Look out of the window any day this week, but particularly yesterday, and you’d have seen a scene in glorious monochrome. Leaden skies, rain tumbling from the skies, hour after hour. As the header picture shows. Monday hadn’t been as rainy. Instead we had fog. Monochrome fog.
Some of the pictures were taken as I spent time at Fountains Abbey out in said rain – and against expectations, enjoying every soggy moment of it.



These though are taken at various locations in North Yorkshire, and in fog rather than rain:



And here are three more, for Becky’s Walking Squares:



I couldn’t resist a few more (sodden) tree roots from Fountains, but the water shot, and the desiccated cow parsley come from walks – who knows where?
Bren’s Mid-Week Monochrome #114
Becky’s Walking Squares
you’ve got a great eye, Margaret
❤
David
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Ah, thanks so much.
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Great atmospheric shots, Margaret 😃
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Thanks. I wonder why my camera didn’t drown.
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Love this set. Moody. 👍
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It makes me feel moody too. Thanks!
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Excellent! Love the first one, with the Murder of Crows, and the first foggy one, and the sheep, of course
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Yes, that’s quite some murder of crows, isn’t it? And sheep always look good in the fog.
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😊😊
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These are beautiful shots. I love the foggy images.
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I like a foggy picture too.
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Fog in trees adds an eerie but magical effect I think.
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Yup!
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Great photos! I love the foggy look. But it seems you have a lot of bad weather in Scotland recently 😉.
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Indeed! And we’re not even in Scotland – nor even next door. I’m in North Yorkshire, 200 km further south! But the weather’s similar.
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A nudge to me to go out in the fog. We do get a lot living here. Love the tree with the birds.
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Actually, I like a foggy walk. It’s not like the horrid filthy smog on 1950s London, which I remember well.
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A foggy beach walk could be interesting.
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Oh! I used to live in Southsea. Loved foggy days on the beach.
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Those tree roots are irresitible, and that water shot reminds me of Missoni’s gorgeous textile designs.
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I had to look Missoni up. I see what you mean = thank you!
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Fabulous monochrome shots! I especially like the opener with the raindrops on a window, the Abbey with cow parsley and the water reflections in your squares.
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Thanks Sarah. I did quite a series with the cow parsley and the Abbey – quite a rewarding subject.
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Some of the skeletal trees look ready to jump out and grab you as you get near. Wonderful pictures!
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Oh, plenty of spectres hiding behind those trees!
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Reading comments on various blogs today, it’s no wonder people get SAD, is it? But these are rather wonderful. I can picture you with collar turned up, mooching among those trees.
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Collar up, beanie pulled well down, walking boots to the fore. You’ve got the picture.
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🤗💖
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Those were great. You turned a grey day into charming black and white!
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Thank you. You needed to be well-protected, that’s for sure.
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Wonderfully atmospheric photographs, congratulations.
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Thanks. Getting cold and wet in a good cause!
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Those tree roots are spectacular. What a great group of photos for today 😀
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They looked polished in the rain. Thanks!
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Very Gothic! The zigzag reflections are amazing.
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I like those. From a pond from which a Big Bad Landowner has now removed the permissive footpath. Grrr.
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I’ll grr with you. I’m all for Scottish walking rules.
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Hear hear!
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Wanderings in the fog can lead to such beautiful photos. I like the zigzag reflections. As I do the flowers with the depth of field, and all the others. The top one … that might as well be a close up of a glass of cool beer …
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Haha! I’m beginning to know the way your mind works! And … thanks
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I can’t deny it!
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These black and white photos are sooo beautiful! Thank you for the walk, Margret.
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And thanks for your positive comments, Amy.
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I’m inspired! 🙂
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Beautiful images, Margaret. Great atmosphere. I especially love the sheep and the ripples in the water.
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Those ripples seem to be going down well. And who doesn’t love a mysterious sheep or two? Thanks!
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Love the rooks in the trees shot. Monochrome looking very stylish and restrained. I wonder if our parliament today will makes as much noise as those rookS?
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Undoubtedly…
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ooh these are very November aren’t they, lovely 🙂
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Very November. Though it’s still warm(ish).
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Chillier today here, a sharp wind
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Brrr.
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Those are gorgeous photos… so evocative.
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Thanks – they certainly bring back memories of the day they were taken.
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Very lovely captures 🙂
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Thanks, Hammad.
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Monochrome is just right for the moody spell these photos cast. Glad to read you are suitably warmly dressed to brave the cold to get these shots!
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Until today, it hasn’t actually been all that cold. It’s November. It should be!
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