Finally got back to imagemaking in the state I reside in. Here's a view looking fairly up in El Cap meadow. Appropriate filtration made the blue sky nearly black and I began to get excited. This image was made digitally.
This interesting. I like the grahic nature of this, and the black creates compelling negative spaces.
I don't know how 'cloning-averse' you are, but I have a suggestion: Clone out the small branches on the left side near the bottom; the ones that point to the right.
I am curious how you filtered this to get the near black sky.
I kind of feel the same about that branch, which was over twice the size before I did the cloning I already did. I may well remove it all. The 'filtering' was done digitally in ACR, probably a heavy dose of the yellow or orange, I can't recall which right now, but it does an amazing job of simulating what the physical filter would do to a BW neg at the time of exposure. I've been getting a bit burned out on shooting the common landscape scenes, styles, and locations that we all do so much of all year long. This was a slight departure, and I did a series of images utilizing motion blur that I'm very excited about, but I don't know if they belong in the 'real' landscape forum. I may post one here soon.
Nice change of pace, Jeffrey. I like the high contrast presentation.
I am guessing you pulled down the blue slider in the B&W conversion to get the black sky?
Posted by Robert Dayton on January 3, 2013 at 7:38 PM
A wondeful B&W rendition, Jeffrey! I like the post processing results.
Great graphic lines. With the snow-covered limbs this is a very creative
winter image.
Posted by Rudy Ruberti on January 15, 2013 at 10:14 PM
Nice b&w image with great contrast. The snow is a nice touch, too.
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5 repliesI don't know how 'cloning-averse' you are, but I have a suggestion: Clone out the small branches on the left side near the bottom; the ones that point to the right.
I am curious how you filtered this to get the near black sky.
Happy New Year, Jeffrey!
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I kind of feel the same about that branch, which was over twice the size before I did the cloning I already did. I may well remove it all. The 'filtering' was done digitally in ACR, probably a heavy dose of the yellow or orange, I can't recall which right now, but it does an amazing job of simulating what the physical filter would do to a BW neg at the time of exposure. I've been getting a bit burned out on shooting the common landscape scenes, styles, and locations that we all do so much of all year long. This was a slight departure, and I did a series of images utilizing motion blur that I'm very excited about, but I don't know if they belong in the 'real' landscape forum. I may post one here soon.
I am guessing you pulled down the blue slider in the B&W conversion to get the black sky?
Great graphic lines. With the snow-covered limbs this is a very creative
winter image.