Trembling Earth #2

Gallery: LandscapePosted February 12, 2010186 views7 comments

This is in the same area in the Okefenokee as the last, at a slightly different vantage point on Minnie's Lake, shot a few frames after the previous. I decided to attempt a B&W version. It was slightly underexposed, so I brought up the exposure, contrast and shadow/hightlight in CS4, but I'm still unsettled about my processing of the conversion. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.

Olympus E-3, ZD 11-22 @11

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Comment posted by Stan Rose on February 12, 2010 at 7:16 PM

Im kind of unsettled too, Bill

Worth working on though, cause the comp is fabulous, great symmettry and subject! Hard to diagnose without seeing how you arrived here, but just from a cursory look i think the main issue is the tonal range isnt wide enough (too flat). The sky needs to be darker (red channel, maybe??) in relation to the clouds, which seem awefully bright here. I think it will also help if you can get the bg a bit sharper for web presentation--it looks muddied. Compression should not be a big issue in B&W. Keep pluggin!

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on February 12, 2010 at 8:17 PM

Ditto on the great comp with your leading lines. I also agree that more contrast is needed.

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on February 12, 2010 at 11:25 PM

Overall the processing looks good and the comp works too. The reflection is really captivating.

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Comment posted by Wayne Willison on February 13, 2010 at 4:58 PM

I like the comp, but can't help wanting to see it in color.

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Comment posted by Wade Hardy on February 13, 2010 at 9:53 PM

Looks great to me Bill. I like the B&W much better than the color version. the Oke is a special place and you captured it wonderfully. Nice work!

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Comment posted by Eric Good on February 14, 2010 at 6:56 PM

I really enjoy the balance of this composition with the 50/50 split. I like it as presented, but this might be one of those images that could benefit from processing different areas (top and bottom) with a different B&W filter. Nice work!

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Comment posted by Bill Chambers on February 14, 2010 at 6:58 PM

A beautiful shot of a beautiful area, and it looks great in B&W. I'm on an uncalibrated monitor, but the conversion looks good to me.

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