Organ Pipe + re-post

Gallery: LandscapePosted May 3, 201072 views9 comments

Unless there's great golden hour light or it's sprint bloom, I usually see the Sonoran desert in B&W. For me, it better captures the essence of the harsh desert landscape. C&C appreciated.

(Please see repost below.)

Nikon D90/1/180s@f11/-.5ev/polarizer/B&W conversion in Siver Efex

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9 comments

Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on May 3, 2010 at 10:58 PM

I love this in B&W. It captures the Sonoran desert perfectly.

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Comment posted by John Mumaw on May 3, 2010 at 11:20 PM

Very cool scene well captured.
However, the b&w conversion just doesn't have enough tonality differences to be successful, IMO. I would advise that you keep working with the SilverEfex to achieve more contrast at least.

Registered on September 9, 2005, 62 Posts, 2289 Comments

Comment posted by John Williams on May 4, 2010 at 11:09 AM

The cactus is wonderful. I love that it is alone, with the sprinkling of mostly saguaro behind. BW works well for me, although I love BW thunderclouds and pine for a bit of cloud in the ulc.

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Comment posted by Daniel Cartamil on May 4, 2010 at 3:12 PM

Agree with John here - the first thing I noticed is that the entire scene is just too gray. Some re-working of the b&w could really improve this I think...

Registered on November 15, 2007, 50 Posts, 601 Comments

Comment posted by Barry Vangrov on May 4, 2010 at 3:58 PM

John and Dan: Good feedback. See the re-post - I've reworked the contrast in Silver Efex and I think it's definitely better. Thanks.

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Comment posted by John Mumaw on May 4, 2010 at 4:11 PM

Well....what a difference! That looks much, much better. Good work all the way around.

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Comment posted by Harley Goldman on May 4, 2010 at 6:50 PM

The repost is a huge improvement. Looks really good. I was going to make similar suggestions, but you are way ahead of me.

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Comment posted by Doug Roane on May 4, 2010 at 10:27 PM

huge improvement on the repost!

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Comment posted by Lon Overacker on May 6, 2010 at 1:19 AM

Barry,

Excellent job presenting the desert in b&w. Processing is excellent and I think the repost really nails it (although I didn't have any suggestions viewing the original.) Crisp, clean and simply a well composed and conceived Sonoran landscape. Well done.

Lon

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