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Gallery: Monochrome Madness, starting with an H

July 8, 2025 / 61 Comments

I spy, with my little eye …

… Something beginning with H

Did you used to play that game? It was a staple with my family, to while away long car journeys. I rather suspect that my parents often deliberately gave us some wrong answers before ‘guessing’ correctly!

Another childhood favourite is the alphabet book. For the English speakers amongst us, the last few letters of the alphabet always presented the biggest challenges for those creating these books. X was always ‘for Xylophone’, Y ‘for Yacht’ or occasionally ‘for Yak’, and Z usually ‘for Zebra’.

But most letters offer a wide range of options, among them H. Would it be ‘for Horse’ or perhaps ‘for House’? Or any one of a number of alternatives?

For this week’s Monochrome Madness, let’s feature any subject beginning with that letter.

All these shots were converted with my go-to software, Nik Silver Efex Pro. My feature photo was taken in Oaxaca, Mexico, and I felt I had to use selective colour to preserve that red heart!

H is for HOUSE

The Arthur Heurtley House in Oak Park, Chicago, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright

H is for HORSE

Horse in the Valle de Cocora, Colombia

H is for HAT

Amish hat, Menno-Hof museum, Shipshewana, Indiana

H is for HELMET

Motorbike helmet in Siem Reap, Cambodia

H is for HERON

Heron, Osterley Park, west London

H is for HARVEST

Harvest time in Rajasthan, India

H is for HEAD

Sculpture in Mayfair, London

H is for HALONG BAY

Misty morning in Halong Bay, Vietnam

H is for HIBISCUS

At Cayena Beach Villas, Colombia

H is for HAWK

Galápagos Hawk, Santa Fe, Galápagos Islands

H is for HORNBILL

In Chobe National Park, Botswana

H is for HIPPOPOTAMUS

In the Okavango Delta, Botswana

H is for HANDS

Making moma in the market in Bangaan, Philippines

H is for HAMPSTEAD and HEATH

Winter on Hampstead Heath, London

H is for HALLOWEEN

Halloween in Grass Valley, California

H is for HIROSHIMA

Atomic Dome, Hiroshima, Japan

This was the only structure left standing in the area where the first atomic bomb exploded on 6 August 1945; it has been preserved as a memorial of the bombing and a symbol of peace.

H is for HEART

I’ll finish where I began, with a selectively coloured heart, this one from Haight Ashbury in San Francisco

To find out more about Monochrome Madness have a look at the information on Leanne’s blog. Meanwhile I’m looking forward to seeing all your H subject.!

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