Well if this thread encourages you to dabble in mono, that has to be a positive thing. Nice image by the way. Gary
Not a easy shot with the high contrast in the image, especially in the upper left hand corner and the highlight on the footpath. I had a play with it in photoshop with no success.
The joys of of taking an image in the forest, lots of light and dark areas. I liked the sweeping walkway. Gary
Is this a place you go to regular?, i'd love to see this with a wider lens. reason i think that, the lack of natural peripheral data draws me to the fact there is nothing there. if there was the wider view the image as seen here would draw you in just as much. As it stands its a great image and well composed for its intended look, good choice for black and white as the colours would allow the eyes to wander.
Thought hard if the color version lends itself for b&w conversion (https://www.flickr.com/photos/146049080@N06/50258433962/in/album-72157714716508411/.). This is a desert scene with the mountain as backdrop. Peering closely, you can notice three guys sitting on a grassy patch (left bottom of the image) enjoying the view.
on a smaller scale i have taken b/w photos but lit under different colour lights, red green blue etc to see different coloured objects stand out or disappear.
No, this was the first time here. But there is a strong chance of going back here as it is a nice place to go to. I don't own any super wide lenses in EF or R mount at this moment in time. Don't laugh, but it was taken with my widest lens, that being a 40mm lens. I have my eye out for a wide angle lens. Thanks for the comments. Gary
A bit like the olden days when you loaded up a camera with black & white film, and then attached different coloured filters to the lens for the same effect. Gary
I think the black and white image has worked out very well, Sundar. It did take a while to find the three men but when I found them it showed the scale of the background. Another excellent image
This image was taken as a trial of high speed flash with my new-to-me 430EX flash. I set the flash to HS and my EOS 20D to Manual, shutter speed 1/2000 sec, aperture f/14 and ISO 100. Lens was Canon EF-S 18-55mm f3.5-5.6 II IS STM. Without the flash there was no image on the review screen. When the flash was turned on this is what resulted:
That's pretty impressive Ray. The limit of my flash knowledge is set the shutter speed to the flash sync speed, and hope for the best. I have a lot to learn. Gary
Thanks Craig. I read an article in Outdoor photographer (https://www.outdoorphotographer.com/tips-techniques/nature-landscapes/the-bridge-to-black-white/) and was influenced by some tips given there.
This is a shot by Alan Sesheim on black and white 120 film and was taken in the south west of Tasmania. it is not one of my shots but it does show a part of Tasmania I am unable to get too. and would be an excellent shot for people to modify and discuss.
I think the image should be 1 to 2 stop brighter, the snow area appears a bit grey, in the zone system the snow is place in zone 5 and need to be in zone 7
This is really a nice shot Craig. Played a bit with it. Introduced differential contrast between the mountain and vegetation. Changed overall contrast and structural details of whole image using Nik software. Cropped to place the main subject (mountain) at the intersection of a 3x3 grid. Here is how it looks.
