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In the good old days b&w images were captured by using b&w film.  Once photography moved to digital capture, b&w became just another option for photographers to exploit.  Similarly, sepia processing, which was done in the darkroom and not inherent in the film, also became available to us.  So in essence any image in this portfolio can be realized in either tonality.  However, some images simply don't want to work in one or the other of these two techniques, and often one can't tell whether a b&w image will go to sepia gracefully or not until one tries.

I find that I can "see" in either mode - color or b&w.  But my brain takes a few minutes to switch from one to the other.  Color creates compositional considerations which the human brain is uniquely designed to use, while eliminating it means contrast and brightness become the primary tools.

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Black ice on a tidal pond near Harbor Head in West Falmouth.  Layered effects are created by the incoming and outgoing tides.
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Big aggressive thistle from a pasture near Fort Ross along Route 1 in California.
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The lighthouse on Tatoosh Island, off NW Washington state, at sunset.
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Morning at Drake's Estero
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A quiet pathway through the Great Sippewissett Marsh.
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A seagull flutters above bread crumbs tossed into West Falmouth harbor.
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Model of an Herreshoff S-boat made by Douglas Cooper, of Cooper-Eldred boatbuilders in Quissett, MA, at age 12.  The model sa...
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Wood Neck Beach from Beccles Road
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The eastern stanchion of the Leonard P. Zakim bridge over the Charles River, Boston, MA
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cattail stems and lily pads on freshwater pond in S. Truro
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Eel grass leaves a pattern in the sand when the tide goes out.
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Hills above Limantour beach
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Pierce Point Ranch, Point Reyes National Seashore
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clouds reflect the invisible ocean beyond the snowy dunes of West Falmouth, MA
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Barlow's Landing
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