Since Cee is taking a break from sponsoring the Black and White Challenge, I was left to my own devices this week. Along my daily walk/jog route, there is a electrical substation from which big power lines branch off in several directions. On the right kind of day, they are actually quite picturesque in a modern/industrial sort of way. Here are my power lines:
Monochrome Monday – Black and White Photography (25)

These are cool. Black & white can make anything dramatic, can’t it? 😃
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Yes! It really can; even everyday scenes have a different feel to them! Thank you!
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Sure thing. I thought about doing a B&W post today too, but couldn’t decide on a theme. I miss Cee. 😃😃
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I know! I love her prompts!
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Yep. I may just come up with something random for tomorrow. 😃
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Yes, do! I love your black and white photos!
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There’s something very atmospheric about these shots.
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Thank you! The clouds were really cool that day!
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Oh yes, I can see that.
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The skies looked ominous. Something serious about black and white photography that color doesn’t quite have. The same for film. Working with shadows and light is truly an art form. Well done!
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Thanks so much, Rob! I agree. I love black and white photography. It’s a totally different feeling!
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I’ve always loved artistic representations of power lines/telephone poles and other things that aren’t typically thought of as pretty. They have a good structure, adding an interesting grid to artwork–like in Edward Hopper’s paintings of town scenes–and point to humankind’s alteration, for good and bad, of the natural landscape.
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I agree! I like the work of Imogen Cunningham – she features structures like oil refinery tanks and water towers in her work. Not ‘pretty’ but interesting especially in black and white and from unusual perspectives. Thanks, Rebecca!
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“Power to the people!”
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Yep!
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love B&W pics. These are great, Lady Meg! ❤
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Thanks so much, Sir Eric! ❤️ Good to see you!
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and such modernity makes them industrially beautiful…
I like them… great pics 🙂
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Thanks so much!
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No probs, Meg 🙂
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Nice shots… who took the picture of themselves in the mirror? 😉
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The anonymous photographer! 😎 thank you!
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Always a pleasure Meg 🙂
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