1/11/2009
On January 11, 2009 by lightshedder With 0 Comments
- landscape, Pic of the Day, winter: snow and ice
Along the Mousam
Though this could be this morning (we are getting several inches of fresh snow this AM) it is from last winter. A color study in black and white.
Snow is always interesting because of what it hide and what it reveals. It tends to bring out basic shapes, and make most images composition studies.
Because of the flat overcast light, no special exposure compensation was required to catch all the detail in the snow.
Sony DSC H9 at about a 60mm equivalent for cropping in the shot. F5.6 @ 1/400 @ ISO 100. Programed Auto.
The image is from the Winter Weather Gallery.
I too am from the black and white era. In almost all instances I prefer monochrome. The strengths are self evident. Color works, but doesn’t make me contemplate the image the way b&w always does.
This was actually a color shot…there just didn’t happen to be any color in the world that day.
Okay Steve, I found some color in the trees and in the water. It almost passes the b&w litmus test.