B&W mountain landscape

Gallery: LandscapePosted December 10, 201568 views6 comments

Hello everyone, I come back after a long absence to post an image. With this landscape in black and white I tried to bring out the ice in the foreground. I await your comments on photos and suggestions on how to improve the technique of conversion to B & W. For this image I used Silver Efex Pro. Thank you.

A7RII Sony, Sony-Zeiss 16-35 F4 ZA OSS.
f / 15, 1/60 sec., ISO 200, handheld shooting.

Comments

6 comments

Comment posted by Preston Birdwell on December 10, 2015 at 7:44 PM

I like the composition overall. The tones in the ice look very nice, with good texture. I think this would have more impact if the the blue in the sky were darker and there was a bit more detail in the clouds. It's a nice muntain scene.

Welcome back!

--P

Registered on November 1, 2003, 471 Posts, 5188 Comments

Comment posted by gary phillips on December 10, 2015 at 10:43 PM

This is a nice b/w, Roberto. I love the ice detail in the foreground. In fact, I like it so much, I wonder if you have a comp centered more on the ice as an abstact. I think I would dodge the rocks on the left and even mid-frame. There is some haloing along the highest ridgeline and leser peak on the left. I agree with Preston on darkening the sky and adding more contrast there.

Registered on October 24, 2013, 185 Posts, 4136 Comments

Comment posted by Lon Overacker on December 11, 2015 at 12:58 AM

Roberto,

Great choice for the b&w on this snowy, icy mountain landscape. I think you did a good job all around with this. I was thinking after reading the first two comments, that I was going to draw something from each. I really think Preston's idea of darkening the sky would have a great impact on this - thinking AA-like... ;-) But also, Gary is on to something because I think the greatest interest in the scene is the ice patterns in the foreground. They are almost too small in the wider view; I would sure like to get a closer look.

I will say that as captured and presented, you've got a very well composed and balanced mountain landscape image.

Lon

Registered on November 24, 2006, 521 Posts, 19147 Comments

Comment posted by Roberto Facchini on December 11, 2015 at 10:30 AM

Thanks to all for helpful suggestions. Ice is certainly the most interesting element in the photo. I also took some close-up pictures of detail. Maybe I will post in the most appropriate macro/close-up gallery.

Registered on November 15, 2012, 35 Posts, 202 Comments

Comment posted by Roel Wijtmans on December 11, 2015 at 10:47 AM

This is a really nice view, but the real star is indeed the really nice ice pattern, so I too would love to see a version with more attention on that part. But that doesn't mean that there is anything wrong with this one though, this is very nice!

Registered on September 30, 2012, 116 Posts, 2257 Comments

Comment posted by Ryan Shain on December 15, 2015 at 9:43 PM

Hi Roberto,

The foreground is really stimulating, and it brings me beautifully into the scene. I like the idea of trying to target the blue channel to bring down the sky a bit to have more impact there. Some very nice work as is, and nice job on the composition.

Registered on February 20, 2007, 226 Posts, 4571 Comments