First Monochrome Mondays is a great success!
This week the Thumbs Up Photography team (formally known as ‘shambles’) launched Monochrome Mondays at the suggestion of one of the community members, Mike Page, little did we know how much of a huge success it would be!
The idea behind Monochrome Mondays really is a place to post your favourite monochrome/black and white images in the group, on… you guessed it… a Monday!
Each Monday morning at 6am, a post will go out on our Facebook Group page (That looks like the below) where we ask you to share your favourite Monochrome images.
From time to time, the shambles will review the images and share some of their favourites on here, so check back often on the ‘Monochrome Mondays’ page to see if you have featured!
As we said, the first Monochrome Mondays was a huge success with around 140 images posted from within the community, which is absolutely fantastic and great to see you all embrace it so much!
Without waffling on, here are our favourites from this week!
Photo by Malcolm Baldwin - “The Lancaster does it for me. Top right of the frame in bright light and the bottom left in darkness. For me the scene sort of drags you back to a bygone era.” - Colin Powell
Photo by Paul W. Baker - “A lovely soft light from the buildings on the pier processed with a large range of tones.” - Dave Peck
Photo by Carl Everitt- “It’s hard to take your eyes away from that stare. A great animal portrait that just encapsulates the power of the rhino. Monochrome and light used to perfection, bringing out every texture and detail.” - Garry Sugden
Photo by Ian Shilson - “It’s a genre I’ve delved into myself in IR and it’s good to see an example of what we often miss at ground level. It’s a bit gaudi-esque” - Louise Welcome
Photo by Alan Coles - “When I saw this I was immediately captivated by the story behind the photo, for me it evokes the sense of a by-gone era, perhaps of an old coal mine worker? But there is also a sense of drama to the photo, with some wonderful lighting.” - Martin Hajdukiewicz
Photo by Ady Whittle - “I really love how this photo’s been taken. The dark sand against the soft, blurred water looks so dramatic, and those little white streams running past the waves add a really nice detail. The black-and-white contrast makes it feel powerful, and that rock on the left just holds the whole scene together. I also like how the sand in the bottom right leads your eye straight into the picture.” - Steve Stain
