Brimstone

Gallery: LandscapePosted July 19, 2014457 views13 comments

An image from Brimstone Canyon in Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. A beautiful place to explore, a challenging place to photograph. This image works fine in color too, but I felt that B&W made it a bit more evocative.

I greatly appreciate all comments and feedback.

Comments

13 comments

Comment posted by Preston Birdwell on July 19, 2014 at 2:17 PM

This rocks, Phil! The textures, shapes and tonality are superb. It's nice to see a B&W slot canyon photograph.

--P

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Comment posted by Pat Sampson on July 19, 2014 at 3:15 PM

Beautiful image Phil. Strong composition and great tones and textures.

pat

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Comment posted by Dan Kearl on July 19, 2014 at 3:28 PM

I also think the B & W treatment is really good.
The textures and spaces are superb.
It gives an even nicer treatment of the light in the canyon.

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Comment posted by Bill Leggett on July 19, 2014 at 4:37 PM

Very imaginative comp, Phil. B&W did this justice.

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Comment posted by Eva McDermott on July 20, 2014 at 9:49 AM

B&W works well here Phil. Excellent tones and textures.

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Comment posted by Joseph Campisi on July 20, 2014 at 6:18 PM

As others have mentioned, the tonality works really well here Phil, and that's what makes this a successful monochrome conversion. And it is nice to see a monochrome from this location!

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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on July 20, 2014 at 6:32 PM

Wonderful b&w image, Phil. The light and shadow looks great here and you have such nice tones overall. The lines, shapes and textures look fantastic!

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

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Comment posted by Kah Kit Yoong on July 21, 2014 at 6:18 AM

I really like how the light is falling on the walls to enhance their structure. Terrific image.

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Comment posted by gary phillips on July 22, 2014 at 1:34 AM

Really sweet b/w, Phil. I think I like slots in monochrome more than color. Such cool texture and light. Beautiful.

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Comment posted by Harry Lichtman on July 22, 2014 at 9:48 PM

BW works very well here. Nice rich black tones. Maybe it's the composition, but what I enjoy most about most sandstone slots is how the eye moves through the canyon. I don't get that sense of flow with this shot - don't think it has anything to do with BW or if it were color. It could be the relatively centrally placed center of the slot

I do like the upper portions more than the lower, maybe because there is more room to see the forms.