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\u00a9 Jonathan Irish<\/p>\n<\/p>\nIf color photography shows us how a landscape looks, then black & white photography can show us how it feels. Here\u2019s how to distill your outdoor photography down to its most powerful basic elements.<\/p>\n
When it comes to landscape photography, black & white can give your images a completely different feel than those shot in color. This is not to say that monochrome is better than color, it\u2019s just very different and will suit certain locations, weather conditions, and times of day better.<\/p>\n
As with other genres of photography, black & white removes the \u2018distraction\u2019 of color and lets us focus on other things better, such as patterns, reflections, and textures. It\u2019s all about shape, tone, and contrast. With black & white, we are trying to create something less complex than the scene in front of us \u2013\u00a0we\u2019re aiming to distill the essence from the landscape and leave behind superfluous details.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\u00a9 Jonathan Irish<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Look out for shapes and lines that contrast well with what\u2019s around them. For instance, the white water of a waterfall against the black rocks behind it, or fishing boats sitting on the water by the beach. Are there any shapes that lead the eye into and around the picture? For example, fences, railings, or train tracks.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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\u00a9 Bill Fortney<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nBlack & white photography can also transform the way that skies look in your landscape photos, particularly if you are shooting in less-than-brilliant weather. Stormy clouds take on a dark and sinister look, and even white clouds in a blue sunny sky can be made to pop if you use one of your camera\u2019s red filter Film Simulation modes, such as ACROS+R or MONOCHROME+R.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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Photographers making color landscapes tend to wait for the warm orange light of the golden hour \u2013\u00a0the time just after sunrise or just before sunset \u2013\u00a0to make the colors in their pictures look at their best. But photographers working with black & white are free from this restriction, and can photograph at any time of the day, as long as there is good contrast and texture in front of them.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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\u00a9 Karen Hutton<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Remember that not all landscape photography needs to portray a location as a beautiful paradise. The honesty of black & white lends itself to tough, gritty scenes, like battered coastlines or decaying industrial architecture. You can see what a photo will look like in monochrome by flipping into a black & white Film Simulation mode \u2013\u00a0the viewfinder will instantly show you how things appear.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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\u00a9 Lee Varis<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
If color photography shows us how a landscape looks, then black & white photography can show us how it feels. Here\u2019s how to distill your outdoor photography down to its most powerful basic elements. When it comes to landscape photography, black & white can give your images a completely different feel than those shot in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"template":"","category":[2427,1202,2329,1251,565],"post_tag":[],"b2b-solutions":[],"class_list":["post-127743","story","type-story","status-publish","hentry","category-articles-type-stories","category-category","category-tips-category-stories","category-type-stories","category-stories"],"pp_statuses_selecting_workflow":false,"pp_workflow_action":"current","pp_status_selection":"publish","acf":[],"fujifilm_category_label":"Tips","publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-10-22 07:25:10","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fujifilm-x.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/story\/127743","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fujifilm-x.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/story"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fujifilm-x.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/story"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fujifilm-x.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fujifilm-x.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=127743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fujifilm-x.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/category?post=127743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fujifilm-x.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_tag?post=127743"},{"taxonomy":"b2b-solutions","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fujifilm-x.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/b2b-solutions?post=127743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}