Photo Contest: Monotone

PhotographyPosted by Staaan

Imagine what it would look like to see our world in a single colour tone; the trees, the cars, mountain landscapes, a view of the city, the serene atmosphere of the rural areas, etc. Would it be boring, less complicated, or still beautiful? Let’s find out!

Black and white photography is also a form of monotone photography (called monochrome). Monotone, however, means a single tone of any colour.

This contest is designed to let us see what life would look like from a single colour perspective. Take your best shots of different scenes, objects, traffic, humans, or anything and show us the result in a single colour tone of your choice. You can use the built-in settings of your camera, or use post-editing software.

To get some inspiration, have a look at this monotone contest we held on Pxleyes, 3 years ago:

http://www.pxleyes.com/photography-contest/22386/monotone.html

Karaflazz won the contest with this entry:

by Karaflazz
— by Karaflazz —
Good luck!
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The Arrival created by kyricom

Some knights arrive to take their place for a charge across the field of battle! Taken on a Pentax K-3

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Tanya created by Sidphoto

Photographed on a monotone Kodak film, it was a short lived film the CN400, which could be processed in color chemicals C41. The camera was a Asahi Pentax Spotmatic, with a 50mm Supertakumar lens.

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Some shadows created by Merlin

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Samsung Galaxy A5
IKEA, Abu Dhabi

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Entry without name created by Wayne-Cheah

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Adaline in Morjim, Goa created by Sidphoto

Camera: SONY a6000 Lens: 70-200mm, used somewhere on 90mm Lighting: 1 strobe plus daylight fill Aperture: f 6.3 ISO: 100mm Tonal separation created with the flash in the background, daylight used for the face. Further separation created using the color filters of Photoshop.

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Boat in Fog created by Skyangel

It was a crisp cool foggy morning at Lake Tinaroo Qld Australia.

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Diana created by Diamite

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Aussie Kookaburra created by Skyangel

The laughing Kookaburra is the largest of the kingfishers. It is carnivorous, eats insects, frogs and reptiles.

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Nameless picture created by Olga.L

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Olga.L

Mystical Pond, Da Lat , Vietnam

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Skyangel replied to Olga.L :

The green tint is interesting and makes it look quite mystical but I think the filter you used for the background is distracting and causes confusion because the zig-zag patterns are all over the place and really don't look like water ripples at all. Were you trying to achieve a ripple effect?
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However, in the end, any artistic effects are always a personal choice and very subjective so pay no attention to my personal likes and dislikes. As we all know, people can have totally opposite opinions when it comes to filters. đŸ™ƒ

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Olga.L replied to Skyangel :

Hi and thank you for the critique. I was rather excited to find this new tool of smudging so I smudged and played with the background. I'm always trying to take the ordinary and push it over the top....sometimes I succeed, sometimes I don't. Adding ripples would have just made the image too vanilla for my eyes and unexciting. Remember that the lotus (or water lily) grows from mud and confusion below and only when it surfaces does it show tranquility ...so the turbulence you see behind the flower is indicative of that. Thank you for the link and your time.

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Skyangel avatarLevel 15
Skyangel replied to Olga.L :

If the effect is to symbolize the underwater confusion, you definitely succeeded.

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Olga.L replied to Skyangel :

I just watched him. I like his tutorials. Thank you

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Skyangel replied to Olga.L :

Your welcome. I just imagined the background would look great with a ripple on the pond which had the stem of the flower in the middle of the ripple. Obviously the tutorial doesn't show you how to do that, but I could show you if we lived close enough to actually come and work on the same computer together.

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Olga.L replied to Skyangel :

ahhhh, well, we almost made it to your place............almost. I will wait for you in Canada if we ever get back....sigh.

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Skyangel replied to Olga.L :

The best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry.

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IEatRawEggs

I like it, how did you make this?

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Olga.L replied to IEatRawEggs :

Hi....here is what I did (it is really easy). In you photoshop there is a smudge tool, find it and just play with it. If you put it up to 100%...it will be too harsh. That background , nothing was done...it is the relections on the pond and I just smudged the beejeebees out of it. There you go....clear as mud right?.. đŸ˜ƒ

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IEatRawEggs replied to Olga.L :

Oh just smudge tool

I have that in GIMP as well

Thank you

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Lone Tree Pentax K-3

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