Tanker cars sidetracked beneath a dramatic prairie sky. This is the final black and white conversion for now; starting tomorrow I'll be back in the colourful world.

I made this shot while driving home via secondary roads, with several scheduled stops to add images for a magazine story I'm working on with my friend Judith. However, this had nothing to do with the story - in fact, very little of what I shot was connected to the story: you have to work with the light you get, and prairie skies were on display that afternoon.

Converting to black and white increased the drama, as the sun was still high in a very bright sky. I was then able to increase contrast in the sky without worrying about a colour shift or producing an unreal-looking dark blue. Black and white by definition is a departure from reality. In the old days of film I would have used a red filter to darken the blues.

Photographed in Aneroid, Saskatchewan (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission ©2022 James R. Page - all rights reserved.

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Make:	NIKON CORPORATION
Model:	NIKON D850
Exposure:	0.003 sec (1/320)
Aperture:	f/16.0
ISO Speed:	200
Focal Length:	24 mm
Lens:	14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8