The Great One

Debbie, this is certainly a dramatic shot of Denali. Your conversion looks great! However, I would still like to see the color version. Thanks for sharing.

I love the black and white choice for this shot, Debbie. What a beautiful image! The texture and range of light in the clouds is wonderful, and the details on the mountain are gorgeous. Well done!

@John... I can certainly post the color one....can I do it in this thread?....New to RMNP. Thanks for the kind comments!
@Varina...thanks for the kudos! Can I post another one tomorrow on the 7th, after 24 hrs? Blessings to you both, Deb

This shot has a nice texture to it. B/W adds more drama with the dark billowing cloud cover.

This is a good mono.
Nice contrast. The variety of contrast int he clouds gives good depth to this photo.
I was in Alaska last year, also, but up north in the Brooks range.
I've only seen The Great One from an airliner. Still impressive.
the fisch

Thanks Gary and Fisch! Appreciate the comments! When I was in the Denali National Park for 4 days, the clouds were so thick most of the time you wouldn't even know there was a mountain to see. I was grateful to have seen it and photographed it in Trapper Creek before we moved on to the park! Blessings, Deb

An eye-popper! Hard to find more impact than a sunlit subject against a dark sky, and when the subject is an icon, it take it out of the "usual" realm for images of even familiar subjects. The clouds add even more drama. Excellent conversion and processing, too. Easy to see why it's one of your favorites. No nits.

Excellent composition and (even without seeing the color version) definitely more drama in B&W. I have a couple of processing suggestions: I think you can pull more contrast out of the sky so the wispy clouds show more instead of fading into the black sky. And I'd do some noise reduction on the foreground clouds - they seem a bit grainy. Other than that, well done. Very striking image

Thanks Wayne and Barry for your comments!
@Barry...the clouds are a bit grainy, but I wasn't sure how to fix that. I'll try the noise reduction. The only way I know how to increase contrast is with curves. If I go too far with the curves to help the wispy clouds, it blows out some of the snow on the mountain. I guess I could use a layer mask and just increase the contrast in the sky. Would you use that to try and boost the clouds or another way? Please advise.... I'm teaching myself Photoshop and the learning curve is steep. Thanks

Debbie: You want to select just the sky (should be pretty easy using he magnetic lasso) to add contrast. Also select only the clouds when reducing noise or you'll lose sharpness on the mountain.

Thanks Barry I'll try that.