Black and White

Downtown Springfield, Massachusetts  

Sometimes when I shoot I like to see how my camera sees differently than I do while using the monochrome settings. Rather than convert a color image to a monochrome I shoot it that way. In fact I did this for almost a year when I was training my eye to see shadows and black and white.  So most often times I can really see where my image will end up while composing the shot. I most often shoot the same frame in both color and monochrome. Why not? Also the Monochrome settings in your camera may not be the very best. Expand your vision by trying different shooting styles. Canon 5d Miii hand held at ISO 400 f/8 at 70mm resulting in 1/250th of a second. Viewed in On1 Photo 10 and tweeted in LRCC.