Winter Shadows

Gallery: LandscapePosted January 4, 2010123 views11 comments

Here's one from last March. With the strength of the winds, I could barely stand, but at least it wasn't too cold.

I know that the extremely high contrast B&W conversion and total lack of shadow detail for the trees won't be everybody's cup of tea, but it was intentional.

Upper Kananaskis Lake, Alberta
Nikon D70s, 18mm, F/3.5, 1/2000s

Comments

11 comments

Comment posted by Eva McDermott on January 4, 2010 at 9:22 PM

I love the graphic nature of this Ken. The light on the snow is fantastic and very ethereal. It is my cup of tea since I love scenes like this. Well seen and processed.

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on January 4, 2010 at 10:01 PM

Interesting approach. Normally these bullet-proof blacks would be way to much, but here they actually seem right.

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on January 4, 2010 at 10:53 PM

Forboding and stark. Don't know if that was your intent, but it's what I'm picking up.

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Comment posted by Aaron Ellingsen on January 4, 2010 at 11:19 PM

Nice, Kenn. Way to let 'er rip with the blacks. You have succeeded in conveying the feeling of the harsh conditions very well with your choice of exposure and processing. A finely crafted and well thought out image.

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Comment posted by Steve Sieren on January 5, 2010 at 12:32 AM

The stark contrast really makes the shot Kenn. It's nice to see the color black used in such a high percentage, which doesn't happen that often in the forum here.

SS

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Comment posted by Dietrich Gloger on January 5, 2010 at 9:26 AM

I like the stark contrasts. I think this is a great photograph Kenn. I have a crop suggestion -a bit from the top - a kinda 3X4 ratio. I don't know why but the comp. gets even stronger for me. Maybe because it removes a bit the dark black corners at the top (but still leaves a bit).

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Comment posted by Paul Wegemann on January 5, 2010 at 9:43 AM

I love this! The mood is very powerful. I really like the way you let things go to total black. I agree with Dietrich about a crop, but it also works as is. Well done!

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Comment posted by Kenn Leonhardt on January 5, 2010 at 6:15 PM

Thanks for the comments.

I agree that a 3x4-ish ratio would also work well.

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Comment posted by Darren Huski on January 5, 2010 at 6:34 PM

Nice.

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Comment posted by Paul Marcellini on January 5, 2010 at 10:53 PM

Works very well for me Kenn. Has a great mood to it. I really feel like i am there, lurking in the shadow.

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Comment posted by Laura Stafford on April 22, 2010 at 10:44 AM

I like the dark trees against the white snow. Very nice.

Laura Stafford

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