The Magical Effect of Black-and-White Photographs

Dr Abe V Rotor

Black and white captures the true color of this dog. Tenten at home, QC

 Agoo La Union cathedral: architecture against cloudy sky

 B & W enhances sharpness

Microscopic study of plankton (30X magnification)

Takong, native sow, Agoo, La Union 

Epiphytic Drynaria fern on acacia

Rock promontory in Mandaon, Masbate

Sta Maria Beach, Ilocos Sur

Friendly eagle at Avilon Zoo, San Mateo, Rizal

Herons on the ricefield in Sudipen, La Union  

 Philippine Hawk, Avilon Zoo Rizal, is actually white and gray

 B&W is perfect for silhouettes. Children playing under a Calumpang 

(Bangar)  Tree, Tandang Sora QC; "I am Nature Crucified." Standing dead 
camphor tree, UST Campus Manila 

B&W tones down the aura of children at play and leisure 

Calatagan Batangas, and rural home in San Vicente Ilocos Sur (right)

   

 Horror is emphasized in B&W photos such as Medusa in the Garden

Bangkok, Thailand 

  

View of the crater of Mt Mayon on a Cessna plane

Old sampalok tree, San Ildefonso, Ilocos Sur

Break time, UST, Manila 

Pine tree skeleton, Baguio City

Dying camphor tree, UST Manila

Old tree and its shadow 

UST Main building

UST Pharmacy Garden 

Walking stick, UP Museum of Natural History, Mt Makiling Laguna 

Sea urchins at play in Camindoroan, San Juan, La Union

A pair of water buffaloes (carabao) beating summer in Agoo, La Union

Kids at play in Calatagan, Batangas

Sugarcane mill chimney at night, Calatagan, Batangas

San Juan (LU) parish church 

Tagaytay Zoo visitors

A group of cicada attracted by a singing male, topmost 
(females are dumb), former Ecosanctuary, SPUQ