Yosemite - part 5, grand vistas in B&W

I like the color shot, but the B&W is terrific...how very "Ansel Adams" of you. The first is the best. I love how you even captured the fog up at the top left...Talk about detail...you nailed in on that one!

 

They are beautiful shots. I feel that the first one has an overall greyness to it that would be enhanced by more contrast. The second image is a better conversion and looks more crisp.

 

PhotoDawg likey picy!!!! :lol: :lol: :lol: Good shots!!    

 

I like the use of B&W in the first two. I guess its because of my most recent B&W groove I've been in.

#1)
I think it has a lot of potential. The mountain on the left doesn't look natural, and the transition to the sky is distracting. Did you use shadow/highlight tool on this? I've had similar results that get to be too flat & washed out.

My suggestions - Try the burn tool in PS to darken the mountain a bit. The foreground it perfect, so I'd leave that alone. Just keep working the the sky to mountain transition. It needs to be a bit smoother to look natural.

#2)
The mountains here are much better. Just work on the sky/mountain transition & your set.

#3)
Looks good. You may want to try and increase the contrast in the trees to help bring out some definition & detail. I'd also clone out the guard rail. There is plenty of green there to work with, so it should be fairly easy.

Your series is really starting to shine. I think a little more polishing & they will be ready for printing & sales.

Let me know if you need any help w/ the PS work. I'm more than happy to help.

Dave

 

I'm free all day. Finished my prints last night & this morning, so I'm ready to enjoy the weekend.

If you have the time, we can work this out today or tonight.

Dave

 

In color,




Hi Anand,
I like this one the best. I did little cropping and minor editing on it, hope you didn't mind :wink:




Shahed

 

Two quick version of the first image you sent. I was mainly concentrating on the sky & mountain range. I sent you a long bloated email w/ the workflow and links to files.

My stab @ B&W


My stab @ Color


Dave

 

I liked them as well, but as much as the colored one. I tried to fix it but didn't do good job.
Thanks

 

Are you sure your name doesn't end with ADAM, like Anand Sankaran Adam = ASA = ISO? LOL.

Well done! Beautifully converted. I may send you a profile to test on these b/w shots later.

Henry

 

My 2 tries. Got a little lazy with the masking so ignore the harsh edges & halos. Split it up into 5 layer masks - water, grass & trees, right range, left range & sky. Level and curve individually to balance the exposure & saturation.