Windy Miners Beach

Gallery: LandscapePosted January 29, 2012244 views17 comments

This is a picture I made on a cold and very windy October night on Lake Superior. Miners beach is just east of Munising in Upper MI and if going east it is the beginning of Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore. This was a night when all the other photographers that had been there had all left and I had the place to myself...except for Tom Haxby when he came walking back from a point in the opposite direction after shooting the sunset. This is a b/w conversion of the color version I posted last year.
Thanks to all of you for your comments on my last post!
5D2, 24-105 @45mm, iso 200, f/16, 2.0 sec, and a 3 stop reverse grad.

Comments

17 comments

Comment posted by Nancy Lea Sandy on January 29, 2012 at 5:37 PM

Nice. the motion blur in the grass and water hint at an evening breeze beneath those clouds. Great sense of place in this image. I like the conversion a lot

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Comment posted by David Chauvin on January 29, 2012 at 6:41 PM

Very cool!

Really nice comp and processing of the b&w.

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on January 29, 2012 at 8:57 PM

The b&w conversion is very nice but makes this a completely different image. This version really emphasizes the textures in the tree trunk, waves, and sky. The color version has a very nice sunset capturing much of the attention.

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Comment posted by Vance Gese on January 29, 2012 at 10:48 PM

Excellent composition, Nick. The diagonal of the beach, the snag in the foreground and the nice motion of the water, and the great range of b/w tones really make this work so very well. I can almost feel that biting cold wind.

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on January 29, 2012 at 11:50 PM

This looks great in B&W. Just love the textures all the way through the scene.

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Comment posted by Stan Rose on January 30, 2012 at 1:04 AM

haven't seen the color--but i like the B&W!

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Comment posted by David Edwards on January 30, 2012 at 2:27 AM

A very nice b&w Nick. The fg driftwood is nicely mangled, and together with the windswept grasses and moody sky, create a feeling of isolation and bleakness that suites b&w perfectly. Great job with the conversion... really like this one.

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Comment posted by R.Bill Moser on January 30, 2012 at 12:39 PM

Good black & white conversion. you did a great job processing this one. Excellent comp. Great image

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Comment posted by Michael J Greene, on January 30, 2012 at 12:40 PM

This has a soft, painterly feel to it Nick. The processing looks good and I think it does a good job at conveying a sense of place and mood.

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Comment posted by Hamed Musharbak on January 30, 2012 at 12:51 PM

very nice my friend, your presentation of B&W just awesome

keep going man

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Comment posted by Anil Rao on January 30, 2012 at 2:45 PM

So many interesting elements throughout the frame, all tastefully arranged in your composition. I especially love the foreground detail, which helps place me in the scene. The B&W presentation is really nice, IMO.

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Comment posted by Harley Goldman on January 30, 2012 at 6:26 PM

I haven't seen the color either, but I am very much liking the B&W. Real nice scene and the B&W works really well.

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Comment posted by Michael Lowe on January 30, 2012 at 6:44 PM

Nice shot. The B&W conversion really works and I think adds to the atmosphere. I can almost feel the wind sweeping across the waves anf foreground grasses.

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Comment posted by Paul Gasior on February 2, 2012 at 3:47 PM

Beautiful picture nice comp.

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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on February 2, 2012 at 7:08 PM

Thanks so much for your comments on this. Much appreciated! Nick

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Comment posted by Zack Clothier on February 2, 2012 at 9:27 PM

Wonderful scene Nick, I don't remember seeing the color version so I can't really compare but I do like the b/w treatment here. The diagonals from the foreground up through work really well together!

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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on February 3, 2012 at 8:36 AM

Thank you Zack! Nick

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