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This is the one I forgot to upload with its color version yesterday, which to you prefer? again sorry don,t know how to upload additional photo info.
| Camera: | Nikon D300  Check out Nikon Nation! |
| Lens: | Nikon DX AF-S 55-200mm f4-5.6G ED VR |
| Recording media: | JPEG (digital) |
| Date Taken: | 18 Feb 2013 - 12:48 PM |
| Title: | Cat Bells B&W |
| Username: | 
Mike43 |
| Uploaded: | 18 Feb 2013 - 4:52 PM |
| Tags: | Landscape / travel |
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On the upload page Mike, on the right, about halfway down, theres a link that says More Exif Data, just click it.
It does work as a mono, - the hills behind have better definition, but I would prefer the colour version.
I will go back to that and use it to see if some duo tone or tri tone treatments would work, and upload them here.
regards
Willie
Is this a crop from a bigger image? I think this would work even more if you could somehow "place" the diagonal line (peak) of the foreground mountain in such a way that it travels from the lower right third intersection towards the top left third intersection. Would create a more pleasing image in my opinion.
Regardless, this looks like an interesting place to be with a camera!
This is a dramatic mountain shot as well and tempts me to look out my old walking boots (!), but the hills in the background seem to be more defined and compete with the near ridge for attention. In the colour version they provide a misty, blue background which sets off the ridge nicely.
I would have been very pleased to have taken either shot!
Geoff
( Thanks for the Wainwright info )
Really like this - superb tones, lighting and clarity.
Phil.
Quote: On the upload page Mike, on the right, about halfway down, theres a link that says More Exif Data, just click it.
It does work as a mono, - the hills behind have better definition, but I would prefer the colour version.
I will go back to that and use it to see if some duo tone or tri tone treatments would work, and upload them here.
regards
Willie
Thanks Willie on the exif info, and the Mod.
I really liked your colour version of this, Mike.
I didn't think I would like the mono version, after all it's all about those colours. However, I think it works really well, accentuting the contours, shapes and contrasts. I suppose it would be fair to say that if I hadn't seen the colour version, this mono would certainly get a thumbs up.
However, there are a few things that I noticed:
It looks like the colour version has been cropped. It may be that, since you were emphasizing the colours in your previous upload, that you chose to eliminate some of the surrounding scene. My opinion is that I think the colour version would look better if it were not cropped, as I prefer the composition of the mono. That little bit more of the water at the bottom, mountains at the top, and particularly the extra space on the right, makes all the difference, and the mountainside doesn't look so confined in the frame.
I also noticed that there are some light areas in the water, in the colour version, which are not there in the mono, and I must prefer that. Were these two separate pictures, taken at different times? Or did you do some work on the water? If they are separate images, then maybe you didn't crop the coloured one?
Pamela.
I think I prefer this to the colour version.
I'd also recommend trying some duo- or tri-tones on it. I much prefer them to straightforward B/W nowadays.
Bren.
something really nice going on here with the mono conversion because its resulted in a near infrared appearance and adds that layer of creativity. there is a lot of drama and lovely contrast but in some ways the recession up towards the top right corner is creating a bit of an eye puller and i wondered if a crop from the top, obviously above the first peak would tighten things up a bit. ill do a mod to see.
regards
Phil
Like PamelaJean I thought the colour was a must for this image but now I see the B+W I think they both have merits in there own rights. My only issue with this shot is it has for me an overall greyness with very few strong deep blacks and vivid whites so I've up loaded a mod which I adjusted in levels to bring the highlights and shadows up to the edge of the histogram and then I darkened the mid-tones just to improve the overall contrast.
I know it may not be everybody's taste but for me this is where B+W works best with strong tonal contrasts.
I'd really like to know what you think.
Eric
Willie's tone mod look just like an image from a 1930's Ward Lock guide to the Lake District that I have. Good one
Ian
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