Welcome to this month’s photo challenge! This month we’re going back to basics — all the way back. Monochrome. Nothing else. Nothing built an entire design philosophy out of two colours, and this month we want you to push that idea to its edge. Monochrome isn’t just the absence of colour, it’s what’s left when colour stops doing the work. Shadow, texture, contrast, depth. That’s all you’ve got, and that’s the point. The best monochrome shots don’t just lack colour, they make you forget colour was ever an option. Your challenge this month is to find the limit. Scenes where dark meets dark, where contrast almost disappears, where detail only reveals itself if you look hard enough. The best shots will reward the viewer for taking a second look, with a story hiding in the second look. 📸 Some ideas to get you started: Use the B+W Film preset by selecting the up arrow underneath the shutter button. Look for scenes where tones nearly match like a dark jacket against a shadow or smoke drifting across a grey sky. Shoot at night or in overcast light, when contrast naturally flattens and texture has to carry the image. Get close to surfaces like wet tarmac, rough stone, or textured wood. Think about silhouettes where the subject almost disappears into the background but doesn’t quite. Monochrome only. No colour shots converted in post! Shoot in black and white, or commit to it from the start. 🔴 To Enter: Like this post and submit at least one monochrome photo below. 🏆 Prize: 1 winner will be selected and will receive 1x Nothing bag, 1x Nothing Bottle Opener. 📆 Challenge end date: Wednesday, 28 October 11:00 BST Share your shots below and tell us where you found the dark.

Just a quick FYI: if your photos don’t display correctly when you post them here, don’t worry! Leave them as they are and we’ll sort them out. Some really great submissions so far! ⚫️ ⚪️ 📸

📸 Monthly Photo Challenge - October

The dark and light accentuates the chrome and patina of this classic 1953/54 Mercury Monterey Sun Valley hardtop.

Shot on a Nothing Phone (4a) Pro using a customized BW preset

g_IOnikman

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RacerZ

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Street scenes shot during the harsh lighting of the afternoon sun. Shot on Nothing Phone (4a) Pro using the BW preset

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Zac 🛸 Victory Monument (Anusawari Chai Samoraphum), Bangkok’s most iconic historical landmarks

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great silhouette of ghazal performance

RacerZ

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Castro St. in Mountain View, California during the afternoon sunlight. Shot on Nothing Phone (4a) Pro with the BW preset

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I’ll have more up my sleeve soon… 🎃

Bubi

I don’t usually shoot in B&W, but when I do, I like to play with the lights and shadows, as well as bringing up the textures thanks to the higher contrast.

I also like to shoot historical places in B&W to make it look like a picture from back in the day.

The following pictures were taken during my trip to Japan, where the intrincate design of the buildings leaves a lot of room to play with textures and monochrome filters

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Hrishikesh

Shot on NP4a

PinksJain

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A portrait 🤌🤌

KantViator

Shot on Phone 3

Shaunak_MH

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Just a Temple.

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RacerZ

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Alone at night in a stairwell of a dimly lit parking garage. The fluorescent light stabs through the darkness, lighting the path to an uncertain unknown.

Shot on Nothing Phone (4a) Pro using a customized BW preset

JashwanthDevarapally

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HojuNK

I experimented with I was experimenting with the fabric and noticed an unusual “cross” effect.

This is what the fabric looks like when photographed from the side with light bulbs underneath it.

2. After this discovery, I decided to put my phone on the fabric and take a photo of the streetlights at night, and it turned out amazing.

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