In my last post from the sunrise shoot at Settlers Park Boulder, Paul commented that maybe a horz. crop of the vertical image would work, well this is an actual horizontal taken from the same position.
Since the "red rocks' had lost some of their wonderful orange glow by this point, I decided to try B&W. I think it works, what do you all think?.
Posted by Paul Wegemann on March 30, 2009 at 9:44 AM
I like it a lot, Nick. There seems to be an incredible amount of detail here and the comp works really well. Your B&W processing appears very natural.
Posted by Dan Walters on March 30, 2009 at 9:48 AM
The BW treatment and comp work great - I do think it's a bit bottom-heavy and would suggest cropping some off the bottom to give it a pano look. Nice shot.
Calm, clean and beautiful. B&W is perfect here, I think.
Posted by bill meikle on March 30, 2009 at 11:28 AM
Nick, it looks very dramatic and I am thinking the same as Dave. Also I am concerned about the darkness of the sky and yet the bright light on the snow.
Posted by Kurt Budde on March 30, 2009 at 11:36 AM
Yep, it works.
It will be interesting to find a paper that agrees with the tonal distribution, however.
Posted by Nick Moore on March 30, 2009 at 11:58 AM
Thanks guys for the input, that gives me something to work with; Kurt you may be right, printing it may be a challenge!.
Posted by Erik Aagaard on March 30, 2009 at 12:18 PM
My first thought was - lose some of the bottom. I agree with Dave. The most interesting part of this image is the top two-thirds. This really works in black and white!
I agree about cropping off the bottom and that it looks just dandy as a BW
Posted by Paul Ashton on March 30, 2009 at 1:35 PM
The balance of forground is fine. Cropping this image will not work. The tonal range is very good though the shot was taken in what appears to be very strong light. I suspect that this will not print well. There is some haloing and also a lack of definition in the darker areas.
You will be better able to judge the posibilities than I as you are able to view the image full screen but this image is worth more work
Paul
Posted by Bill Brennan on March 30, 2009 at 2:08 PM
Nick, first reaction great work. After more study, agree with some foreground crop.
Discussion
14 repliesSince the "red rocks' had lost some of their wonderful orange glow by this point, I decided to try B&W. I think it works, what do you all think?.
It will be interesting to find a paper that agrees with the tonal distribution, however.
You will be better able to judge the posibilities than I as you are able to view the image full screen but this image is worth more work
Paul
Bill Brennan