I’ve been shooting a lot of colour lately, but my heart always comes back to black and white. In landscapes, colour can be beautiful, yet at times it feels like noise, pulling attention away from shape, form, and contrast.
What held me here was the light catching the twin peaks known as the Golden Ears on Mount Blanshard. Light and shadow revealing structure, giving the massif its weight. When I first saw the scene, it felt almost complete, but something was missing. Through the viewfinder, stripped of colour, the image finally settled into the version I’d been waiting for.
This image was captured at Pitt Lake in British Columbia, Canada
on my new Fujifilm X-E5 using Fuji Acros simulation.
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