Welcome to the Sunday Stills monthly color challenge! To acknowledge the month of October and the Halloween season, I thought we could explore various subjects that feature the color black. Images in black and white and monochrome are also encouraged but not required.
“To see in color is a delight for the eye, but to see in black and white is a delight for the soul.” – Andri Cauldwell
Out of the Blue and Into the Black
“October Country…That country where the hills are fog and the rivers are mist; where noons go quickly, dusks and twilights linger, and midnights stay.” –Ray Bradbury
October night skies put on a great show with supermoons and other cosmic phenomena.
Looking up at the dreamy Northern Lights.
Another Space-Ex Satellite launch seen over San Diego skies.
Don’t forget the moonshine! 😊
Yellowstone’s Black and White Perspectives
I recently shared images of our first-ever trip to Yellowstone National Park in its Autumn glory, showcasing its orange and golden hues. I edited these photos and converted them to black and white.
“Black and white creates a strange dreamscape that color never can.” – Jack Antonoff
My brother snapped this image of their early morning walk to Yellowstone’s Grand Prismatic Springs. No editing necessary for its monochrome hue and dreamy quality.
Yellowstone’s Mammoth Hot Springs’ otherworldly landscape also appears in monochrome.
“Dare to live the life you’ve dreamed for yourself. Go forward and make your dreams come true.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The Season for Black Decor
“You can have any color, as long as it’s black.” – Henry Ford
The season of Autumn and Halloween officially kicks off my need for over-the-top home decorating, which lasts well beyond Christmas. We stopped at an antique store in Bozeman, Montana, where I found this moose and tree candleholder. I added the wooden figures and pumpkins.
Even the birds are decked out in shades of black and white.
There were plenty of Canada Geese dreamily floating on Lake Spokane, seen during this week’s walk along our local Centennial Trail.
This raven (seen at a dining spot in Yellowstone) acted tame, so people would throw it scraps from their lunches. It was successful.
Inspiring Photo Challenges This Week
Each week, I find additional inspiration from my fellow bloggers’ photo challenges. I enjoy incorporating these into my Sunday Stills weekly themes.
Sunday Stills Photo Challenge Reminders
The Sunday Stills weekly-themed photo challenge is easy to join. You have all week to share and link your post. Please use your own original images, whether new or from your archives.
- Remember to title your blog post a little differently from mine.
- Please create a new post for the theme or link to a recent one.
- Entries for this theme can be posted all week.
- Tag your post “Sunday Stills.”
- Don’t forget to create a pingback to this post so that other participants can read your post.
- I also recommend adding your post’s URL to the comments.
If you are participating in the photo challenge, I look forward to seeing how you interpret this week’s theme! Creativity is encouraged, so please share your own photographs (old or new), poems, original short stories, and music inspired by the theme.
I can’t wait to see how you interpret the various shades of BLACK (and/or black-and-white) this week! You can also share monochrome and desaturated images, and creative filters are encouraged.
Join me next week as we explore Autumn (and Spring) Plant Life. And if you haven’t yet, please visit my new challenge, The Flower Hour Photo Challenge
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