Day 96: Winter is somber anywhere, but especially so in the Pacific Northwe't where dreary grey skies mute every hint of color. It is a time when black-and-white photography can be put to good advantage by virtue of allowing us to focus on detail rather than the palette. Where greens and browns muddy in the eye, monochrome separates subtle differences in light and shadow, bringing out features we might otherwise overlook. I have a particular fondness for the treatment called "platinum," a digital recreation of a process used in the late 1800s and early 1900s, having a slightly warm color cast in the mid-range. I've used it here to highlight one of the many guests who came to my feeders on this stormy day. The birds seem to know bad weather is moving in.
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