Water & Stone #2

Gallery: LandscapePosted October 11, 20179,015 views8 comments

After looking at Lon's black and white of this waterfall, I decided to convert my original color image. Additionally, based upon a suggestion by Igor in his comment on the color version, I cropped the bottom a bit so as to put more emphasis on the rock and falling water. I also did a bit of dodging and burning on the black and white.

Nikon D7100
Nikkor 18-140 @ 75mm
f-16 @ 1/13, ISO 100
TK's v4 actions

Please see the large version. Thank you!

Your thoughts are always appreciated. cool

--P

Comments

8 comments

Comment posted by gary phillips on October 11, 2017 at 11:21 PM

Very nicely done, Preston. This little falls has a wonderful dripping flow and your processing has wrung out the maximum of tonal values. Sweet intimate for sure.

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Comment posted by Dave Dillemuth on October 11, 2017 at 11:34 PM

Very nicely done, Preston. I think the BW rendering is more effective than the color version for this specific image. Your cropping choice/processing look good to me.

Registered on December 10, 2015, 104 Posts, 1112 Comments

Comment posted by Lon Overacker on October 12, 2017 at 3:15 AM

Very nicely done, Preston. (Couldn't resist)

Hey Preston, glad to see that you worked this in b&w. Great call! This came out wonderfully. I agree with both Dave and Gary in there comments. I think the tonal range is excellent and I like the difference in tone in the granite on either side of the cascade. And the shutter speed is still working. ;-)

What my eye is really drawn to is the "dripping" that I think Gary might be referring to, and that is the water coming off the overhang in the lower right of the frame. Very cool.

Processing is excellent and I have no nits or suggestions!

Lon

Registered on November 24, 2006, 521 Posts, 19147 Comments

Comment posted by Jim Zablotny on October 12, 2017 at 7:12 PM

Hi Preston,

This one looks pretty good. Water drips are awesome devil

.........................Jim

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Comment posted by Ed Lowe on October 13, 2017 at 2:53 PM

this is a lovely intimate waterfall scene, Preston. The B&W processing is superb for the wide range of tones and the crop places the emphasis on the water slicing through the rock along with that swirling around the bottom. Great work here.

Ed

Registered on February 7, 2004, 414 Posts, 7115 Comments

Comment posted by Nick Bristol on October 13, 2017 at 3:01 PM

Preston, I too think this looks great in b&w and wonderful processing as well. Besides the tonal range being excellent I really like the textures brought out in the rock. Nice work!

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI.

Registered on February 1, 2004, 752 Posts, 14140 Comments

Comment posted by Anil Rao on October 14, 2017 at 12:17 PM

Hi Preston, this is a lovely scene with great water action that works perfectly with the granite. The B&W treatment has resulted in a nice glow, which adds to the excitement.

Registered on November 15, 2003, 234 Posts, 4923 Comments

Comment posted by Harley Goldman on October 15, 2017 at 10:01 AM

The B&W is totally the ticket for me. It has a lot more impact. Very minor, but I might add some contrast to the water in the pool. You might be able to pull out some higher whites from the lower white tones with a light light mask? I like this a lot.

Registered on November 19, 2003, 586 Posts, 11271 Comments