Driving to a casino yesterday, this landscape caught my eye so, much to my wife's dismay, I swung a u-turn and doubled back to jump out and photograph it. I liked the junction between the light and dark in the ground, accented it seemed by a slightly darker and a slightly lighter tree...a yin and yang. Anyway, it's my contribution to today's #MonoMad daily photo contest created by @brumest and curated by @monochromes. We lost...at the casino, in case you were wondering :-(
[![the trees.JPG](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmfQo7Wo3qhDv1vNSdg6QnLxph2mobr1GiYPdsLJ4Zc2Qh/the%20trees.JPG)](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmfQo7Wo3qhDv1vNSdg6QnLxph2mobr1GiYPdsLJ4Zc2Qh)
<center><sup> *Be sure to click on the image to view full screen!*</sup></center>
<center><sub>Original photograph @kunschj. All rights reserved</sub></center>

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<tr><td>Category</td><td><b>Landscape Photography</b></td></tr>
<tr><td>Settings</td><td><b>1/320 sec, f/7.0, ISO 100, focal length 55.0 mm</b></td></tr>
<tr><td>Camera</td><td><b>Canon EOS 80D</b></td></tr>
<tr><td>Lens</td><td><b>Canon EFS 18-55 mm kit lens</b></td></tr>
<tr><td>Editing Software</td><td><b>GIMP</b></td></tr>
<tr><td>Location</td><td><b>Santa Ynez, California</b></td></tr>
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<center>THE NEW MONOMAD CONTEST RULES AND ELIMINATORY FACTORS ARE:</center>

 Use the #monomad tag. (ELIMINATORY FACTOR)
 Clearly mention the #monomad challenge in your post title or post body. For example: "This is my entry for the #monomad challenge". (ELIMINATORY FACTOR)
 Upvote the #MonoMad post from the previous day. (ELIMINATORY FACTOR)
 The posts must be in Black and White or Monochrome tones. (ELIMINATORY FACTOR)
 Colorsplash edits are allowed.
 Every picture must be your own and that will be checked, so don't even bother posting Google images. Stolen content will be immediately reported to @steemcleaners.

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<center>YOU CAN POST WHATEVER YOU WANT, EVEN CRAP YOU SEE ON THE WAY TO A CASINO, NO DAILY TOPICS OR ANY OTHER CREATIVITY LIMITATIONS.</center>