Black & White Diamond Awards is the premier Black & White Photography Gallery on Flickr. Black & White Diamond Awards is aimed at Flickr members who want to review and award other Black & White photographs and artists for their excellent images. This group is a gallery of the finest Black & White images only. When you post you should IMMEDIATELY make 5 awards to other images in this pool! You may give more than 5 awards if you would like! No pornographic, nude, overtly sexual, provocative, or violent images allowed No Color Images (this includes sepia, blue, monochrome, and selective color) No Frames or Thick Borders No Panoramas No Reposting Please only post images that you have taken yourself. (I know that there a lot of rules, but we have a clear vision of the family and work friendly, purely black and white, group we have chosen to run. The rules give you, our members, tools and guidelines to help us maintain the integrity of the pool.) You may post one Black & White image to the group per day. Fine Art of Black & White Images only. Please Tag with "BlackDiamond" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *For our December Timeless Classic we did admin choice. Peter Levi nlwirth Enrico Pinna - congratulations! *********************************************************************** AWARD Code - Must Give 5 Awards *********************************************************************** Copy This Code To Give Awards ___________________________________________________ This is an Excellent Black & White Image! <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/bwdiamondawards/><img src=http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2093/2480550993_437bfd22e2_o.jpg width="100" height="81"/> This Image Caught My Eye in Black & White Diamond Awards Gallery (Post 1, Award 5) Please Tag "BlackDiamond" Please read and abide by the group guidelines! ___________________________________________________ The award will look like this This is an Excellent Black & White Image! This Image Caught My Eye in Black & White Diamond Awards Gallery (Post 1, Award 5) Please Tag "BlackDiamond" Please read and abide by the group guidelines! *********************************************************************** INVITATION Code *********************************************************************** This is an Excellent Black & White Image that deserves to be seen and awarded by other Black & White Photography enthusiasts. Please accept this invitation to display your image in our gallery at <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/bwdiamondawards/><img src=http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2093/2480550993_437bfd22e2_o.jpg width="100" height="81"/> This Image is Invited to the Black & White Diamond Awards Gallery (Post 1, Award 5) Please read and abide by the group guidelines! ___________________________________________________ The award will look like this This is an Excellent Black & White Image that deserves to be seen and awarded by other Black & White Photography enthusiasts. Please accept this invitation to display your image in our gallery at This Image is Invited to the Black & White Diamond Awards Gallery (Post 1, Award 5) Please read and abide by the group guidelines! ************************************************************************ Images in B&W that have been in Explore may be posted in our Diamond Spotlight thread to receive a special award: This Amazing Black & White Image was featured in Explore and The Black & White Diamond Awards Gallery. Congratulations! The Diamond Spotlight Award! *******************************************************************************************