Cee Neuner has a weekly photo challenge over on her blog. This week’s challenge is all about B&W or sepia toned images, as you can probably tell by the title of this post.

I have been looking at this particular image since I captured it on Saturday. There is a strong blue sky which definitely accentuates the snow and the pine needles in the strong side light. I liked the detail I was able to capture in the pine cone and the piece of branch. I couldn’t decide if I wanted to process it in color or B&W. The challenged helped make up my mind.

This also makes a nice addition to my Monochrome Winter series…

Pine cone Sno-cone
Nikon D5100, Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4, 1/1000s, 70mm, f/5.6, ISO 200