Black and White Photography – Gfpacificbee’s Insights & photography

2025 Wordless Wednesday: 22 October

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Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max

Location: Corner of S. Main St. & 7th St.; Old Town; Riverside Community; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

God Bless. Have a wonderful week and weekend. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2025 Monochrome Monday(MM)/LAPC: 14 July

The Silence

of an

Afternoon Walk

On Sunday, Coleman and I took a detour on our walk home from church. We stopped by the local Goat Island Park and Greenway to get a short hike in and permit him to play for a little while before heading back home.

Instead of just using the main camera on my iPhone, I decided to use the fusion camera to do a bit of black and white photography.

*The Calmness of the*
*South Fork Catawba River*

On Early Sunday afternoons we experience the Silent peaceful serenity surrounding the River and Trails.

*Coleman*
*sensing silent reflections*
*in the*
*South Fork Catawba River*

While crossing the bridge over the river one can see the small white church we attended. All is calm and quiet as almost everyone has gone home.

Cramerton Independent

Presbyterian Church

*Silence surrounding*
*the White Church*

Stupidity Hole ’s Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #356 – Quiet Hours

Weekly Prompts Color Challenge: Black & White

Monday Monochrome

Monochrome Monday

Jez’s Water Water Everywhere #272

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max Fusion Camera

Location: Goat Island Park and Greenway; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

God Bless. Have a pleasant and funtastic week. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2025 Wordless Wednesday: 02 April

The Graham & Gayle Bell Pavilion

Hugh’s Wordless Wednesday

Leanne’s Monochrome Madness

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max

Location: The Graham & Gayle Bell Pavilion; The Centennial Center; Town of Cramerton; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

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2025 MM#30 — Three Cropped Versions of One Image

Leanne is this week’s host for the Monochrome Madness challenge. She has chosen a theme of showing One image cropped in three different ways (1 image cropped 3 ways).

Here are my original image and cropped versions from my original.

*Cropped & angled to focus on the black cow*

*Cropped to the left to focus on the horses*

Monochrome Madness #30 – 1 image cropped 3 ways

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max

Location Greenway Stables Entrance; Anne Springs Close Greenway; Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA

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2025 RDP: Friday! — Black & White!

*Black & White Cows*
*in Black and White*
*on Black Background*

Ragtag Daily Prompt: Friday-Black and White!!

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max

Settings: f/2.8 • 1/267 • 15.66mm • ISO50

Location: Greenway Stables Entrance; Anne Springs Close Greenway; Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA

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Random NC Monochrome Pix

This being a non-theme week, I have decided to post a random variety of Monochrome images. I am linking to Leanne’s Monochrome Madness here.

Leanne’s Monochrome Madness

Thursday Doors

Throwback Thursday

God Bless. Black & White or Colour; the World is a beautiful convas for artistic expression. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

Up in the Air in Monochrome

Above the Trees

I’m learning to use the Fusion camera’s Monochrome features in my new iPhone 16 Pro Max. While Coleman was playing out back on one of our rare warm winter days, I looked up into the sky and saw a small group of black birds flying through the air. I pointed my iPhone towards the sky in hopes of capturing shots of the birds as they flew overhead of us. Cease the Moments. Enjoy the World around you. Capture the Memories each day.

Leanne’s Monochrome Madness-February 12, 2025

Skywatch Friday-February 14

Weekend Sky #144– February 14

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max Fusion

Location: Backyard; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

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Monochrome Madness #24 – The Best from 2024

Leanne’s Monochrome Madness #24 – The best from your year

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2025 GeometricJanuary Squaring: 01/03

Finding Geometric Patterns in ordinary objects is easy to do if you’re observant. Here is my entry for Becky’s GeometricJanuary for day three …

*Geometric shapes*
*in, on, and around*
*a golf ball in the sand.*

Becky’s GeometricJanuary-2025.01.03

Camera: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: By the South Fork Catawba River; Riverside Park and Greenway; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

God Bless. Stay Strong. Take Care of Yourself. Enjoy Nature. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

Local Scenes in Black & White

Always trying for a few interesting shots as I walk up and wait for the bus to arrive bringing Coleman back from school. On this day i decided to use the monochrome feature on my iPhone to see what I could capture in Black and White around the neighbourhood. Looking up the road I spotted a train coming down the tracks, later I took a photo of the tracks from below looking upward; trying different angles and viewpoints than my normal viewpoint.

