This is the Elwha River from the bridge next to Altair Campground in Olympic National Park. This was an area between the two dams on the river that have now been removed. I like the way the ridge lines head down in the same direction as the river and the clouds add drama to the sky. This was taken with my Nikon D-850 … so a digital camera. I converted the image to Black and White (B&W) using Adobe Lightroom Classic. I like converting color images to B&W instead of shooting B&W film. With film you would need to use multiple filters to get this same image … and not have a way to check the image before processing. In the computer, you can adjust each color channel to get the effect you want.
Digital photography is the way to go. I think of black and white as being grayscale, the absence of color crates just the gray and black. Since the dams are gone, there would be a ring line of dead trees, right?
Well, the area in this photo was not flooded by the lower dam and the areas that were flooded are now covered with trees. Except for where the river is trying to decide where it’s going to make its new bed, of course.
I see, thanks for the clarification. Can you imagine what the bottom of our Lake Mead would look like today after being underwater since the 40s?
Deep silt with an occasional small boat skeleton?