Scenic in black and white: Burntside Lake

I was out lake trout fishing on Burntside Lake yesterday. Also, I was multi-tasking, letting the tip-ups do the fishing while I wandered just a bit to explore the textures. Here's one of them.

Canon 30D, Canon 10-22 at 10mm, manual settings, iso100, 1/80 at f22, handheld, converted to B&W in Photoshop.

The cloud texture really does a lot for this photo. Also like it in the B/W. Well done!

Works will as a b&w. Very simple. I like simple.

Nice shot Steve- Love the B&W....

Brian

Cool, literally. Nice way to multi-task.

Yea, but did you catch any fish? Lovely shot, but life is tough tor trees in your area.

Thanks for looking in and commenting, everyone.

Two lakers caught, some nice landscape images captured. Fresh lake trout for supper, new prints to be made and offered for sale. A great day on the ice!

Excellent composition, Steve! For personal preference, I'd like to see the image a little brighter, although it works well as is.

This is different - Graphical and simple, as stated. I don't know that I'd have guessed the location without your title. The black and white work feels very natural as displayed. The textures in the sky might come out a bit more with the addition of more contrast in that area, though I don't know how beneficial it'd actually be to the desired end. Technically I question the use of f22, but from what I've read in others posts on NPN, you aren't very concerned about diffraction.

Thanks for the critiques.

Toni, I make 'em dark 'cause I like 'em dark. When shooting for commercial, portrait or wedding clients, I work hard to suit them. When working on art, I suit myself.

Joel, diffraction sometimes matters to me and sometimes does not, as I'm sure you understand. In this case, I selected f22 specifically to see how the lens/camera combo did with diffraction, as it is a new lens for me. Pixel peeping being worthless in the real world, I interpolated to 13x19 and cut out an 8x10 section and printed it. The image held up very well, which was a pleasant surprise.

Steve...understandable...and that's why I said "for personal preference".

Steve, you very much achieved your purpose of showcasing the different textures in this scene. Personally I am having a hard time trying to get a sense of scale of the pine in this capture and I might add a tad more contrast in the sky to make the clouds pop alittle more. Really this scene is making me long to see what is to the right or left as well. Well done!

I like this minimalist comp and the diagonal slope that's giving the image just a hint of tension. Nice work.

That makes sense given the print size Steve; as with most things, it boils down to intent. Horses for courses as it's said.