This is an interesting theme this week from our host, Elke from pictures imperfect blog, she wants to look at our colour images that are NATURALLY MONOCHROME. This means, I think, that images that have no colour in them and look like black and white images. They aren’t converted.
I had to go back to the folder of foggy images that I did some from a couple of weeks ago. There is something about fog at times where the world does look like it is all black and white. I probably did cheat a little and took out some saturation. Mainly because some images did have some colour, or just a little, so I took some of that out. However, they are still essentially colour images.
The first two photos in this gallery were taken on a beach near Strahan in Tasmania. Interesting textures and shapes with the dark coloured sand. Though I think it was an inlet, and the second photo had water running over it.
The rest of the images were taken the following day on the river cruise along the Gordon River. It was so foggy that day. There are some images of the salmon farms, I think they are called. The last few were just ones that we saw from the boat.
Interesting challenge. Not sure what I would have done if I didn’t have these. I’m looking forward to seeing what everyone else posts.
Thank you Elke, for being our host this week and choosing this theme. It was an interesting one.
Participating in Monochrome Madness
If you would like to participate in this challenge, please post photos on your blog and use the tag Monochrome-Madness, then we can all use the reader to see what you post.
You can also leave a pingback, do they still call them that? Basically, you put a link to the host’s monochrome madness post in your post and it leaves a link in the comment section.
Don’t forget to check out the Monochrome Madness page. On this page, the next theme is announced, and there is also all the information for participating. Please go and check it out. Click on the Monochrome Madness heading in the menu.
Wonderful examples of naturally monochrome. 😊
Thank you Pepper.
Excellent!
Thanks Sue.
So surreal!
Thank you PR.
Your foggy images do work especially well for this theme – many of them really do look like B&W shots!
Thank you Sarah, it was surprising how many were just black and white.
very nice👍
Thank you.
A nicely varied response to the challenge: here’s mine – https://margaret21.com/2025/06/11/accidental-monochrome/
Thank you Margaret.
I always like how you capture a mood in your photos Leanne. I like the water and the misty photos
Here’s my lot
https://bushboy.blog/2025/06/11/everything-is-black-and-white/
Thank you so much for those words Brian, appreciate them.
interesting about pics that appear naturally mono
Yeah, it is, thank you Beth.
Oh… I adore the foggy images. So moody and evoactive. And the dark sand – I don’t know I would have recognised them as sand but the texture is mesmerising! Thanks for taking up the challenge.
Thank you Elke, you set a good challenge. The sand was weird.
Beautiful photos and very hard challenge.
Thank you it was a challenge.
Excellent!
Thanks Dawn.
All of these pictures are great, especially your fog images.
Thank you Anne.
The boat cruise photos are beautiful…so dreamy and relaxing. Very pretty, Leanne.
Thank you Lois, it was very dreamy and relaxing, I really enjoyed it.