If you want a masterpiece, copy the masterpiece. Well, not exactly. Today on internet you can find anything. There are a lot of famous photographs that you can mimic. For example, Ansel Adams' "Snake River". This is the same angle Ansel Adams discovered many years ago. You can find information on the internet where a picture was taken many times. Now, all you have to do is to buy a plane ticket, go there and take the same shot. With today's technology, you can mimic the masterpiece without too much effort. Of course, it won't be original. But, it would look good in your living room and can impress your friends who don't know many famous photos. (Nikon D800E, Nikkor 16-35mm F4 at 26mm, 1 sec, f/9 with tripod, ISO=200, Graduated filter to darken the sky)
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One of my favorite B&W picture comes from my film camera, Nikon F100. I used a positive slide film (Fuji Velvia 50) and scan the picture into Jpeg. I used a high quality scan to make this pic 30MP equivalent. I converted the colored scanned image into B&W by simply reducing the saturation to none. I didn't use any special software for this B&W pic. The grain is real, coming from the film. (Nikon F100, Nikkor 20mm 1:2.8D, Fuji Velvia 50)
There are a lot of 2 x 2 images (I don't know what to call this. If you know, let me know) when I read Japanese photo magazines or websites. There are a lot of these in B&W in Japanese photo contests. This is my first attempt. The theme is Indian wedding.
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