Posted by David Bostock on March 25, 2011 at 10:08 PM
The Palouse, from Steptoe Butte, June, 2010
Canon 1DsIII, 300 f/2.8, 1/50sec @ f/9.0, ISO 100
I am planning a return to the Palouse in late July/early August, hopefully before or during harvest. I was going through the Photograph America newsletter, by Robert Hitchman and noticed his images were all in B&W, at least they were for the newsletter. I liked how they looked so I went back to my archives and started working some of the images from previous Palouse trips. This one turned out nicely, I think. It's from Steptoe Butte, late in the afternoon, in early June when everything was still green. I see David Kingham's tree down in the lower right. I love B&W and am really amazed at how well the Palouse takes to it, or vice versa...Really highlights the shading and textures...
Comments and critiques appreciated.
Posted by Paul DeCesare on March 26, 2011 at 4:16 AM
Yeah, I have a comment...
WOW!!
Absolute perfect image to make B&W, and you did a great job at it. Two 580EX Wireless Flashe... er... THUMBS up from me!
Posted by Jack Garrett on March 26, 2011 at 10:31 AM
I'm so used to seeing color from the Palouse that it took me a little off guard to see it in b/w. It's one of those images that kind of grows on you. I have come back to it a couple times before making a comment because at first I was on the fence. The more I look at it, the more things I see and that's a good thing. Nice conversion BTW. Did you use the new NIK b/w plugin for this?
The reason I like the pictures of the Palouse is the colors and mood along with the hills, curves and shadows. I like your B&W rendition but with no colors? I'm just not sure. That said, I usually don't like change but I usually come around.
Posted by David Bostock on March 26, 2011 at 4:05 PM
It actually loses some of the impact in this small web version. Jack, yes, this was done with the new version of NIK Silver EFX. Wonderful application, although I am experiencing severe slowness compared to the previous version. I see I'm not alone though, so I expect a bug fix update will correct it...
Really great black and white conversion. I can see what Erik is saying 'bout the Palouse being about lush colors...but the shadowplay in the hills makes this an exception to that rule of thumb...and a damn beautiful one at that!
Posted by Erik Lundh on March 29, 2011 at 12:52 AM
OK, I have to say, it's growing on me.
Posted by Jack Graham on March 29, 2011 at 1:43 AM
Love it David
Jg
Posted by David Bostock on March 29, 2011 at 9:18 AM
Thanks for the comments folks. Much appreciated.
Posted by John Williams on April 10, 2011 at 2:52 PM
At first glance it looks like a close-up of sand ripples, until you notice the tiny trees .
Posted by Scott Smorra on April 23, 2011 at 1:19 AM
Wow David!!! This looks outstanding in B/W. The textures are amazing.
Discussion
12 repliesCanon 1DsIII, 300 f/2.8, 1/50sec @ f/9.0, ISO 100
I am planning a return to the Palouse in late July/early August, hopefully before or during harvest. I was going through the Photograph America newsletter, by Robert Hitchman and noticed his images were all in B&W, at least they were for the newsletter. I liked how they looked so I went back to my archives and started working some of the images from previous Palouse trips. This one turned out nicely, I think. It's from Steptoe Butte, late in the afternoon, in early June when everything was still green. I see David Kingham's tree down in the lower right. I love B&W and am really amazed at how well the Palouse takes to it, or vice versa...Really highlights the shading and textures...
Comments and critiques appreciated.
WOW!!
Absolute perfect image to make B&W, and you did a great job at it. Two 580EX Wireless Flashe... er... THUMBS up from me!
Here's a much larger version that shows off the finer points:
Jg