Subtle: Two More Ways

Still curious and encouraged by a friend to see what the photo in the previous post would look like in monochromatic versions, I took it to Photoshop and produced a black-and-white copy, then one in sepia.

Desaturating the color alone did not produce the results above. I did that first but then also darkened highlights and lightened shadows -- before, of course, adding back in the warm tone in the second version here. 

Subtle

I'm a sucker for fog and also for old, twisted apple trees. Seeing this orchard tree against the backdrop of fog-softened birches at the edge of a small woods, I couldn't resist the shot. There so little color I considered taking it all out for a black-and-white or sepia tone, but in the end I left it alone. Don't know if it "works," but I like it.

Coffee Inside -- Outside, Snow

This was the view Sunday afternoon from Another Cuppa Joe at the Traverse City Commons, looking out on a snowy landscape.

Banded Landscape

Dark Sky, Sunlight on Water

Morning Spotlight on Harbor

Snow-Covered and Slippery