Thanks so much for all your kind words. Yes, it’s hard to improve on nature. But before there was color photography, there was black and white, so the old masters had to try through dodging and burning in the darkroom to express their feelings for what they saw in color. There was never an opportunity to look at a color and B&W Image side by side. Color leaves nothing much to the imagination of the viewer, whereas B& W does. Another person would create a B&W image with a completely different range of contrast and toning, therefore conveying a totally different mood. That’s what I love about B&W!!

Of course , the same can be said with color photography. But that’s another story. Unless an image is captured in RAW format, the camera software has decided where to do all the dodging and burning.

For this reason, When I post a B&W image, I don’t usually show a color one for comparison, but like you, I was so impressed with the colors of nature, that I felt the urge to post both, but of course the color image still represents what I saw and felt. So perhaps I conveyed it best in color! Again, thanks so much for responding to that question It means a lot!!😊😊