SLEEPY BEAR DUNES

Gallery: LandscapePosted December 14, 2009121 views2 comments

Here's my second attempt at black and white. This was taken in Northern Lower Michigan. I welcome all opinions and or tips.
Manual Exposure, 1/500 sec, F6.3, ISO 100, hand held @ 18mm. Shot RAW, converted to B&W ,red filter and contrast adjustment.
Thanks for looking and again all C&C welcomed.
Large version included.

Comments

2 comments

Comment posted by Robert Dayton on December 14, 2009 at 10:46 PM

I like this, John. B&W seems appropriate here. I believe that I
might give some thought to completely eliminating the tree on the
left. Also I probably would have used a greater depth of field and
used a tripod for more sharpness. Nevertheless, I like the stark
mood of this very much.

Registered on November 11, 2008, 281 Posts, 3958 Comments

Comment posted by Kent Mearig on December 15, 2009 at 12:58 AM

Robert calls it a "stark mood". To me, this almost comes across as eerie or even a little creepy. I like that you're giving filters a try for black and white conversion even though so many people say it only makes sense to set color values in processing.

Registered on September 4, 2006, 237 Posts, 4748 Comments