Inland Scenes, Leelanau. January

I don't ask if these photos are too grey (I'm hungry for sunshine, too!), but are they too blue?

Evidence for Thick Ice

Ice shanties on north Lake Leelanau add touches of color to an otherwise monochromatic scene.

Bookstore in Michigan Blizzard

Little Church in Big Snow

Northport Indian Mission Church on M-22 Thursday afternoon, January 20, 2011

Sun-Caught Ice

Lake Leelanau Narrows

The north lake is frozen, but there is open water at the narrows today. See Books in Northport for more about Lake Leelanau in winter.

Winter Sun on Winter Sunflowers

Our Neighborhood: Cattle in Winter

Manitou Sunset, Winter

Winter Drive to Northport

I removed the color from the first three of these images, reducing them to black and white, and then lightened the overall tone.


This would be a better composition if the sign were not so close to the center, but I didn't want to crop.


West Street is beautiful in every season.

Finally, for the fourth image, I left the color in. There isn't much, but the stop sign and taillights in color show how monochromatic our world really is at this time of year.

Drops on Birch Branches, New Year's Eve

View in Black and White