I purposely saved Laurie for the last of our Main Contributors. I have been following Laurie’s photoblog for the longest out of anyone (and she has been following mine for the same time). Laurie is one of the busiest people I know and even though I have known her for the longest time we have never met. I’m going to try and change that sometime this year 🙂

When I first asked Laurie to join Monochromia or I should say this idea I had (we still didn’t decide on a name yet) she also was kind of hesitant because like Stacy she was a little unsure of her work (she had not done much black and white at all). I quickly learned that Laurie was just “sandbagging” all of us (for those people not familiar with the term sandbagging it means purposely holding back, LOL). Her images can stand up with the best of them. I love her work and I can also proudly call Laurie my friend – Joe

The Morning After

Cheers !

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Cheers to all of you, my Monochromia Family! See you in the New Year!

A Walk in the Fog

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It was a 7am power walk and I’d decided not to bring my camera because I really needed to burn some calories. I took this quick shot, added a little vignette, and posted it to social media.

Thanks, Joe, for encouraging me to bring it to Monochromia. Thanks, also, for being our amazing monochromatic, charismatic, dynomatic leader!! Emilio, is dynomatic even a word? 🙂

May you all enjoy the blessings of the season!

Old Fashioned Fill Up

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While I planned this image for B&W, I actually like it better in color (see the end of the post).

I Will Always Love You

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We were pulled over on a big curve while riding The Snake, and I saw this cross nailed to the tree. Well, we all know what that means, yet I took the shot because I appreciated the simplicity of the memorial.

It wasn’t until I was preparing this post, that I saw the message carved into the cross.

Exposed

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While I sure hated to see the water at such a low level, I was drawn to the exposed striations.

Stillwater

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And subtle visual of the rest of the leaf underwater. Can you see it?

This shot taken during a 285 mile ride to The Snake

Cemetery Sunrise

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As I was leaving Lexington, Virginia early one morning, I saw the sun rising over the Stonewall Jackson Memorial Cemetery. I only had a second to stop and take the shot.

Would love to have done a little exploring.