Monday Mono Trees

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Monday Mono Trees

I have made it a habit over the last few weeks to post some mono images on a monday, and I decided to keep with that this week, but I may then take a break as I really struggled with finding photos that I thought would work well in mono this week, and although I am happy with a couple of these images not so sure about the others, but before I discuss that any further let me share the first one, taken in the Oak Grove Cemetery here in New Bedford

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Now I don't think all photos can work in Mono, and perhaps trees not so much, but in the first shot being in a cemetery I think it worked fairly well

Another subject that works well in Mono is old or decayed building such as this one of Whites Factory an abandoned building in Acushnet MA

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Now some may think that doing a B&W edit is easy just one click on a filter, and on some phone apps that may be the case, but when doing in Lightroom and Photoshop its a bit more complicated than that, I first do a basic edit, some adjustments of light and shadows and often bring out the colors a bit more before converting it to a Mono Image, so in most cases a mono edit for me is more time consuming than a color edit.

Now this next photo is one I keep bouncing back and forth between liking and hating

It was taken in the cemetery again

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And for the next shot I am by the Pier here in New Bedford, have shared many shots of the pier and the tree in color, but I quite liked the mood mono gave to this next shot

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And finishing off with a shot in Buttonwood Park, it was a nice sunrise this morning and I have edited some shots for a color post, but this tree always catches my eyes, it was bare pretty much all year but still there and standing, and I thought this mono edit actually adds a bit of mystery or moodiness to it

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