I've been in two minds about monochrome, aka black and white, photography for years. Usually I'm not enthusiastic and consider many examples of it as pretentious but recently I've become more appreciative.
I've seen the monochrome photos in recent photobooks by Leica Ambassadors Alan Schiller and Phil Penman and the superb book, Paris Amour, by David Turnley. Also I've seen some outstanding monochrome photos taken by one of the participants of the Leica Photo journey in Morocco which I went on last October.
I have used Nix Silver EFX software to convert colour images to monochrome for many years but with my enthusiasm for this branch of photography rekindled I recently decided to invest in the latest, and much enhanced ,edition of the software, now badged as the DoX collection, to see what I can do with it.
I've only just installed it so it's early days in my mastering of it but here are three examples I've converted today as I explored its potential.
The top photo of granddaughter, Poppy, studying for her HSC exams was a neutral conversion in terms of the tone of the photo. The wedding party in Myanmar has warmer tones and the portrait is more silver in tone.
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