Butterflies In Monochrome

Shooting butterflies is always fun. Shooting butterflies in black and white is even more fun. You get the opportunity to explore the shape of the perch, the texture of the wings, the contrasts and the camouflage. When you don't have the crutch of the mesmerizing colors of the creature, it forces you to be a little more creative. The shape of the butterfly becomes more noticeable and the the body patterns jump at you. You realize that nature is glorious even if you strip it of all its colors.

                         

5 Comments

Jan 10, 2010
Divya Tyam said...
Lovely. Interestingly, converting from color to 2-bit is one of the first pre-processing steps in any image recognition algorithm, since color 'confuses'.
Jan 11, 2010
Nitesh said...
awesome photographs ! watching butterflies in black and white ...really a different experience... :)
Jan 12, 2010
Tev said...
Superb photos! Very artistic! Thank you for sharing them.
Jan 15, 2010
Thanks, all!
@D - What's interesting is that even after converting to B&W, the image retains the color information and one can still play around with the color levels.
Jan 16, 2010
Ap said...
Super cool shots! :) The B&W pics seem more mystical than the coloured ones.. I think masking the actual colours lets the imagination of viewers who have not seen the creatures in real, run wild.. In a way, you have done more with colours than you think you have.. :) Kudos!

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