This past Sunday morning as I walked about the Douglas Park neighbourhood, I tried to ignore the colour of the flora, and evaluate potential subjects in terms of line, texture, and tone.
Here are some variations of a photograph of the few remaining leaves on a small dogwood (Cornus sp.) tree. For each one I used a different Rebecca Lily Preset from Proset IV.
Pencil
Brooklyn
Charcoal
Hokkaido
Inked
Luna
Structure
I was nominated for this challenge by Peter Bowers, a talented fine art photographer who creates sublime art; his subjects often are landscapes in his home province of Ontario.
This exercise is going to be a creative and technical challenge for me as I usually think, see, compose, and process in colour. I am digging deep, reading and learning, and making surprising and satisfying discoveries as I review and critically evaluate my Lightroom catalogue of more than 5000 images (99% in colour) to select which images might tell a more interesting story in monochrome.
Here is my first submission:
Angel of Grief, photographed on the 18th of January 2014 in the Chilliwack Cemeteries