In the flat blue light of a cold, overcast day I came across a scene of Alder trees along the edge of a frozen pond. There was incredible detail to be captured in all the branches. After a few edits, I settled on black and white to ‘focus’ attention on the details. And cropped the image to show just the trees. This looks fantastic on a thirty inch screen.
Here’s the full image:
I really like the full image..the blue of the water, picked up in the blue green of the vegetation behind the trees, adds another level of interest for me, which isn’t in the B&W.
Thanks for this Celeste. I believe a large number of people would agree!
I do like both versions. Alders can really make for some fascinating patterns, almost impressionist when you’re photographing a dense collection of them.
Agreed.