure that my black and white edits are always the ‘final’ image. Sometimes they are, but often they are simply an interesting alternative to the colour version; two ways of seeing the same thing, one complementary to the other.

Usually I like to choose a theme for my black and white galleries. Maybe a particular country, or a subject such as flowers or buildings. But sometimes it’s fun to mix it up a bit with an assortment of rather different shots.

However a bit of structure helps to focus the mind! So as Leanne hasn’t set a theme this week for Monochrome Madness I’m doubling up with Cee’s May alphabet challenge to feature the letter D. Cee allows us to use the letter anywhere in the word, but I decided to make life a little harder for myself by concentrating on words beginning with D!

I’ll be taking you from my local park to North Korea, from Mexico and the United States in the west to Nepal in the east, via Senegal, Oman and India. I hope you enjoy the journey!

Do also check out Leanne’s Monochrome Madness page to learn more about this fun challenge. Maybe you’d like to host a theme from time to time? If so, do contact Leanne via her page.

All my images were shot originally in colour and edited with Silver Efex Pro.

Seeds of a dandelion

DANDELION

Dandelion clock, Lammas Park, Ealing

Face of a dog with long hair

DOG

Dog in a café in St Helier, Jersey

Deer with antlers standing under a tree

DEER

Red deer at Studley Royal, Yorkshire

[the deer in my feature photo is a fallow deer, photographed in the same location]

One-humped camel on a sand dune

DESERT

Desert (with Dromedary, another D): the Wahiba Sands, Oman

Carving of Ganesh on a wooden door

DOOR

Door of the Khadga Devi Temple in Bandipur, Nepal

DRESS

Woman in traditional dress in Talako Square, Bhaktapur, Nepal

Woman in traditional dress sitting by a brick wall
Woman in traditional dress in an elegant pose

DANCER

Traditional Indian dancer performing at a hotel in Kumily, Kerala

Lamppost with street signs in English and German

DIRECTIONS

Street sign in Leavenworth, WA, whose town centre is modeled on a German Bavarian village

Military sheds and a large modern building

DMZ

The DMZ (Demilitarised Zone), the buffer separating North and South Korea, seen from the North Korean side

Spout in the shape of a dragon's head

DRAGON

Dragon gargoyle on the town hall in Tallinn

Dragonfly on a rock

DRAGONFLY

A violet Dropwing, aka violet-marked Darter, in a wadi in Oman.

Slim dove with speckled neck wading in shallow water

DOVE

Palm Dove by a hotel pool in the Sine Saloum Delta, Senegal

Four fins sticking out of the sea

DOLPHINS

Dorsal fins of bottlenose dolphins in the Sea of Cortez, Mexico

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