Looking at Mark Windom's BW gave me the idea to try a BW on an image I was frustrated with. I wasn't too unhappy how it turned out considering I am always frustrated with my BW conversions too
Posted by Tom Kloster on August 19, 2007 at 2:03 PM
Another good candidate for B&W! (just looking at Mark's image, too) Not sure if you already tried it, but just a few more hints of detail in the LRC would be great, though I like the general darkness of the foreground. Just a hint of burning in the left mid-ground would be nice, too, to bring out a bit more contrast and cool off the highlights. The lenticular cloud is spectacular, of course! I think they really lend themselves to B&W format - this looks like Uncle Ansel, himself, might have taken it!
Posted by Mark Windom on August 19, 2007 at 2:36 PM
The stark landscape really lends itself to B&W, IMO and this is a good example of that. I agree with Tom's suggestion to lighten the LRC. Nice stuff.
Thanks, I will work on it a little more. In some way, it seems BW is harder to get right than color. Little adjustments seem to have more impact.
Posted by Mike Dawson on August 20, 2007 at 12:07 AM
Much more imapct in B/W, the lower right might be worht opening up a bit and possibly just backing off on the highlights a notch, the lenticular seems a bit blown out
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