Leanne’s Monochrome Madness

Camera: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: Near the Railroad Tracks; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

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2024 Monochrome Madness: ‘Leading Lines’ in Nature

*Looking* 👀 *Towards*
*Robinwood Lake*
*Warlick Family YMCA*

*Coleman on*
*Exercise Equipment*
*Green Trail Warlick Family YMCA*

*Bridge at*
*Goat Island Park and Greenway*

*Panorama of Fishing Pier*
*Goat Island Greenway*

*Carolina Thread Trail*
*Riverside Park and Greenway*

Sarah’s, from Travel with Me, Monochrome Madness

Leanne’s Monochrome Madness

Camera: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max

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2024 Monochrome Madness: Up in the Trees

What do you see when you look up into the Trees? Do you just see the leaves and branches? Or do you perhaps see a variety of birds singing their songs. This week we not only have spotted a few birds perched in the trees, but also squirrels fretting to and fro from branch to branch and tree to tree. Here is what we’ve managed to see and capture in monochrome.

Leanne’s Monochrome Madness: 11.08

Camera: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

God Bless. Thankful He watches over every living thing; the birds, squirrels, and you and I. Take Care. Enjoy the Outdoors and your weekend. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

Monochrome in the Garden Floral

Here are my entries for Leanne’s Monochrome Madness Challenge of showing Flowers in the Garden in monochrome.

Leanne’s Monochrome Madness-Flowers out in the garden

Cee’s Flower of the Day

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Monochrome Cell Pic Sunday/Monday Portrait

John’s Cell Pic Sunday

Becky’s Squares

Monday Portrait

Monochrome Monday

Hammad’s Weekend Sky

Leanne’s Monochrome Madness

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: Gardner Park Elementary; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA

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2024 Monochrome Madness #Turtle Sunbathing

***Turtle*** 🐢
***San Diego Wild Animal Park***

Leanne’s Monochrome Madness

Jez’s Water Water Everywhere

Throwback Thursday

Camera: Minolta XG-7 35mm

Converter : Wolverine Digital Converter

Location: San Diego Wild Animal Park; Escondido, San Diego County, California, USA

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2024 Wordless Wednesday: 07.03

Water Tower

Great Falls Water Tower

***Water Tower***
***Great Falls, South Carolina***

Hugh’s Wordless Wednesday

Throwback Thursday

Location: Great Falls, South Carolina, USA

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Rectangular Monochrome Monday Windows

This is Great Falls Elementary School (formerly called Mebane Grammar School.) This is the school my dad attended when he was growing up in Great Falls, South Carolina.

***Monochrome Rectangular Windows + Bricks, Doors*** & ***Sign***

Lens-Artists Challenge #305-Rectangles

Ludwig’s Monday Window

Monochrome Monday

Throwback Thursday

Location: Mebane Grammar School; aka Great Falls Elementary School; Great Falls, South Carolina, USA

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2024 Weekly Color Challenge- Black

Good Day everyone! Welcome to my blog. The following are my entries for this week’s Weekly Prompts Colour Challenge. The challenge is asking for photos depicting the colour BLACK.

Weekly Prompts Colour Challenge-Black

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF 75-300mm lens and Altura CPL filter attachment.

Location: Anne Springs Close Greenway; Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA.

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2024 CFFC: Things that are Smooth

I don’t have any pictures of glass, or other objects with smooth surfaces, so I hope these will pass for an alternative outlook on the theme.

*Water* 💦 *Droplets*
*on Smooth*
*Petals & Blades*

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge-Things that are Smooth

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2024 CWWC: March 28 —Any Which Way

Which Ways in Monochrome

For this week I’ve dug into my archives for various selections of which way to travel.

First, let’s make a stop in Raleigh, North Carolina where I attended Ancestry Day hosted by The Friends of the Archives in conjunction with the State Archives of North Carolina, the Government and Heritage Library, and the North Carolina Genealogical Society.

***McKimmon Center***
***and nearby trail***
***Raleigh, North Carolina, USA***
***November 2015***

Next, we’ll head over to Lenoir, North Carolina for a Watson/Greer/Trivette family reunion at the Yadkin Valley Community Park.

***Greer/Watson/Trivette Family Reunion Yadkin Valley Community Park***
***Lenoir, North Carolina, USA***
***June 2016***

Then we’ll spend some time in Jacksonville, North Carolina where one of my sons ( my 2nd born, David) was stationed while serving in the United States Marines. While there for the weekend my eldest son, John and I visited the Lejeune Memorial Gardens.

***Lejeune Memorial Gardens***
***Jacksonville, North Carolina, USA***
***February 2017***

Finally, let’s take another drive. This time let’s drive to Columbia, South Carolina before returning home for some quiet time of rest and relaxation. In Columbia I am joined by my daughter, Trisha and her daughter, Alona. We decided to visit the Riverbanks Zoo to see the animals. We enjoyed the short train ride around a small portion of the Zoo.