Wind River Mountains

kdog · December 1, 2011

Amazing. :wow

zoomer · December 2, 2011

Thanks Kdog.
Seems a lot of people don't like B&W landscapes but for a shot like this with dramatic light and clouds.....it makes such a difference.

kdog · December 2, 2011

Ordinarily I'm not a huge fan of them either. Although I'm digging the contrast in this one. I'm thinking this might look amazing on a large metallic print. Any hints as to your processing? It's got some characteristics of an HDR.

zoomer · December 2, 2011

Yes this one might actually make it to print.
The actual photo was pretty dark except for the sun ray across the middle and in the sky. It was late afternoon. Split the photo and did the sky and ground separately, tonal contrast is what brings the sky detail out.
I evened out the tones in Lightroom then dodge and burned them back in how I wanted them for the contrast.

kdog · December 2, 2011

Thanks. Sounds like a non-trivial amount of work, but it came out well.

rwells · December 2, 2011

WOW... Very nice

rbt · December 2, 2011

Fantastic shot - you really have a full tonal scale

FlyNavy · December 2, 2011

Wow!! Excellent work.

redleash · December 3, 2011

Great job on the conversion, and thanks for sharing the details of it. The shot is gorgeous!

GOLDENORFE · December 3, 2011

Agree b&w does look great in this image, I must say I'm not a fan of b&w in landscapes but I does work here.
Would like to see original as a comparison

Werewolf · December 3, 2011

Ansel Adams would be proud to have taken that shot himself.

Wonderful photgraph.

Doug Solis · December 3, 2011

You said it, it takes drama in the sky and in this case the mountains to have the makings of a nice B/W. The texture of the trees and slight ripples in the water really help as well. Nice work

Wind River Mountains

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