Spray Lake, Kananaskis

Gallery: LandscapePosted December 3, 2011316 views17 comments

Here is a shot from the other morning out at Spray Lakes in Kananaskis Country. While the colour version does look decent, I was able to bring the snow out better in the bw version with a bit of dodging and burning. Any comments are appreciated. Sorry this one is little smaller than usual, it's just easier to use the same one posted on my blog!

5d II
17-40
2 stop hard grad

Comments

17 comments

Comment posted by Daniel Rappaport on December 4, 2011 at 12:17 AM

Well composed. The texture and lines of the snow are a good lead in. This one looks made for black and white.

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Comment posted by Lon Overacker on December 4, 2011 at 1:36 AM

Wayne,

I really like this. Great job bringing out the texture and patterns in the snow field with the conversion. I like the wide angle and lower perspective here which is making for a strong composition. For me, to keep the interest in the landscape you might need to crop out the dark top portion of the sky. It's not adding anything and pulls the eye up and away from the rest of the beauty of the snow patterns, clouds and lovely light on the mountain. Otherwise, great work with capturing and presenting this.

Lon

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Comment posted by Navin Sarma on December 4, 2011 at 1:48 AM

wayne, i love this image. the textures in the foreground are really compelling. i wish i could see a larger version so i can gaze out into the distance, though. the detail seems to be outstanding. great job!

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Comment posted by Rick Lundh on December 4, 2011 at 4:48 AM

Love the FG... it really brings the feel of winter to the table!

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Comment posted by R.Bill Moser on December 4, 2011 at 7:41 AM

I really like this a lot. Black & white works really well here. I love the textures and lines in the snow. Great comp, too but it would also work well with the lon's crop suggestions....I thin it would even be an improvment. but otherwise great as is.

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Comment posted by Harley Goldman on December 4, 2011 at 9:11 AM

I really like the perspective. Great detail in the snow. I would also agree with Lon's crop suggestion, but pretty minor. Well done.

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Comment posted by Nancy Lea Sandy on December 4, 2011 at 10:49 AM

Great tonal range, wonderful contrast and the texture and sculpted waves of the snow is terrific. Very, very nice

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Comment posted by Kurt Budliger on December 4, 2011 at 11:00 AM

Beautifully rendered, I'm loving the contrast and range of tones in this. The foreground detail is excellent!

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Comment posted by Monica Siri on December 4, 2011 at 11:10 AM

Beautiful b&w work and beautiful comp, Wayne. Great textures and powerful lines too.

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Comment posted by Doug Koepsel on December 4, 2011 at 11:43 AM

The perspective really enhances the windswept scallops and lines in the snow. Nice work on the foreground. I would agree with Lon about the sky crop.

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on December 4, 2011 at 12:10 PM

Was going to write to maybe crop some of the dark sky, but see that Lon beat me to this. Other than that, I think the B&W version looks great.

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Comment posted by Bruce King on December 4, 2011 at 12:47 PM

I really love great B&W's. Too bad I can't figure out the processing myself. Anyway, this shot has some nice drama and a great fg.

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Comment posted by Wayne Simpson on December 4, 2011 at 4:40 PM

Thanks for all your comments, I will give that crop a try... makes sense to me!

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Comment posted by Phillip Noll on December 4, 2011 at 5:52 PM

Very nice indeed! Love your leading lines in the snow and your B&W treatment is wonderful!

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Comment posted by Mark Metternich on December 4, 2011 at 6:51 PM

just really nice

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Comment posted by Koveh Tavakkol on December 4, 2011 at 10:38 PM

Fantastic textures in the snow! I agree with the crop suggestions above and otherwise this is a strong image.

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Comment posted by Zack Clothier on December 5, 2011 at 12:46 PM

Fantastic b&w conversion, the snow detail is really nice and makes for a great leading line..I would agree with Lon about the slight crop from the top.

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