Lolo Pass Between Storms

This is an image from last winter, between storms. If you know the area, then you know I was shooting between the transmission lines that scar the Lolo Pass area, limiting images to fairly close shots. Nevertheless, I love that area, and hope to live to a day when the lines are rerouted or simply no longer needed. I rarely convert images to black and white these days, so would appreciate feedback on that topic, as well as any suggestions on composition. In this case, there was almost no color to the image, so it was kind of a default to simply go monochrome.

BTW, this is my second post, and I've heeded comments to re-calibrate my monitor and also employed the cool 2-step sharpening tip for this particular post. I'm learning a lot from this board - thanks for the feedback!

Tom

This looks really nice, I love the dark sky and the tonality in the mountain. The layering is nice too, I would like to maybe see a bit more of the tree line, but I like it as is. The sharpening looks perfect. Well done.

Tom, I think the high contrast, deep black B&W works quite well here. I like the way the weighting feels right-handed heavy. This image conveys a lot of emotional pull. I can imagine it printed large and framed in a nice white, double mat with a black frame. I really like the shot a lot. The only critiques I have are that the sharpening for the web brought out the halos around the trees, and the clouds show a lot of noise. Both easily corrected. Absolutely magnificent post.

Cheers,
David

Wow, that is some eye popping contrast. I love it!

Very nice contrast, very powerful image. You might consider cropping it to a square aspect ratio to see what that looks like.

Looks simply awesome to me - I also would like a little more at the bottom in the treeline, but this is great as is.

Wow, what a strong image; very powerful and emotive. The soft feel of the clouds in the middle layer works nicely to accentuate the magnificant mountain peak and the detail in the tree line. The B&W presentation is perfect.

Unbelievable contrast! I've been to that overlook many times before too - hate the power lines! You did really well with this!

Very cppl contrasty shot. More of a treeline would be a plus, but it works as is very well too.

I love the contrast and the B&W. Nice work IMHO!

Bryan, I'll try that cropping suggestion, too, plus experiment with the treeline at the bottom & fixing some of the noise/halo issues, per other comments. Thanks very much for the feedback - very helpful, and much appreciated!

Tom

Wow! Talk about bold . . .

This is impressive, super sharp and far from typical.

I like the graphic-ness of it, Tom, really well done and seen.