Alphabet Gallery: L

Managed to snag another letter for my slowly growing alphabet library. This weekend I captured "L". What do you think?

settings: 1/320, f/5.6, 400, 50mm
cropped slightly to cut out other beams, adjusted curves, converted to B&W and sharpened slightly.

Bounty of Black and White

I went for a walk yesterday through the park and took my camera with me, determined to get my creative juices flowing again. I was struck by alot of the "architecture" of the outdoors. Plus I was on the lookout for some "letters" to add to my alphabet gallery. For most of them, it seemed to suit a black and white conversion. What do you think? Are these overprocessed/overblown and/or muddy? Are any just not interesting?

A park bench:

Swing set, aka my letter "U":

a funky dome structure - looking straight up

a steel trellis, aka my letter "X"

and the crook of a tree to represent my "V":

Day 023

SOOC

One of my personal challenges for the year is to create my own photograph alphabet. Here is my first letter - S!

cropped, desaturated and increased contrast in GIMP

What do you think of this edit? Does it help or hinder the photo?

Photo Stats:

Shutter Speed: 1/200

Aperture f5/6

ISO 800

Focal Length 100mm