Most famous 'Black and White' photos in Colored form : awesome conversion of the vintage pics of the past

Whenever we get to see a vintage photo or image of the past, our mind gets enthralled and engrossed in its charisma. However, the one thing which is common in all the epic 'historic' historical photos is that they are all black n white. But the technological advancements photography and an exponential increase in the no. of highly skilled professionals has now made it possible to convert these black and white reflections of the past into colorful wonders which completely look natural as if the photographs have become a more realistic gateway to the past. So, have a look at the best work of the conversion of black n white photographs to awesome colored ones. You will be amazed on comparing them with the original ones. Our collection presents the most famous retro-vintage photographs having colors added to them.

Selective Color Photography : the best of meaningful talking and speaking photos

Parrot

Color Pencils

Cute baby girl

old man

Painting

Mirror

path in water

Black and white photography can give very powerful meaning to a photo, but sometimes a bit of colour makes it truly outstanding. This is the base of Selective photography which involves selective focus on an object where most of the photo part is black and white, but some parts are left in colour. It is usually achieved by using layers and masks in photo editing software. This type of photography draws more attention to the subject which can turn a plain photo into real work of art. It reflects the imagination and creativity of the photography. So, have a look at the best photos of this art, you will surely discover that meaning behind these photos as the selective colors in it will talk with you expressing each of them.

Best Wildlife photography of the year (without macro) - wonderful quality photos of insects

Camera: Canon EOS 1000D
Exposure: 0.01 sec (1/100)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 55 mm
ISO Speed: 100

Camera: Canon EOS 1000D
Exposure: 0.008 sec (1/125)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 54 mm
ISO Speed: 100

Camera: Canon EOS 1000D
Exposure: 0.017 sec (1/60)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 55 mm
ISO Speed: 400
Exposure Bias: -
Flash Used: Yes

Photography is among those arts which requires high creativity, imagination, passion to click dream photos and off-course proper skills if you talk about professionalism. And among different variants of photography, Wildlife photography of insects is one of the toughest and most difficult. It involves great presence of mind, fast reflexes and off-course very high technical skills with the camera. The one thing which is very common in every skill is that perfection occurs with experience but on the contrary to this, Priyanshu Bhargava who is a student of mechanical engineering at Jaypee Guna has clicked some of the most wonderful and best photos of the insect segment of wildlife photography. Within a very short time he captured truly amazing photos of some of the miniature organisms and that to without using a macro! 

While talking with Priyanshu in detail about the tricks and tips associated with these pictures, we came to know that these were possible only due to the application of some proper technical skills used in photography. He tried to go as much as possible for proper detailing, kept the aperture maximum, tried continuous shots and recommended the use of a macro lens (though he himself didn't used one). Going in details, he further told that, lighting is always a problem while taking these kind of snaps, so use of a flash becomes necessary for clicking very high quality photographs. The best approach to use in the wildlife photography of insects is using the "rule of third" for framing.  Have a look at the wonderful wildlife photography clicks captured exclusively under the "Pb Photography" label. 

Pentax 645D DSLR - lacquered limited edition luxurious camera : 'best camera of the year'

If you are a photography freak and you are just crazy about photography then you would have probably heard the the name of the "Pentax 645D DSLR". It is one of the best photography camera gear of the year and of all time too. When it comes to adding professionalism and superiority to your clicks, nothing can be as better as this 40 megapixel photography wonder known as the Pentax 645D DSLR. Recently it was awarded and crowned as the 'best camera of the year 2011' at the biggest photography & camera event of the world named as the "Camera Grand Prix" in Japan. This is the best high performance camera which clicks images with super high resolution and quality.

Nothing can be as wonderful and amazing as having further made limited luxurious editions with enhanced characteristics of the best gadgets . And from this point of view the company Pentax has now launched some special limited luxurious and modified versions of the 645D DSLR camera. Though all the technical, configurational and working specifications of this new luxurious limited edition camera are same as its predecessor but the best thing about it is that it has extremely enhanced and beautiful looks. Which means that this new luxurious edition is an 'enhanced looks' makeover of the 645D DSLR. Other then its lacquer finish body design makeover, the camera consists few technological up-gradations such as CCD sensor feature. The best part of its new luxurious editions is that, though it has more superb body in terms of looks, but it is also very durable as it is completely weather and dust proof. So, if you love extreme condition photography then this is the right choice for you (but you got to spend more for these enhanced luxurious features as it is conventional that special edition things always cost more). Additional packaging accessories which comes this this camera are also 'high-class', these include the leather strap, wooden box (Paulownia) and a central spot matter focusing screen (DS-80). Have a look at the photos of this photography wonder.

Wonderful water crown photography : amazingly innovative and creative

It is well said that passion and creativity leads to innovation. A tremendous example of this truth has been set by a photography experiment of two boys of Bhopal, India. Priyanshu Bhargava who is currently a student of mechanical engineering at Jaypee, Guna (JIET) and Prayas Rokde who is a student of the National Institute of Design Ahmadabad, have clicked some of the most amazing and technically sound pics unveiling the secret of water droplets falling on water surface. Both have used their photography skills to present the wonderful science behind the collision of a falling water droplet with standing water surface. The most important thing in their photography is the usage of different elements to artistically and colorfully present this phenomenon.

When a water drop fall on a standing water surface it makes an elastic collision with it and due to the surface tension on the surface of water a beautiful and interesting water crown is formed and the water drop bounces back from middle of this crown to a little height. This experimental photography of the two boys resulted in capturing of some of the most illustrious water crown photos ever. They experimented different shutter speeds, apertures and light effects (with translucent color sheets) to finally have some of the best photography illustrations clicked ever. The most noticeable thing in this experiment was that, they didn't had any special gears and equipment for this amazing photography. A Canon eos 1000d camera having 1855mm kit lens was combined with the innovative use of resources and excellent photography skills of the duo to get wonderful photographs. 

Following are the snaps clicked by the duo under their water crown

photography experiment labelled under the 'PB Photography' property :

So, for those who think that nothing can be done without proper gears, then here is a lesson for you, "It's not 'all' about gears and gadgets, it's all about passion and creativity."

Conceptual photography

Conceptual photography