Inverness

Day 14 in black and white.  Next stop on the Point Reyes trip was the small community of Inverness.  This was taken about a half hour before sunrise and what was interesting to me was the band of white light that appeared right at the edge of the far shoreline.  It definitely helps define the photo better as a black and white.  We only stayed here for a few minutes, but the light was changing quickly; by the time we left, that band of white light had disappeared.

Tomales Bay

Day 13 in black and white, and my first field trip of the school year, a predawn trip to Point Reyes.  This was one of my first photos, and I'm very emotionally attached to it, because we stumbled upon the scene and the light was amazingly beautiful.  I'm really frustrated with how it converted though.  It should look like glowing predawn nighttime, and I think it looks both too bright and too dull.  In color it's a midnight blue, and the one light on is glowing orange.   I accidentally underexposed it, but I think this is because my eyes were so adjusted to the darkness that my display panel looked deceptively bright, and I didn't check the histogram.  Anyway, I've got several more photos from the trip that I want to post, so maybe I can use my time off to read up on how to better convert images in black and white!