>
> >
> > > That's the kind of scenery made specifically for B&W film!
> > >
> >
> > Exactly. I recall AA writing that desert scenes are more about
> > texture than colour. The best books published about the Pinacate
> > region of NW Mexico are all B&W photos.
> >
>
> But Death Valley photographs very well in color. Lots of pastel
> colors in the ground and surrounding hills/mountains due to high
> mineral content.
>
Many areas throughout the Mojave are similar in colour diversity, but out
here in the Sonoran Desert there is less minearalization. When you have a
diversity of colour and you want to draw attention to it colour works fine.
But when you have little in the way of colour diversity or you want to
accentuate texture and/or form then B&W becomes a first choice.
And you can alter the nature or diversity of the scene far more readily
with B&W than you can with colour. Green filters, such as #11, #13, #56, and
#58 can be used to brighten foliage, which is often needed in botanical photos
as many flowers such as Groundsells are difficult to differentiate but the
leaves tell them apart. Then there are instances where the vein structure of
the leaves is an identification aide and for those you may want to resort to
infrared.
And then there's the identification of dried grasses, which is a science
unto itself. I find myself occasionally stacking green and orange filters for
that task.
Chris
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