Tag Archives: Monochrome Monday

A Moon Flower Collection, B&W

The small vine, from a single seed, has grown and become part of a morning ritual. One of the first things we do is look for the flowers that have opened for the moon light.

It’s a gift that keeps giving and we have the cameras and flash ready. As soon as the dew covers the flowers they start to close. The process to open, or close, is so fast you can stand there and watch. Ellen filmed a flower opening in the early evening.

A Moon Flower Collection, B&W
A Moon Flower Collection, B&W

I’m starting to slow down on the number of images I’m taking. A few more collections like this to document the great summer surprise and the season should be over.

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General specs; OM-1 (1), OM 12-100, GODOX iT32 flash, Lightroom, ON1 PR, Topaz, DxO Silver Efex, DxO Filmpack.

Old Rice Fields, Monochrome Monday

The Lowcountry is made up of marshlands, cuts, and canals that date back to the 1700’s and rice plantations. Enslaved labor dug and maintained thousands of miles water ways, the dikes and trunk systems still remain in use today.

Old Rice Fields, Monochrome Monday
Old Rice Fields, Monochrome Monday

Specs; OM-1 mk2, OM 100-400, Lightroom, DxO Silver Efex.

 

From A Marsh Dike, Monochrome Monday

Summer afternoon on a dike looking out at a marsh.

A wooden ‘trunk’ is here to control flow through this dike to others. It’s the same method that was added here about 300 years ago when this was all plantation rice fields.

From A Marsh Dike, Monochrome Monday
From A Marsh Dike, Monochrome Monday

Specs; OM-1 (1), OM 12-100 f4, Lightroom, DxO Silver Efex.

Tall Grass And Palms – Monochrome Monday

A favorite scene that I’ve shot in all kinds of formats, compositions, color / no color. I even have one in my living room.

Best viewed large.

Tall Grass And Palms - Monochrome Monday
Tall Grass And Palms – Monochrome Monday

Specs; OM-1 mk2, OM 12-100 f4, Lightroom, DxO Silver Efex.