A different direction - a photo on Flickriver

So if you go though my stream, one thing will stand out to you.... Colour! In fact, the biggest critcism I get is too much colour. I admit, I do love that saturation bar, and my computer has been known to scream at me becuase I am trying to slide that bar further to the right than it can go. But hey, that works for me.
That is not to say that I am oppose to doing a black and white, it is just something that I am less familiar with. However a few people have inspired me to try a little of the B&W Route. First, Joel deWaard did a few from the same trip . If you are not familiar with his work, realy incourage you take few minutes and browse through. He has a rather diverse collection of work that is quite respectable.
Now the same day that Joel and I were up on Artist Point, another guy, Jason hummel was a nearby peak skiing and taking his fair share of killer photographs. If you love the mountains of the NW, or If you enjoying skiing, then you will really appreciate his work. I know I do.
Add to this, Kath (Crest Pictures) threw up a few of her own pictures of Mount Baker in Black and white. Again, she is another person who's stream I think anyone who loves the PacNW would enjoy looking at. She recently got some fantastic photos of the Redwood forest with Snow.. she has a rather impressive collection of photographs.
So I played with this photograph, then I sent it to a good friend Reid Wolcott who thought it looked cool in black and white. A few oher contacts of mine posted some black and whites for a group called "black and white friday." I had this picture ready then, but I ust wasn't quite ready to post it.

So here is one of the few (really, I think I have 4-5 total) black and white photos you will find in my stream. I actually like it, and look forward to doing a few more.
Now what is is alos cool about this photograph is that it is taken from the exact same spot as my "Welcome to Artist Point," only it is looking in the complete opposite direction. The tripod never moved to take either photograph. I simply rotated the camera around.
So, this picture really is "a different direction" for me.
hope you enjoy. Hope you all had a great weekend.

canon 20d
20 seconds
f/22
iso 100
10mm

Taken on: January 26, 2011

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