Monochrome Madness – Taking the colour from the animals at the zoo

It is free week, which means you can post whatever you want. There will be details about next weeks theme after the gallery.

For me I wanted to try something that I have done a bit of, but wanted to do more. I was watching something online and they had a bit photo in the background of an animal in monochrome. I thought that could be interesting.

I’ve been to the zoos here many times and I wanted to see if I converted some animal shots into monochrome how they would come out. It was one of those weeks where I think I can experiment a bit with a topic I haven’t really done much of before. The photos are mostly from Melbourne Zoos, but a couple are from Adelaide Zoo as well.

What do you think about making photos of animals into black and white or monochrome? Do you think it takes anything away from them? Do you find you concentrate more on the textures and shapes? I thought it was interesting and I’m glad I did it this week.

Our next host is Sarah from Travel with Me and she wants us to do THE SEA. I have to admit I am excited about this one.

Participating in Monochrome Madness

If you would like to participate in this challenge please post photos on your blog and use the tag Monochrome-Madness, then I can use the reader to see what you post.

You can also leave a pingback, do they still call them that? Basically, you put a link to my monochrome madness post in your post and it leaves a link in the comment section.

Don’t forget to check out the Monochrome Madness page. On this page, the next theme is announced and there is also all the information for participating. We have also included a list of themes that will be coming in the future so if you want to be able to plan ahead you can. They aren’t in order, but will happen. Please go and check it out. Click on the Monochrome Madness heading in the menu.

Also if you would like to host one week or more, let me know.

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22 Comments

  1. I think the monochrome really focuses the eye on the visual textures and the forms within the composition. For instance, I really love the row of elephant rumps and I don’t know that I would focus in on all the wonderful crinkles of their butts if the shot was in colour.

    1. That is what I was hoping for Laura, I think that is one of the beauties of monochrome. I love what you said about the elephant butts and I totally agree. Thank you.

  2. What a wonderful post, Leanne. The elefants are so much fun. The panda is of course, a natural at being monochrome. I like the grainy look of the lion. But my very favourite is the seal. Such joy (and a great photo!).

    1. Thank you Elke, yeah i love the elephants, oh the seal, I really need to go back and photograph them too, it has been years.

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