In grays and blacks

Inspired by Frank @ Beachwalk Reflections’ post on Gray, I decided to look through some older photos and experiment with some black and white edits. It’s fun to see how grays and blacks can change the mood of a photo. These photos below were taken early last year. Is there one that stands out to…

Alaska Harbor Seal

I saw quite a few harbor seals on my recent trip to Alaska. Sadly, I didn’t see much more than cute noses and whiskers! They were far away and hard to photograph. However, I thought this one was cute in black and white. Did you know? According to Alaska Department of Fish and Game, harbor…

Phainopepla in color gray

A recent walk on a cloudy morning. A little cropping and some editing. If you look closely, you can see a touch of red in his eye, in the bottom photo. The top one done in black and white. 🖤🖤🖤 For your own self-respect and sanity, your creative freedom, you have to be careful that…

Seeing eye-to-eye

My Facebook friend challenged me to post a black and white photo each day for seven days.  This was today’s Facebook post. I saw this hawk out at our bird bath a few days ago.  I quietly grabbed my camera and snuck up into the corner of the window and snapped a few photos of…