Capturing white birds in bright sun is hard enough, Black and White can be a disaster for me. Snowy Egrets make me work for the shots.

Most all my monochrome photos are created with DxO Silver Efex. Also some of the work is done in camera to prep the images first. I will shoot the image using spot metering, or even High spot metering with exposure compensation dropped at least a full stop. Yeah it’s nerdy but really it’s just spot and experimenting with some exposure comp. It makes a big difference and helps me start out with the photo B&W ready.