Sands in B&W

Gallery: LandscapePosted December 7, 2011129 views8 comments

Am going back to some of my older shots and this is one of my favorites from White Sands. I posted a color version of this earlier, but tried it in B&W this time around. Used Nik Silver Efex2 for the conversion. I wish I were there right now. One of my favorite places to photograph.

C&C Welcomed.

Comments

8 comments

Comment posted by Barry Vangrov on December 7, 2011 at 4:42 PM

This works well in B&W. I'd crop just a bit of the blank sky off the top and bring down the highlights on the sunlit sand at top right to try to bring back some detail. Nicely done.

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Comment posted by David Edwards on December 8, 2011 at 5:15 AM

Love this in b&w, Tom. The fg sand patterns are fabulous. I could see a graduated darkening towards the bg of the image to keep focus on that wonderful fg pattern. Beautiful work.

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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on December 8, 2011 at 8:42 AM

I really like this in b/w Tom. I think the patterns, light and shadow in the foreground sand look great in contrast with the background. Your comp works well for me too!

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

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Comment posted by R.Bill Moser on December 8, 2011 at 2:16 PM

Works well in b&w. I like the patterns in the foreground.

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Comment posted by Bill Chambers on December 8, 2011 at 6:04 PM

Very nice Tom. Excellent choice for B&W. Composition looks great to me - I wouldn't change a thing.

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Comment posted by Lon Overacker on December 8, 2011 at 7:37 PM

Excellent White Sands landscape image Tom. Even though this is displayed against a pure white browser window, this still presents itself and being very white. So I like the overall bright tone here very much. This also gives a big sense of vastness. I like this very much.

Lon

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Comment posted by Jean Day on December 8, 2011 at 8:37 PM

Nice conversion and simplicity of this image. The shadowed foreground patterns make a nice lead to the smoothness of the background.

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Comment posted by Vance Gese on December 8, 2011 at 11:04 PM

Beautiful tones and textures. Nicely done.

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