Category: Monochrome
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Monday Monochrome: Gazebo
This week’s Monday Monochrome is this image of a gazebo bathed in sun and surrounded by thick vegetation. This gazebo was found in the Descanso Gardens in Pasadena CA. (Click the imge to left for another view and fullscreen option.)
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Monochrome Monday: Camelia
This week’s Monday Monochrome is this lovely white Camelia. (Click for larger view with fullscreen option.)
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Monday Monochrome: “An Autumn Day”
Monday Monochrome this week is this Black & White image – “An Autumn Day” – of trees at the edge of a meadow on a warm autumn day. Click image to left for another view with fullscreen option.
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Monday Monochrome – Pine Trees in the Park
This week’s Monday Monochrome is this image of pine trees alongside a lake in the park.
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Monochrome Monday – Red Cedar
This week’s Monday Monochrome is this image of the trunk of a mature Red Cedar tree sprouting fresh growth. The Eastern Red Cedar is not a “true” Cedar; it’s actually a member of the Juniper family (Juniperus virginiana). Juniper trees (and bushes) produce juniper berries. According to Wikimedia: “Cedar waxwings are fond of juniper berries.…
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Monday Monochrome – Angel’s Trumpet
This image of trumpet flowers is this week’s Monday Monochrome. The common name is “Angel’s Trumpet,” the genus Brugmansia in the Nightshade family. Wikipedia says: Brugmansia species are among the most toxic of ornamental plants, containing tropane alkaloids of the type also responsible for the toxicity and deliriant effects of both jimsonweed and the infamous deadly nightshade.
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Monday Monochrome – White Fence
For Monday Monochrome: This white fence encloses a lawn bowl court in Bruce Park, Greenwich, CT.
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Coleus Bed
This image is an “extra” this week in both Flower of the Week and Monday Monochrome. (Click the small image for a larger view and a full-screen option.) The black & white treatment brings out the patterns on the coleus leaves.
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Monday Monochrome: Dahlias
This week’s Monday Monochrome is this image of Dahlias (red). The color version of the image has been posted before. I like this monochrome version better.
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Monday Monochrome
I thought this stone path leading into the woods would make a good picture, and I wasn’t disappointed. I was intrigued by the feeling of mystery. Where does the path lead? You can’t tell from here.