I've joined a small group of monochrome enthusiasts at my camera club who've embarked on a project to document the entire length of the Leeds-Liverpool Canal (all 127 miles of it!) in black and white photographs. It'll be interesting. On my own initial outing to take a few shots locally, all I could see was colour! Canal boats are mostly inherently colourful, though I suppose the surroundings: stone bridges, old mills and warehouses, do have an interesting potential for mono. I'll have to try harder to meet the brief!
As well as record shots of the locks, bridges and general canal-side scenes, we need to get some images that demonstrate life on the canal. I was fortunate to find, in the Gallows Bridge Boatyard, a narrowboat craned out of the water for work on its structure. They have a specialised crane and cradle for lifting boats out.
The familiar 'three chimneys' view at Shipley Wharf also seemed to me to be a colourful shot on that particular day, though I have a few mono conversions taken here over the last few years.
Sounds like a challenge. The colours of those canal boats must be so much of the charm!
ReplyDeleteI like to see the colour of these boats.
ReplyDeleteOh shucks...a nice historic series...but why does it have to be in B&W? The boats are so pretty with their painted colors!
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