The featured image above is from Lens Artists Challenge #390: Black and White Tonalities.
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Monochrome Rose
For midweek, here is a lovely rose, nearly open, rendered in monochrome. I find I’m doing more black and white work these days. My interest in black and white – in the complex patterns of light and dark, highlight and shadow – always strong – is growing further. There’s something about the monochrome image that […]
An Abundance of Images
Enjoy this large collection of images. Click a picture for a larger view and a Fullscreen option.

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http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/55227 Artist: Katsushika Hokusai, Japanese, Tokyo (Edo) 1760?1849 Tokyo (Edo), Surugadai in Edo (Toto Sundai), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei), ca. 1830?32, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, H. 9 3/4 in. (24.8 cm); W. 14 3/8 in. (36.5 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Rogers Fund, 1922 (JP1287)






































































































































































































