Sagrada Familia, in black and white
Here I am at Day 5 of the Black and White 5 day Challenge and it’s the ‘big reveal’, though I gave the game away yesterday with my Day 4 photo. You knew all along it was Barcelona, didn’t you?
And now, with the help of a little WordPress magic, you can see both colour and black and white versions of my photographs. Which would you choose? Colour, or black and white?
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
In spite of myself I did enjoy the challenge, and have to thank Pommepal and Wilbur’s Travels for nominating me. They would love a visit from you.
There are only two rules for this challenge:
1. On 5 consecutive days, create a post using either a past or recent photo in B&W.
2. Each day invite another blog friend to join in the fun.
My last nomination is Elaine at I used to be Indecisive. We meet every week on Six word Saturday and share our love of Snoopy. I have a great collection of Charlie Brown cartoons which I’ve acquired from her blog. (thanks, Elaine!) I look forward to seeing her take on the challenge.
I’m going to finish with Sagrada Familia, in colour, of course.
Too glorious for words, isn’t it?
Hopefully see you tomorrow. Don’t forget to bring your walking shoes.
restlessjo 
Shamedfacely, I have to confess that I didn’t guess the city. 😉
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It’s ok- there were no prizes 🙂 🙂
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My favorites are the images that have the vintage quality in your post processing. They have an appeal that is sometime missing from technicolor, which can distract from architectural features.
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Thanks, Sally! 🙂 I much appreciate your comments.
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Catching up with emails and posts at long last Jo, and now see I missed your last B&W photo challenge post. I love how you compared them with their original colour as a wind up. I love B&W but I see here that I prefer yours in colour, especially this one with the most beautiful stained glass windows. Stunning. Well done with the challenge! I’m hoping I can keep up with it, this week is proving to be very busy and I have my boys coming home for the weekend. But it’s fun and I’m enjoying it so far 😀
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Hi Sherri 🙂 I guess I’m just a colour girl 🙂 I’m making a concerted effort on my Inbox this grey afternoon but I no sooner empty it (well, part way… ) and it’s off again filling up 😦 I should get a life! 🙂 Hugs, and thank you.
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Ha, know the feeling Jo 🙂
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Congratulations on all five beautiful photographs – B&W give a whole different dimension to the scenes.
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The difference is quite surprising, isn’t it? I’m glad you like them, Mary 🙂
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I’m usually a color person, but I prefer the sepia tinge on these. Except for the Sagrada ceiling.
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I’m right with you on colour. I usually prefer sepia to B & W, Julie. 🙂
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Congratulations for completing the challenge!! Well done Jo!
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Thanks, indah 🙂 I quite enjoyed it, once I got going.
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Love your B&W series, Jo! Sagrada Familia is glorious in B&W, well done!
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Thanks very much, Amy 🙂 Always a pleasure to have you here.
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I never thought I would see you in Black & White :D. Lovely results, Jo!
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The second your back was turned, Paula! 🙂 I was gently pressured into it.
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What a fantastic ending Jo and I thought doing the slide show was a brilliant idea I loved the way they morphed from colour to b&w and back again and again and again…..I have not seen Sagrada Familia and I did think it looked very imposing and majestic in monochrome but it just glowed when in colour, and I liked day 1 and 2 in b&w but the bubble man came to life in colour and number 4 I liked both ways… It was a fun challenge and I enjoyed all your photos.
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Thank you very much for pushing me (gently) in that direction, Pauline 🙂 What I’m loving is different people’s perceptions and preferences. Love to you and Jack!
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Thanks Jo, I think your twist of the guessing game was very clever, thinking outside the square…
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mi piace molto la foto che sembra di stare su una astronave aliena…ma dove sono i marziani?
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Sorry, Ventis! He’d stepped out for a bite of lunch 🙂 🙂
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nella prima foto sembra di stare su una astronave…peccato che non vedo li alieni…magari li hai visti tu
🙂
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Sagrada Familia works beautifully in black & white, Jo, but then when I saw the version in color with the stained glass windows, I had to say I preferred that version. With the exception of the first one, I like them all better in color, but you know me, I’m a color kind of girl. It looks like you had a lot of fun doing the challenge. 🙂
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I’d forgotten how beautiful Barcelona is, Cathy (and how many photos I took! Even Mick didn’t recognise the first one 🙂 ) We have a lovely shell pink sunrise here this morning so I guess our Monday walk will be on (they’re fair weather walkers, like me). Back to work for you 😦 When’s your next break? 🙂 All work and no fun makes Cathy a sad lady 🙂 🙂
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Jo, I’m glad you reminded me of how beautiful Barcelona is. It is really an amazing city, one of my favorites up there with Paris and Istanbul. Sadly I’ve been at work all week, and though it’s not that bad, I’d still rather be traveling. Coming back to rain and dreary Nanning weather is not fun either, especially after my one month of wonderful weather in Yunnan and Myanmar. I don’t get any more breaks except for weekends, and three 3-day weekends from now until July 18 😦 Yes, that makes me a very sad lady. xxx
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Stunning last photo Jo. We did not visit Barcelona when in Spain. What a shame.
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It has a big reputation, Sue, and I was surprised and delighted to find that it exceeded all my expectations. 🙂 Have a happy week!
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