Rattlesnake in Winter

Gallery: LandscapePosted September 1, 2014477 views9 comments

Shot this view of Rattlesnake Ridge a few winters ago. Didn't like it in color at all so now that my interests have broadened to BW I thought I'd take another go at it. One of the most difficult images in regards to sharpening I've dealt with. The contrasts of the tree against the sky definitely tested my skills. Processed in Adobe RAW, NIK SEP, and PS CS5. Thanks for looking.

How do I remove the black border from the 720px version? The hex color table isn't working.

24mm w/CP
f16 @ 1/13 sec
ISO 100

Comments

9 comments

Comment posted by Pat Sampson on September 1, 2014 at 1:58 PM

Love the composition Bruce. I like the energy and drama in the scene as well. No suggestions. I like it very much as posted.

pat

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Comment posted by Catherine Reilly on September 1, 2014 at 5:13 PM

Bruce, this is a wonderful composition with drama and interest. Processing looks great; very cool in B&W.

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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on September 1, 2014 at 8:39 PM

Easy to remove the black border. Go to edit. Where you see the current Hex value of 000000, copy over it with ffffff. That is the value for white.

Registered on July 24, 2006, 2741 Posts, 12349 Comments

Comment posted by Steve Kennedy on September 1, 2014 at 11:40 PM

This is very nice Bruce! I really like the comp and the atmosphere is great in B&W.

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Comment posted by Joseph Campisi on September 1, 2014 at 11:53 PM

Cool and dramatic Bruce! Nice in B&W...

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Comment posted by Bill Reid on September 2, 2014 at 12:32 PM

Very nice composition and tones adding some nice drama Bruce. Slight bit of haloing around the tree but not a deal breaker. Nice B&W processing also. Great job.

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Comment posted by John&Patty Benway on September 2, 2014 at 3:39 PM

You captured lots of drama Bruce, along with a very nice mood, excellent processing, and your composition works beautifully.
John

Registered on May 12, 2006, 626 Posts, 8700 Comments

Comment posted by Preston Birdwell on September 2, 2014 at 7:19 PM

Very nice B&W, Bruce. You did a good job with tones, and the sharpening looks perfect to me.

--P

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Comment posted by John Williams on September 4, 2014 at 12:26 AM

Sweet Bruce. Nice drama; great choice to go BW.

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