Badlands...

Gallery: LandscapePosted April 11, 2014341 views4 comments

Badlands NP, South Dakota. Taken last summer. At this moment, the light was fairly flat except for a strip of low level sunlight on the distant hills. It took quite a bit of work in Silver Efex Pro and with Tony Kuyper's luminosity masks to bring out the contrast in the image.

C&C appreciated. Please view LARGE!

Canon 5D3. 24-105 @ 24 mm. ISO 100. f/16. 1/4 sec.

Comments

4 comments

Comment posted by Nancy Lea Sandy on April 11, 2014 at 10:06 PM

You did a great job bringing out the contrast. I think a color version would work nicely with the pale sands of this region and the dark clouds. Nice as is, though

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Comment posted by gary phillips on April 12, 2014 at 11:32 PM

I'm really enjoying the large version, Doug. Excellent textures, layers, and tones. I personally enjoy seeing these iconic places with the color stripped away. Very nice.

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Comment posted by Dan Kearl on April 13, 2014 at 1:01 AM

I really like the way the shapes graduate bottom to top.
Love the lines, the processing, it captures the beauty in B&W.
Nice work....

Registered on September 2, 2013, 209 Posts, 1514 Comments

Comment posted by Paul Breitkreuz on April 14, 2014 at 9:48 AM

Excellent foreboding look here at this remote area, Doug. The lengthy processing and overall B&W treatment just adds to this stark look and feeling to the image. Very nicely done both in the field and post processing too.
I would love to visit this place at some point......

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