This week it’s All About Nature on Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge. Due to family commitments, I haven’t been able to spend much time doing photography lately (although I’ve tried to keep up with all your wonderful posts and pictures) so here are a few shots that I took earlier this year at the Chicago Botanic Garden and Como Park Zoo in Minnesota.
For more on Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge go to It’s All About Nature.
The Nature of Things 
i love these black and whites
Thanks, Beth!
Your photos this week are brilliant. Love your dahlia and zebra 😀
Thank you so much, Cee! I’m looking forward to a whole new year of your wonderful photo challenges.
Love all the photos especially the splendid giraffe. They’ve just been added on the endangered species list!
Thanks, Marianne! I love watching the giraffes. They’re such graceful creatures.
Superb.
Thanks, Tom!
Beautiful: )
Thank you, Gill.
These look lovely in B& W too !🙂
Thanks, Indira! It’s surprising how some things that are so colorful translate well into b/w.
Love that zebra!
Thank you, Annie! He was a natural for this challenge.
Great choices! The black and white enhances the subjects you portrayed.
Thank you! It seems like switching to b/w sometimes brings out more of the detail, which is why I so enjoy doing this particular photo challenge.
Lovely photos, Sue. Happy New Year. 🙂
Thank you, Olga! Happy New Year to you too.
I didn’t know nature can be this beautiful in BnW! Well done. 🙂
Thank you, Amy!
B&W photos are simply beautiful.
Thank you so much, Therese!