I took a day, escaped from everyone and everything, and walked around Wrightsville Beach for a few hours. These are the pictures I took, all with 400ASA B&W film.
I took this picture on the backside of the island, on the sound. Several boats were floating out in the water that day, anchored, waiting for someone to return I would guess. What I really like about this composition is the reflection in the water. It was a very calm day, and mostly sunny.
I wanted pictures of seagulls on this day. I stood out on the Johnnie Mercer's Fishing Pier for nearly three hours to get these few pictures of the birds. The problem was that I wanted to use a 135mm lens to capture a close-up of the birds, but that made framing and focusing very difficult. I kept my camera pointed at this sign for 10 minutes before I finally caught one of them flying away.
This is my favorite B&W picture yet. I have always felt the purpose of black and white photography is to capture something that would not look as good in color. For example, what would be the purpose of taking a B&W picture of a rainbow? Or a rose bush? For the picture above, I love it because the seagulls look perfect set against a gray sky. A blue sky may have drawn your attention away, or taken away from the birds. 
I finally caught this picture of a seagull swimming out over the ocean. Again, I liked the B&W composition more than I would have liked a full color.
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