Day 1 - The Black & White Challenge

There is a thing going around on Facebook called "The Black & White Challenge."  It starts with a photographer nominating a friend to post one black & white image a day, for five days.  So my friend Stan Honda nominated me today, and I am off and running.  The project runs on Facebook, but I thought that you would enjoy seeing what I am posting there.  Some of you will see my Facebook posts, but for everyone else, I will be posting each of the five photographs here as well.  This is the famous Japanese Maple tree, photographed with a camera that my friend in Tucson, Dean Ketelsen insisted that I borrow from him.  That camera records infrared light, and thus the green leaves of the tree register as bright white.