Trees are compelling for their various shapes and sizes, which can be accentuated through black and white photography. A couple of exceptions, below, include minimal color.

Audubon Center, Prospect Park, Brooklyn, NY

Audubon Center, Prospect Park, Brooklyn, NY

 

Pine tree, Prospect Park, Brooklyn

Pine tree, Prospect Park, Brooklyn

London Planetree, Prospect Park, Brooklyn

London Planetree, Prospect Park, Brooklyn

Tree on Sled Hill with wispy cloud background, Prospect Park, Brooklyn

Tree on Sled Hill with wispy cloud background, Prospect Park, Brooklyn

Brooklyn street tree in the shape of a bent arm (with a tear at the elbow).

Brooklyn street tree in the shape of a bent arm (with a tear at the elbow).

Monsters like features of a tree.  Prospect Park, Brooklyn.

Monsters like features of a tree. Prospect Park, Brooklyn.

Leg like branch.  London Planetree, Prospect Park.

Leg like branch. London Planetree, Prospect Park.

Tree in fog.  Sheep’s Meadow, Prospect Park

Tree in fog. Sheep’s Meadow, Prospect Park

Disemboweled looking tree in front of church. Park Slope, Brooklyn

Disemboweled looking tree in front of church. Park Slope, Brooklyn

Tree in fog.  Nethermead, Prospect Park.

Tree in fog. Nethermead, Prospect Park.

Trees by Dog Beach.  Prospect Park, Brooklyn.

Trees by Dog Beach. Prospect Park, Brooklyn.

Spring day in Prospect Park. Unlike the the trees in the background, the tree in the foreground tree has not generated buds. Sheeps Meadow.

Spring day in Prospect Park. Unlike the the trees in the background, the tree in the foreground tree has not generated buds. Sheeps Meadow.

A view with almost no people, just a partially obscured, shy squirrel.

A view with almost no people, just a partially obscured, shy squirrel.

Cottonwood tree. Southwestern North Dakota.

Cottonwood tree. Southwestern North Dakota.

Tree by abandoned buildings. Southwestern North Dakota.

Tree by abandoned buildings. Southwestern North Dakota.

Exposed roots in an arid environment.  Bryce Canyon National Park.

Exposed roots in an arid environment. Bryce Canyon National Park.

Tree looking like a monster with an equally strange looking rider. Bryce Canyon National Park.

Tree looking like a monster with an equally strange looking rider. Bryce Canyon National Park.

Niagara Parks Botanical Gardens.  Niagara Falls, ON, Canada.

Niagara Parks Botanical Gardens. Niagara Falls, ON, Canada.

Tree with vine and flowers at its base.  Prospect Park, Brooklyn.

Tree with vine and flowers at its base. Prospect Park, Brooklyn.

Dogwood.  Prospect Park, Brooklyn.

Dogwood. Prospect Park, Brooklyn.

Carolina Silverbell, I think.  Prospect Park, Brooklyn.

Carolina Silverbell, I think. Prospect Park, Brooklyn.