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Mercer County In Black and White - Part 1


A free Sunday afternoon, warm and blue-skied, and a bike ride around Mercer County, netted these pictures that I turned into black-and-white.  There is probably no need to clutter it up with commentary, so I'll just sit back and leave well enough alone. 






























  The first three pics are from Keithsburg, the 4th and 5th are somewhere outside of town and the last one is the bank building in Seaton.  There are yet more and I will post them at a later date.  Get out your cameras and play around with the black and white setting. It almost makes any picture look classical.  


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  1. UnknownJuly 13, 2016 at 10:01 AM

    Love black and white. Take some in B/W and use sepia from time to time as well.

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