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Take away the colour? Why?

Landscape near Huntly, Scotland
Landscape near Huntly, Scotland. A misty morning in black and white

One from the archives, an early morning view travelling to Huntly, Aberdeenshire. The December light was casting long shadows, and the mist was slowly rising from the valley and the far hills. I love B+W photographs, but it still mystifies me – why is it so effective to remove the natural colour? So I’ve written about it as an article Take away the Colour trying to sort out what it is that so appeals to me. Not sure I’ve found an answer, but writing it made me think!
On Flickr you can find my B/W Tinted and Mono album
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Shooting chrysanthemums

Still life with yellow chrysanthemums
Still life with yellow chrysanthemums

One thing I love to do is to create still life images that are a little different. Here the yellow of the chrysanthemums went so well with an old, embroidered tablecloth that belonged to my grandmother. Two blossoms, in a small posy vase, set in the window, and finished with a few fallen petals. And shot from above, so as to show the design on the cloth. I added a texture from 2 Lil Owls to complement and reinforce the yellow tones that knit the image together. On Flickr you can find my Album of Chrysanthemum photos