Winter in B+W

Trying to align with the grey tones of winter . . . mostly . . .

Here are a few photos from the past few days. I went with the black and white theme as it seemed to match the mood of cold winter days with mist on the lake, sharp shadows on the snow and the dull scenes in town. I tend to be drawn to bold colours much of the time, so this was a bit of a challenge. Here we go . . .

Pedestrian Bridge

City Skyscraper

Duck in the Icy Water

Drifting Snow

Cold Mist

Trees in the Pale Sun

Shadows on the Snow

The shapes, shadows and forms jump out in B+W without the distraction of colour. And yet, too much of this can sometimes make you feel dull and gloomy. Not wanting to impart a dull gloominess on you all, I will take our mental health into consideration and will leave you with a splash of colour to brighten the mood.

Delicate Sky

Ok - so I broke the B+W theme with the last picture . . . some scenes just lend themselves to colour, and even though this is a wintery scene and it’s still cold and icy out, I think it works better in colour. I guess that might be the lesson for me from this exercise: looking at each scene in both colour and B+W and then deciding if the colour is adding something to the picture or not.

Let me know what you think of this recent collection of photos.

Until next time,

Andy