Some more black and white photos from when I’ve been travelling around various parts of the city.
All this month I’ve been using Jonas Schäfer’s darktable styles that mimic Fujifilm’s simulations (in this case, ACROS) to convert the camera-raw images to greyscale before I edit and publish them. This time, however, I used Darktable’s ‘monochrome’ module to do the greyscale conversion and – you know what? – I think it works quite well :)
When the boat is taller than the house
Black and white photo of a tall boat – a mini yacht or cabin cruiser – parked in the front yard of a single-storey house. The boat is on its trailer and is covered with a large tarpaulin. The cabin of the boat has two levels, and so the boat is actually taller than the house that it is parked next to.
Between the goal posts
Black and white photo of an Aussie Rules football pitch for children that is attached to a primary school. The photo has been taken through a chain-link fence.
Give way to trams
Black and white photo looking down at a pedestrian crossing across at a pair of tram tracks that run down the centre of a road. Printed on the asphalt in large, all-capital letters is the phrase, “give way to trams”. Captured in motion-blur in the top-left corner of the photo is a woman carrying a tote bag who is walking across these tram tracks.
Tram tracks on Collins Street in Docklands
Black and white photo taken along the length of a road that has tram tracks running down the centre. This road heads into the city centre and, because it is dark, streetlights, car headlamps, and windows in buildings are all illuminated.
Down the escalators at Southern Cross Station
Black and white photo of a large urban railway station with a dozen tracks terminating under a massive roof. The photo shows trains parked at or leaving from several platforms, with dozens of passengers waiting on these platforms for their trains.
Train at Southern Cross Station
Black and white photo of the front of a Metro-branded train stopped at a large underground railway station.
Mind the (relatively small) gap
Black and white photo of the open doors of a train that stopped at a railway platform. Text painted along the edge of the platform reads, in all-capital letters, “mind the gap”.
Parked outside the industrial showroom
Black and white photo of a car parked directly outside a large, industrial building. The building’s double-storey roller door is open and bright light is spilling out into the dark night, such that the car is almost a silhouette against the brightness.
Train zipping along at a railway crossing – 1
Black and white photo of the front of a train travelling along its tracks as it passes a railway crossing. The photographer has used a slow shutter speed on his camera, so while everything else in the frame looks normal, the train has motion blur.
Train zipping along at a railway crossing – 2
Black and white photo of the middle of a train travelling along its tracks as it passes a railway crossing. The photographer has used a slow shutter speed on his camera, so while everything else in the frame looks normal, the train has motion blur.
Train zipping along at a railway crossing – 3
Black and white photo of the end of a train travelling along its tracks as it passes a railway crossing. The photographer has used a slow shutter speed on his camera, so while everything else in the frame looks normal, the train has motion blur. Since the train only covers half of the frame, in the other half of the frame you can see a line of cars waiting at the railway crossing.