The texture and brilliance of soft clouds and the hard, sharp shadows of barn and woods spoke clearly of this day of January contrast–a pleasant thaw in a gray season yet to come.
Monochrome of Winter
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Fred First holds masters degrees in Vertebrate Zoology and physical therapy, and has been a biology teacher and physical therapist by profession. He moved to southwest Virginia in 1975 and to Floyd County in 1997. He maintains a daily photo-blog, broadcasts essays on the Roanoke NPR station, and contributes regular columns for the Floyd Press and Roanoke's Star Sentinel. His two non-fiction books, Slow Road Home and his recent What We Hold in Our Hands, celebrate the riches that we possess in our families and communities, our natural bounty, social capital and Appalachian cultures old and new. He has served on the Jacksonville Center Board of Directors and is newly active in the Sustain Floyd organization. He lives in northeastern Floyd County on the headwaters of the Roanoke River.
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Now, that is pure art. Wonderful!
very nice. Photoshop CS3 has a new black and white conversion tool with a tint option. It’s added new life to my B&Ws.
One of the few photographs that I would consider spending money to own.