Evening Light and Morning Rain–A Study in Black & White

There are few things I love more than waking up to muffled thunder and gentle rain.  Especially when I don’t have to get up early.  But this morning I decided to get out of bed anyway.

I blame it on photography.

Yesterday’s Picture Black and White prompt was to explore things at ground level.  So last night after dinner I went outside to see what the perfect evening light might reveal.

Before I started crawling around the on the ground, I couldn’t resist getting a few shots of these enchanting summer blooms.

Then when I got down on the ground, I was amazed at how the soft evening sun could make an ordinary lawn look like a spectacular carpet of green. 

But of course the challenge is how that translates into black and white.

And it’s interesting, because without the distraction of the amazing golden-green hues of the grass, what remains is the gorgeous quality of the light.  And the texture of the grass.

So this morning I was curious how the gentle morning rain might look from this ground level perspective. 

I love how taking a photo from this perspective makes a broken-up, hole in our sidewalk turn into a delightful puddle in which to catch a tiny raindrop’s ripple.  And in black & white it’s just that much more obvious.

It’s so much fun taking pictures and experimenting.

Happy summer friends!

Love, Kelly