Last Gasp RePost & BW

Gallery: LandscapePosted March 28, 2016212 views12 comments

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I finally made a winter photo this year, though technically in spring. This was from this weekend in NH's Pinkham Notch near Mount Washington. A thin layer of rime ice formed as freezing fog blew through at lower elevations, while sun lit upper elevations were much colder but saw none of these conditions.

D810, 16-35, ISO 400 (windy conditions), f13, 1/250th sec.

Comments

12 comments

Comment posted by Dave Dillemuth on March 28, 2016 at 9:22 PM

Gorgeous image. The rime ice is beautiful, especially at the tree tops. Lovely color palette as well. Both comp and processing look great.

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Comment posted by Roel Wijtmans on March 29, 2016 at 11:24 AM

Ah, rime ice like this is the best. Whether it was winter or spring doesn't even matter, this is a great photo!

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Comment posted by Harley Goldman on March 29, 2016 at 5:51 PM

I like the white trees covered in the ice. I like it! This was is calling out B&W to me.

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Comment posted by Albert Darmo on March 29, 2016 at 6:11 PM

Hi Harry

. The ice on the birches makes for a beautiful winter scene. you also captured the light and colors perfectly..

Albert Darmo
Canada

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Comment posted by Wayne Jones on March 29, 2016 at 11:34 PM

Harry, your caught this beautiful scene perfectly, with blue sky for contrast, and just enough of the clouds to hint at the source of the rime ice. Intricate beauty simply portrayed with not only the details, but also graphically interesting vertical and diagonal lines. Well done!

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Comment posted by gary phillips on March 30, 2016 at 4:51 PM

Very nice Harry. I think I agree with Harley that a conversion to b/w could be worth a shot. I like It as presented just fine. Looks crisp and cold.

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Comment posted by David Schoen on March 30, 2016 at 8:09 PM

Rime ice on birches is a perfect combination. Well done

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Comment posted by Vance Gese on March 30, 2016 at 8:29 PM

Beautiful frost covered trees. Love the stately lines of the trees. Your inclusion of the sky works very well in this instance, the blues and clouds adding to mood of the image. The larger version is especially nice.

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Comment posted by Harry Lichtman on March 30, 2016 at 9:59 PM

Here is a BW version as suggested earlier. I had thought that the separation of the lower sections of the image were better with the color version, so that was my original inclination. The sky / tree transitions were going to be well defined, so I knew that portion of the image wasn't going to be a problem. I slightly tinted the highlights yellow and the shadows blue in ACR as done by another NPNer previously - I wish I could remember who to give credit. Hopefully this is subtle and just adds some contrast without actual contrast adjustment. BW conversion in PS.

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Comment posted by Harley Goldman on March 31, 2016 at 10:26 AM

Repost is a winner for me!!!!

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Comment posted by Craig Moreau on March 31, 2016 at 12:01 PM

Beautiful ice-covered trees in this! Personally, I love the color version. The B&W looks like an infra-red photo, which I'm not fond of. I feel like the blues and browns separate the trees from the background, and in the B&W, it becomes more chaotic.

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Comment posted by Jean C Cajolet on April 7, 2016 at 9:11 PM

The ice on trees brings everything interesting especially with a nice composition. Colors and light take big advantage of the light passing through the ice. The B&W version is, for me, too dramatic for this photograph, I prefer the happiness of the color one.Very nice work.

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