Nikon 5100 and monochrome

Today I went out with my Nikon 5100, a much under rated camera in my opinion, which I tend to use these days as a dedicated B & W camera. I shoot straight into monochrome, then do minimal post processing in Picasa3 and/or The Gimp, just as I do when I shoot in colour.

I like shooting in Black and White. Maybe because I'm red/green colour blind.













Colour is OK provided the palette doesn't get too complicated, as in this rose shot. Otherwise it gets too distracting I find.

A photo post.

I imagine I'll be putting a few photos on my blog, so let's start with one which is also on my Flickr page.

This picture puzzles me. It's from June '07, and was taken using a Canon S50 compact. I find it a pleasing enough snap shot (ah! that's where the blog name came from!), but nothing too special, and from the few comments I've received (I wish more visitors would comment) it would seem others like it as well. Yet it is by far the most viewed of my Flickr photos, why? Wish I knew.

Why write a blog?

Good question, and one which I don't have a very good answer to.

I visit many blogs by other people, and follow a few of them. I enjoy them and admire the authors for their efforts even when the content leaves me uninspired. Some, like Ned Bunnell's, leave me feeling I've had a conversation with the blogger. Some have had a positive effect on me, but not a negative one as I just stop reading if that's likely to occur.

Also, I've enjoyed posting some of my photographs on Flickr and making and receiving the odd comment. Somehow blogging seems the next step.

I doubt I'll be too eloquent in my writing, at least to begin with, but let's give it a go.