Mount Chephren

Wonderful B/W conversion Wayne! I like your composition as well, although, J Rossbach said I may not be the most qualified to make such a comment ...
Nice work!

Matt,
Thanks for your comment... looks like I might have missed a little drama around here!

I love it Wayne. The B&W treatment is superb and brings out the mood pretty well.

very good wayne. i like this throughout. my only minor concern might be the lack of separation between the tree and the BG trees.

I love the composition of this one. The starkness of the tree is great ... and emphasized by the lack of shadow. I agree with Stuart, that some separation between the lone tree, and the bg trees would have added to the shot! Great mood from this photo!

Thanks for your comments guys! I see what you are talking about with the merging of fg tree and bg trees. I'm not sure if there is much I can do about the merging with there being so much fine detail on the needles of the tree... bummer.

Wayne

There's things I definitely like about it. The reflections and contrasts are nice. The mountain and clouds do seem to blend together a bit though and the diffused luminosity (glow) off the mountain seems to make the background a tad soft, but I don't mind much. The tree sure adds a lot of depth and I think having it there, detail or not, adds to the scene. I can certainly see enough separation between foreground tree and background to make it work.

I like the feeling and atmosphere of this image a lot. I like the blurred reflection and how this adds some "glow" effect. That tree: I wonder how I would like the scene without it.. But the fact that it holds no detail is not a problem for me.

That is one ghostly glow there in the background Wayne, really adds some impact here.

Great b&w image. The tones and comp work well for me. Nicely done.

It's a real nice shot! It took me a few minutes to come around to all the things I like about it. The softer, dreamy look to it is real nice. I don't mind the silhouetted trees at all. I think it's easy to get caught up in the "shadow detail" thing. It's not always necessary. I have gone back and reprocessed a good number of images without the extreme shadow recovery technique that I used to apply. I think it ends up looking more natural. But that was me using the shadow/highlite tool too much!

Chris

Tree doesn't bother me. Reflection looks great. Actual mountain feels a bit lacking in contrast, but it's an interesting effect.

Boy, I really didn't catch all the detail going on from the thumbnail. This has a lot of interest. I love the distant trees.

Exceptional image, Wayne. The quality of light is superb and you b/w processing is fabulous. I don't mind the fg tree without detail, it adds a nice contrast to the lighter tones in the rest of the image. I like the glow on the bg mountains. Nice work!

The Fig tree does not bother me. It helps balance the higher key portions of the image. This composition is very nice. The light is superb and the processing is very well done :)