I actually had a very difficult time turning this color photo into a black and white image. This was the best of all I tried. With bright yellow Cactus flowers in the foreground a dark brown cow in the center and reddish, brown mountains with shadows in the distance, it was a challenge.
Very shocked when we came across cattle in the middle of the desert!
I tried just using a red filter but that didn't work, too contrasting. I still have the yellow flowers blown out but this was the best I could do to hold the rest of the highlights, midtones and shadows.
Taken by the Peralta trail area in Gold Canyon, Arizona. I used my favorite camera, my Sony DSC-HV200V; f 3.2, 1/320, 6.2mm, ISO 100. Taken on March 31, 2016.
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