World Of Wonder

I like this a lot, Zack. This evokes a mysterious mood. I like your processing as well as you've managed to capture a broad range of tones in this image. The B&W presentation is perfect for this.

This is awesome Zack. The mood and atmosphere you have here is incredible! B/w conversion looks great. No nits from me.

LR4 and ACR do an amazing job recovering highlights from raw files. I'm constantly amazed by the power of the most recent raw processing applications.

Hauntingly beautiful in BW

I like the diagonals and how it feels like the light is tumbling into the central valley by way of the clouds and how the spires of trees on the left and then along the right sides stand in contrast to that dynamic, and then the flora in the foreground.

The fundamentally monochrome aspect is very nicely complemented by the very, very subtle green tone that runs on a diagonal from over on the left down towards the center right, especially nice in the larger version, a reminder of the underlying reality and in a way making the monochrome stronger by contrast, I think.

It's like a natural cathedral.

One very minor "nit-pick", in addition to the mountain shaped signature area which, I think, kind of detracts from the otherwise sense of majestic, pristine beauty profoundly independent of human perception, are the small bright spots over in that lower right corner; two brigher and one less bright, but all three distracting and unnecessary, in my opinion. I'd suggest getting rid of those and reducing the luminosity of what you have going on over there in the lower right in general.

Very ethereal and a fantastic B&W Zack. Kind of reminds me of scenes I have seen in Alaska back in the early '80's.

What a beautiful moment! This is an excellent capture and processing.

Chris

Pretty crazy atmospherics. Nice catch sir! :)

aF

Your processing all looks very good. It carries a mood, has good light and is well composed. Very fine image to pull from your archives.

What a phenom comp, esp given dynamic conditions of fog and mist. My eye is led perfectly to Tue center of the frame. B&w seems perfect here, I can't think of any improvement. Nice job!

Very moody with your processing and the conditions. I might try increasing the sky contrast a hair, selectively of course. Might add a more 3-D feel to the image. Reeally cool.

You nailed this on Zack. Beautiful capture!

This works very nicely, Zack. Really like the layering and how the edges define the scene.

This is a real treasure you retrieved from the files Zack. The moodiness of the foggy conditions and glimpses of peaks in the background are truly great and true to the alpine experience. Chet

Zack, This is very nice! I love the mysterious mood all that fog brought to this scene. Nice work on this.

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

This is a terrific scene. the fog makes it otherworldly and the mood is pretty intense. I love your choice of b&w, works so well here.


(and it looks like you're the lucky recipient of my 5000 comment. for whatever that is worth)

I love the mood here. Tremendous atmosphere which creates great depth and layers. Subtle but powerful, definitely.

A cool and artistic piece. I like it!

I love fog shots, this is no exception. Im tempted to say maybe too much is hidden--but the mix of bright and dark spots here is interesting.

Thanks for all the comments on this one everyone! I can't believe I hadn't processed this sooner, it's funny what you overlook at the time but then see it in a different light at a different point in time, in this case 2 years later..

John, many thanks for the suggestion about toning down the bright rocks in the FG, that little thing helped a lot in my opinion.