Helebore BW conversion

Gallery: LandscapePosted May 8, 2011187 views14 comments

My camera has been lying somewhat dormant for the past 6 months as winter here was holding me down from doing any shooting. Now that spring has finally arrived in VT, I got our today and found this nice little collection of helebore. I guess this could have gone in the macro section as well. I like the BW conversion and would love to hear your thoughts as well. Thanks for looking and it's great to be back in the swing of things.

Comments

14 comments

Comment posted by Lorna Taylor on May 8, 2011 at 10:05 PM

I love the B&W it adds a metal like sculptural look to your image . Love how the textures pop and the detail in those wonderful ridges. Beautiful work.

Registered on November 12, 2010, 254 Posts, 3083 Comments

Comment posted by Danny Laureys on May 9, 2011 at 2:07 AM

Very nice conversion!!!

Registered on January 5, 2008, 590 Posts, 1261 Comments

Comment posted by Stuart Williams on May 9, 2011 at 7:35 AM

nice tones and nice composition. the forms of these hellebores is always compelling. maybe a slightly further pull of the contrast - not too much though.

Registered on December 7, 2007, 247 Posts, 4792 Comments

Comment posted by Bill Chambers on May 9, 2011 at 10:38 AM

Very nice composition, and nice conversion. I might boost contrast a bit and see what that would do.

Registered on April 10, 2005, 753 Posts, 21216 Comments

Comment posted by Gary McGhee on May 9, 2011 at 11:16 AM

Wonderful shapes and lines Mitch, it looks great.

Gary.

Registered on April 15, 2010, 142 Posts, 2416 Comments

Comment posted by Mitch Moraski on May 9, 2011 at 11:51 AM

Hi Bill,

Thanks for the suggestion. I see blacks and a nice range of midtones within this image. I tried bumping the highlights, but not to my liking. Thanks again.

Registered on August 3, 2008, 105 Posts, 590 Comments

Comment posted by Scott Miller on May 9, 2011 at 4:19 PM

I love this just as is. Very soothing.

Registered on May 9, 2011, 23 Posts, 322 Comments

Comment posted by Jim Hackley on May 9, 2011 at 5:46 PM

Very nice composition and good choice for B&W, my only suggestion would be to slightly darken but a fine image as is with nice flowing lines, well done.

Registered on September 17, 2009, 302 Posts, 5535 Comments

Comment posted by Phil Pogledich on May 9, 2011 at 7:02 PM

This works very well in all respects, including the composition and the conversion. Very fine work.

Registered on August 24, 2009, 123 Posts, 3099 Comments

Comment posted by Eva McDermott on May 9, 2011 at 9:25 PM

Fantastic lines and wonderful B&W Mitch. Wonder if just a little more contrast would make it pop. Very different comp than most I have seen with this kinda plant. Beautiful work.

Registered on January 4, 2009, 1015 Posts, 13229 Comments

Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on May 10, 2011 at 9:10 AM

What a great subject, and the B&W processing brings out the abstract qualities perfectly.

Registered on November 1, 2003, 364 Posts, 22328 Comments

Comment posted by David W. Kelly on May 10, 2011 at 11:08 AM

Nice conversion and great graphic quality.

Registered on October 7, 2005, 883 Posts, 6590 Comments

Comment posted by Jeremy Cram on May 10, 2011 at 11:38 AM

I love the fluidity of these shots. This looks very cool and the conversion is perfect to me.

Registered on June 4, 2006, 204 Posts, 818 Comments

Comment posted by Mitch Moraski on May 10, 2011 at 12:40 PM

Thank you all for your kind words on my image. I was a bit rusty, but shed the flakes rather quickly after a long layoff. Hopefully now that things are warming up, I'll be a bit more active on both fronts here at NPN. Thanks again!!

Registered on August 3, 2008, 105 Posts, 590 Comments