Image Wednesday: More Winter Monochromes
The pictures below are from a hike I did yesterday on a trail I’ve done countless times. I’ve been pretty down on the local hiking trails lately. I wasn’t at all sure I would find anything to photograph that I hadn’t before. Often, if I’m looking too hard, it’s a struggle to find a picture. When the typical “been there done that, what could be new” thoughts surface, I tend to look at finer scales when I’m out photographing. It’s when I begin to let my mind drift that shapes, contrasts, and tones appear.
Matt Brandon, at The Digital Trekker blog, had a post recently (HERE) on various image treatments people use in an attempt to save a crappy picture, or, as it’s called, the Un-suck Filter. Monochrome conversion was on the list as a method people use to save bad images. I often wonder if I fall back on monochrome for the same reason. Well, that’s not true, I know at times I do.  Despite those times, the majority of my monochrome conversions are often planned with forethought.  When my focus is on shapes and contrasts, seeing in monochrome is easier for me. My main purpose in a final image is to convey what I saw and felt at the time I pressed the shutter.  Oftentimes, monochrome supports that.  The pictures below are what I felt and saw at the time I took them: brights areas of snow against the darker tones and shapes of wood, water, and leaves.
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