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Gallery: seeing the night in black and white

Vincent Van Gogh

It may seem counter-intuitive, therefore, to create monochrome photos of the night. But that’s the case with so many colourful things, like flowers, and yet they can make excellent black and white images.

I take quite a lot of photos at night when we travel, but they aren’t always successful. I don’t carry a tripod so I’m reliant on convenient surfaces on which to rest the camera or even handholding for brighter shots. For that reason, I take more city shots than rural. I look for views from high up, reflections in a river (or wet street), moving traffic and illuminations of all kinds.

I think I found enough in my archives to experiment with black and white conversions for this week’s Monochrome Madness, hosted by Elke, on the theme of night-time. All my images were shot originally in colour and converted using Nik Silver Efex Pro. I’ll start with a photo from my recent trip to the Philippines and then take you on a whistle-stop tour of the world at night!

A view of Manila from City Garden Grand hotel’s rooftop bar, Firefly

















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