Black & white better highlights the textures, which is mostly what makes them interesting.

Though I love color photos, black and white photos show texture in such magnificent depth and detail.

Its not the shooting method, it's the chosen archival platinum printing process of the old masters that creates the tones. ala Ansel Adams.

It's her medium to choose as an artist to show what she sees. B&W if you know how to "see" it brings out so much more depth, ancient wisdom.

These are NOT black and white photos. They are duotones. They are not Photoshopped. Duotone is an artistic choice -- her choice.

I *love* the infra-red (this isn't black and white) - it makes the trees look other-worldly.

I was thinking the same thing. I wish the prints were in colour. Their magnificence would have been felt a lot more.

a well balanced composition (considering all aspects), always look good in either color or b/w.

Maybe she did it just to give all the different photos a cohesive feel…?

She is entitled to her opinion- maybe she'd rather see less detail & enjoy all the colours of the trees & blue skies beyond- it's her choice

trees & Locations are Magnificent ! I wish there was colors. Colors are divine ! So few Colors available on Earth, So many in other realms !

Yes but she was more interested on the extraordinary forms

I also think the choice of black and white better represents the age of the trees as well gives you a really good feel for there textures. I do agree in many cases Color is the best choice when it comes to photographing almost everything in nature however in this case I believe the character of each tree would not have been as well represented. I thoroughly enjoyed all the examples that were shown and intend on looking for this book not only to enjoy the photo's but to also use them as excellent examples of differing textures for some of my own drawings.

I agree. Color is life :)

i agree.... if show both kinds. black and white and coloring

Guessing the reason is they may not all be taken in the colour spectrum anyway - some (the ones with white leaves) may be infrared

I completely agree. I was thinking the exact same

Color. http://shechive.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/angel-tree-0.jpg?w=920&h=588 http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ElRIwQj37RU/T_2w8us64-I/AAAAAAAAA

Some detail & beauty can be more easily seen in black and white. That is not to say everything should be in b and w or color either.

Disagree all you want. You and your "likes" are wrong. You just don't get black and white, which is your problem, not the artist's.

https://www.google.com/search?q=ancient+trees+images&espv=2&biw=1120&bih=578&tbm=isch&imgil=XA

bethmoon.com she has color versions