nature, Photography

Monochrome Madness

28 Comments

Today – for the first time – I’m participating in Leanne Cole’s Monochrome Madness. If you’re interested in participating as well, please go to Leanne’s site to see what’s coming up. This week doesn’t have a theme so you can post whatever you would like.

I’ve done a bit of experimentation with monochrome by converting colour photos through Lightroom; others in my collection are naturally monochromatic winter photos and are three of the ones I’m posting here.

Winter eagle

An eagle pair lives near our home and has a couple of favoured perching trees that aren’t far from our deck. In January of 2024 I saw one of them doing some territorial surveying during a very wet snow fall that later turned to rain.

Okanagan Lake

This blue hour photo was taken just after nightfall in early February, 2024. I particularly like the almost perfect reflection in the lake’s surface.

Photo by permission from Dana Coates

The above photo isn’t mine but I’m including it because it’s such an unusual example of a naturally pink monochromatic photo. This is a rare pink fog – there were no filters applied to this picture.

Heavy moisture content in the air caused the blue wavelengths of the rising sun to be scattered out, resulting in a pink fog. Further up the Okanagan valley, the fog was actually red. This incredibly rare phenomenon didn’t last long; only about 10 minutes.

A small flock of coots swim through a monotone December day from 2024.

It was fun looking through my archive for appropriate monotone photos. I hope you enjoy them.

28 thoughts on “Monochrome Madness”

  4. My world is all together too monochromatic right now. Your natural monochromatic photos are outstanding. That pink fog is something and the blue Lake one is gorgeous.

    Liked by 1 person

    1. Thank you very much, Bernie. The pink fog one isn’t mine but I do like it a lot and the blue hour one is a favourite. Yes, I understand completely; a winter storm on the prairies can create a monochromatic world. Cheers.

      Like

    1. You have a good memory, Maggie! All of them except the last one have been posted before. We love to watch that eagle pair; they are so affectionate with each other and it’s utterly amazing to watch them hunt. There are also ancillary benefits: because they’re so territorial they kick out all the crows, grackles and gulls. I don’t mind crows and grackles so much but the sea gulls can be awful; they’re so aggressive and they leave such a mess everywhere.

      Liked by 1 person

    1. Thank you very much, Linda. I like the blue hour one as well. I hadn’t heard of or seen one before but it was quite the event here almost like catching an eclipse or something like that. No, this photo hasn’t been filtered at all. Further up the valley it was red! I’ve seen some of those pictures but didn’t have one to post here. Cheers

      Liked by 1 person

Comments are closed.