{"id":322829,"date":"2018-01-16T09:00:48","date_gmt":"2018-01-16T14:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lightstalking.com\/?p=322829"},"modified":"2023-06-15T06:02:21","modified_gmt":"2023-06-15T10:02:21","slug":"perfect-art-monochrome-landscape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lightstalking.com\/perfect-art-monochrome-landscape\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Perfect the Art of the Monochrome Landscape"},"content":{"rendered":"
Modern cameras allow us to capture incredible, colourful landscape images. A quick look through sites like 500px will show amazing examples of the genre. However, when someone posts a stunning black and white landscape, it very often gets more likes and comments than a colour based equivalent. Black and white landscapes appeal to our most basic photographic desires. Their lack of colour as a compositional and emotive trigger means that we appreciate how much thought and creativity has gone into a great monochrome landscape. Great black and white landscapes are not easy to produce, they require forethought, a great understanding of light and form and good knowledge of exposure. Today we are going to take a look at the elements that make a great black and white landscape.<\/p>\n
It might seem odd to mention colour when talking about monochrome but it is vital to the way we shoot. Colour is one of the ways we separate objects in black and white images so we are looking for great colour contrast in our shots.<\/p>\n
Along with colour we also need well defined geometrical shapes. These provide hard contrast edges to our image and work as compositional tools to hold the shot together. A good combination of well-separated colours and strong geometric shapes will provide definition to a good monochrome landscape<\/a>.<\/p>\n