I often snap this view before I dive through the gap in the field hedge and into the allotment. I’ve said before how fascinated I am by the movement of weather beyond the brow of the hill. Sometimes I think it looks as unreal as a theatre backdrop, and especially so on blue-sky days. But as I am writing this, the sky is leaden, and the air full of chaff from the combine harvester as it thunders up and down the hill. Farm machinery these days is so over-sized and overbearing, the wheat cut and threshed in one process. The whole field will be cleared in an hour.
Anyway, that’s beside the point. This is an exercise in photo-editing, courtesy of Paula at Black & White Sunday. This week she asks us to show her a colour photo that has been transformed into monochrome – and ‘after and before’. Below is the original:
Please visit Paula at the link above for more afters and befores.
Tish Farrell 
Looks quite ominous in monochrome
Yes, I quite like that it does.
Excellent!
I like the drama of the black and white.
I opt for B&W, too, for the reason cited above and just the details that stand out more.
janet
Colour for me. I just love fluffy white clouds on an azure blue sky and with the golden wheat foreground this just screams SUMMER 🙂
In different ways, I love both…
I think Sue’s got it spot on — ominous!
Each are unique and equally stunning.
Thank you, Jennie.
You are welcome, Tish!
Now this is one that I much prefer in black & white. Clouds against a dark sky is one of the things black & white does very well 🙂
We are of like minds, Marilyn.
Love them both. So different yet the same
Intriguing, isn’t it 🙂
It’s a great choice for the challenge, Tish. Clouds make dramatic monochrome. Gorgeous.
Lovely to hear from you, Lucille. Many thanks.
My pleasure, Tish. Likewise.
I like the color photo but the black and white is so much more powerful and dramatic #cloudporn
You dragged yourself away from the FH! 🙂 🙂 I absolutely love the black and white and the drama it gives those clouds.
Yes, I go for the dramatic every time :). And yes I’ve filed the recent family history splurge. Enough is enough.
Fascinating clouds, Tish. Such beautiful, dramatic skyscapes in both versions.
Many thanks, Paula.
All that field dust would have me coughing and wheezing like a good ‘un!
Yes, it’s rough stuff. Luckily we’ve had a bit of rain to hold it down.
The black and white processing really brings out the intensity of the weather.
Yes. Spot on!