Frosted Velvet

Tell me about keeping up--and its fall colors week in my Challenge Gallery--lots to look at!
Neat subject, i like the conversion too. It's pleasantly imperfect, if you know what i mean. The frost is a bit tricky in monochrome, doesnt immediately scream 'frost!' to me--but that's not necessarily a bad thing here. Id say its a winner.

Very nice shot Vicent! It feels metallic surprising rendition of leaves.

I'm not a big fan of sepia, but I find myself loving this. Excellent conversion - wonderful tonal range and rich detail. Wish you had a larger version to view!

I think compression is hurting you here. Maybe a larger one would have let more of what, I'm sure, is compelling to come through. Another excellent comp and your control of light is here as well.

This is very nice. I love the sepia processing. It is reminiscent of the platinum palladium printing process. There is so much wonderful detail here. :)

Even without seeing your name these pixels were instantly recognizable as yours. Excellent!

Anthony,

What strikes me right away has little to do with image here, but that you were actually seeking out a "sepia" image, visualizing ahead of time the look that you wanted. To me that says a lot about where you are at artistically. It's one thing to go through your weekend's cache and see which ones look good in b&w, it's a whole 'nuther thing to set out to capture the medium. And then, to find and produce and image like this, well, kudos to you!

I love this intimate setting. The "frost" could be mistaken for reflections (ie. - anti-polarizer...) at this size, but the tonal range is excellent and your toning works beautifully. If I had a suggestion it would be to experiment with the layout. Opposite to Chip's recent posting, I almost feel like a horizontal presentation (and then flipped horizontally) could be a nice alternative. but that's just a suggestion.

Very impressive Anthony from concept to presentation.

Lon

I knew this was yours, didn't even have to look at the name! Anyway, I agree about the conversion, it's very nice, and kind of antique looking. The frost adds some nice highlites also.

Chris

I can pick out your stuff just looking at the thumbnail! Superb, as usual - bravo!

Nice work Anthony, could tell this was yours from the thumbnail. Great mono conversion, love the comp and textures.

I'm diggin' it.
Looks like a fine art poster.

Boy, it's not easy to get a tight comp to look this clean. This really comes together nicely. Do you have a color version too? I'd love to see how the frost translates. (I agree with Stan that it's not immediately obvious in this version.)

I really like the sepia tones in this. The leaves have a random look which I like.

Thanks everyone
it's not always easy to translate scenes like these especially a web version
I'll throw up a color version when I get home from work but I'm sure the masses will like that better

Nice!

Very nice, Anthony. I think your conversion was excellent as I enjoy the looks of this. I also like the idea that you knew you wanted to do this, and found something that worked very well.

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

Amazing, love the texture and tones in this one, you da man!

Beautiful tones and nicely composed, can't see anything wrong with this one, I think it would make a really nice print.

You do know how to make captivating intimate compositions! Impressive work. Good idea to get really close and simplify by getting only few leaves into the frame.

I love the detail and tones here. Your processing is right on.

Almost missed this Anthony! Glad I caught it before it fell off the page. I really like the silvery tones here (at least on my monitor). Nice mix of textures and tones.