Mission San Xavier del Bac, a National Historic Landmark, was completed by Franciscan friars in 1797. It is located about 10 miles southwest of Tucson in the San Xavier Reservation, part of the Tohono O'odham Nation. (Parahrase nps.gov)
We visited the Mission in 2019. It appears on "Top Ten" lists of attractions for Tucson. It is a beautifully cared for historic building and grounds. It is often called, "The White Dove of the Desert".
This image was taken mid-afternoon in early June, and although the exposure came out well in color I thought it would be a great image to try and do a black and white edit. I used the High Dynamic Range sliders, RGB Levels, and the Black & White: Color Sensitivity Sliders to achieve this look. I added some Clarity and a touch of Dehaze, although I'm not sure that made much of a difference. I removed a couple very small white puffs of clouds I felt were distracting, and masked the cross on top to lighten it after the sliders had darkened the sky to the same tone. The image was cropped. I made no adjustments to Contrast, Brightness or Saturation under the Exposure Tab.
Frank wonderful greyscale tonality, I especially like the high key areas of the towers and how the white barely yield to the shadows. This is possibly my most favorite of the Spanish Mission in the US, and one of my most favorite Ansel Adams architectural photographs.