Bold colour is not a requirement for an eye-catching photo. Another case of less can be more, when subtleties of hue might promote enjoyment of other aspects of the photo – line and atmosphere, negative space, depth, perspective or overall composition.
Sometimes an almost total lack of hue, without reverting to black and white, is what makes the photo interesting …
And sometimes monochromatic has impact …
These are the originals of three of the above photos. The other three were unedited.
Ailsa’s travel theme is: Pale
Beyond the Brush 
The Glengarry photos are stunning ! Well shared and makes me think more about negative space.
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Thank you, Bella. Still learning to work with negative space, to use it to enhance photos – especially need to give it thought when cropping.
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What beautiful peaceful and serene photos I love the subtle enhancements. They would be so ralaxing hanging on a wall
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Thank you Pommepal 🙂
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I so agree…vibrant color doesn’t always have to be present…looking forward to seeing more in the future.
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With the vividness and detail that today’s digitals can provide the ‘less can be more’ can be lost in the push for eye popping colour. Every once in a while we should look at Ansel Adams’ work to remember that colour does not have to be present at all.
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I love these Lynne…that second one is just stunning. I too love the name.
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Thank you, Jo. When I first heard my husband refer to Frog Hollow I thought it was some campy name of his own, but no – the road sign says “Frog Hollow”. 🙂
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At least it isn’t Sleepy Hollow Lynne.
😉
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Nice job taking the subtle route!
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Thank you 😉
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I love the barn on the hill and what a great name ‘frog hollow’!
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Very campy don’t you think? We also have Happy Hollow, Pleasant Corners and Green Valley …
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These photos are beautiful, Lynn. I would have any one of them framed on my wall 😀
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Thank you for such a kind comment, Dianne.
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This is such a beautiful post. I love subtle colours anyway, but this is such a delicate collection. Personal favourites are the barn with the hint of sunset and the bird in the branches, it almost looks like a Japanese painting.
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I captured quite a few bird shots from those branches this winter, all taken through the window.
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Winter…sigh. We grasp those subtle colors when there is little else besides shades of white and black.
The two-toned beak brings me to question if this is not an American Tree Sparrow?
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Well, I’m not an expert on my birds and the sparrows are all so similar … just googling them … and they seem to be almost identical except for the beak so you may well be right. Taught me something – thanks, Maya.
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Awesome shots, Please don’t tell me it’s still snowing out there 😀
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Not snowing but not melting fast enough. Those sunset shots were taken this past week and it hasn’t changed much. My daffidols are showing and the robins are back but it hasn’t warmed up (enough) yet.
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Hope it gets nice and warm for you soon, so you can enjoy at least some of the spring 🙂
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Lovely share these photos.. thank you…
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🙂
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