Heidi RazzellCompared to our usual presentation of colourful content, we have edited a selection of our best sellers and presented these as beautiful black and white editions. We have an abundance of high-resolution images specialising in travel nature and wildlife – it’s down to you to take your pick!
Black and white photography doesn’t attract with its play of colours or vibrancy, instead, the subject matters have to stand out by their ability to communicate with composition, perspective, and lighting. To achieve such clarity in just black and white isn’t an easy task, the shot has to be strong, clean, and precise with careful thought given to the context. Tiny details offer subtle tones, lighting provides a vivid and intense depth, and a soft photograph taken in colour can be transformed into a striking and powerful image.
“To photograph is to hold one’s breath when all faculties converge to capture fleeting reality. It’s at that precise moment that mastering an image becomes a great physical and intellectual joy” Henri Cartier Bresson – 1908 – 2004
Slide across our selected images to see how they look in black and white
Highland cattle (Bos taurus), Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom, Europe | Image ID 1199-323| John Alexander
A pride of lions, Panthera leo, lying down and drinks water, lapping water, facing camera, riverbank and trees in the background, Londolozi Game Reserve, Sabi Sands, Greater Kruger National Park, South Africa| Image ID 1174-5007 | Londolozi Images
Close-up of plains zebra (Equus quagga) turning head around to look at camera, Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya | Image ID1116-47939 | Nick Dale
Caravan, nomads ride on Bactrian camels (Camelus bactrianus) through the Gobi desert, reflection in the water, Oemnoe-Gobi-Aimag, Mongolia, Asia | Image ID 832-387738 |Bayar Balgantseren
Clearwing butterflies mating, Madagascar | Image ID 1173-4053 |Frans Lanting | Taken from our up close with insects gallery
White horses of Camargue running out of the water, Camargue, France| Image ID 1116-47780 | Robert Postma
A leopard, Panthera pardus, walks towards the camera on sand road, direct gaze, ears facing backward, mouth open, long green grass, Londolozi Game Reserve, Sabi Sands, Greater Kruger National Park, South Africa | Image ID 1174-5019 | Londolozi Images
Adult King penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) breeding colony at Gold Harbor, South Georgia, Polar Regions | Image ID 1112-5171 | Michael Nolan
Lesser flamingos (Phoeniconaias minor), standing on one leg in the water, mirror image, Walvis Bay, Namibia, Africa | Image ID 832-382733 |Michael Schwarz
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