Some of my favorite pictures of 2024 – Black and White

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Self Portrait. Briarcliff Manor, NY. October 18, 2024.

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Dove Silhouette. Briarcliff Manor, NY. April 28, 2024.

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Railroad Tracks, Croton-Harmon Station. Croton-on-Hudson, NY. August 25, 2024.

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Statue, All Souls Cemetery, Pleasantville, NY. February 7, 2024.

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The Rising. Kensico Dam Plaza. March 13, 2024.

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Luna. Sleepy Hollow, NY. October 13, 2024.

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Building Facade in Manhattan. NY, NY. April 29, 2024.

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Double-arched Bridge. Ossining, NY. November 17, 2024.

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Sing Sing Prison. Ossining, NY. June 24, 2024.

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Grasses in a vernal pond. Briarcliff Manor, NY. March 9, 2024.

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Tree Trunks. Briarcliff Manor, NY. November 1, 2024.

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Photographs inside “Mudville”. NY, NY. August 10, 2024

Taken with a variety of cameras and lenses

Self Portait

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I like black and white photography. In many ways I see things in black and white. Maybe it’s because I grew up in a time before color photography became important. Most of the photographs and movies I saw when I was young were in black and white. Yes, I know that color moviews had been available for quite some time, but the ones I seem to remember were all black and white.

Of all places, this was taken in the men’s room in the building where I work with the Briarcliff Manor-Scarborough Historical Society. The day before I’d been watching a YouTube video about high-contrast black and white photography. As I was leaving the men’s room, bright light streamed in through a high window and fell on my face. It occurred to me that if I could get the exposure right, I might get something interesting.

Many might think that I carry a camera with me wherever I go. But that wouldn’t be true. I don’t usually carry one with me to the men’s room. However, I did have one in a bag, downstairs where I work so I went down to get it.

This is the result. I quite like it.

Taken with a Sony RX100 M3.