Black and white photo. A river, coming into frame on the lower left, going up to the center of the frame where it bends left and goes straight to the distance. The left bank is tree covered, and the right bank is grassy, except for a bare tree in the immediate foreground. They sky is full of wispy white clouds.

I shoot in RAW and, as part of my editing process, I’ll usually convert a shot to monochrome mode to do the initial tone adjustments, going back to color after. Sometimes bringing the color back makes me like the shot less, and those end up staying black & white.

I had a few shots recently that worked best without color, so here we are: Two-Tone Tuesday. Enjoy!

Gear: Nikon Z 7II, Nikon Z 24-70mm f2.8 S

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Black and white photo. Portrait oriented shot of a gap between two trees, beyond which is seen a path leading to a forested hillside. The trees are covered in thin branches that grow straight up from the barely visible trunks. Two thicker branches grow across the gap, above the path, creating an archway or door.
Black and white photo. A river, coming into frame on the lower left, going up to the center of the frame where it bends left and goes straight to the distance. The left bank is tree covered, and the right bank is grassy, except for a bare tree in the immediate foreground. They sky is full of wispy white clouds.
Black and white photo. The rippled waters of Puget Sound occupy the bottom half of the photo, dark on the right, and light on the left. The line of the Olympic Mountains occupies the middle of the frame, barely visible in the gloaming light. Above them the sky is filled with streaks of cloud, dark on the right and light on the left.