pavel_l. Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 Thank you for your thoughts. 6 "... Our perception of the world is a fantasy that coincides with reality." Chris Frith. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikemorrell Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 I can only view this photo on a mobile phone but I've seen many similar photos in the past. So although it might be a great photo, the format is not original. What IMHO disguishes other similar photos from this one is color. B/W is useful for many scenes but IMHO not for this one 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaellinder Posted August 20, 2022 Share Posted August 20, 2022 Thank you for your thoughts. [ATTACH=full]1436864[/ATTACH] Pavel.I suggest that you take a look at some of the work of Marcus Uzilevsky (a painter and printmaker). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaellinder Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 Pavel.I suggest that you take a look at some of the work of Marcus Uzilevsky (a painter and printmaker). Pavel, Uzilevsky's use of tonality is why I suggested you look at his work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supriyo Posted August 22, 2022 Share Posted August 22, 2022 I feel a sense of calm and serenity, but also feel a sense of restlessness and dynamism beneath the ripples of the mountain peaks. Its as if, they are ocean waves that are frozen by strange forces of nature. Love the fact that BW processing has brought out the different shades of grey fading over distance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pavel_l. Posted August 23, 2022 Author Share Posted August 23, 2022 I can only view this photo on a mobile phone but I've seen many similar photos in the past. So although it might be a great photo, the format is not original. What IMHO disguishes other similar photos from this one is color. B/W is useful for many scenes but IMHO not for this one Thank you Mike. I was trying to capture the morning fog, there were no much color on the ground in the dusk. Cheers. Pavel, Uzilevsky's use of tonality is why I suggested you look at his work. [ATTACH=full]1437109[/ATTACH] Thank you Michael. Yes, tonality will enrich the photo, but my limitation in compare to Uzilevski were b&w and dusk before sunrise. My inspiration came from Nicholas Roerich. Cheers. I feel a sense of calm and serenity, but also feel a sense of restlessness and dynamism beneath the ripples of the mountain peaks. Its as if, they are ocean waves that are frozen by strange forces of nature. Love the fact that BW processing has brought out the different shades of grey fading over distance. Thank you Supriyo. Cheers. "... Our perception of the world is a fantasy that coincides with reality." Chris Frith. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcstep Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 I love this type of mountain shot, in B&W or color. I love the layers. My only disappointment here is the lack of any detail in the front layer, which seems under exposed to me, with no gradients. It's a large part of the image, with little or no interest for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pavel_l. Posted August 31, 2022 Author Share Posted August 31, 2022 I love this type of mountain shot, in B&W or color. I love the layers. My only disaointment here is the lack of any detail in the front layer, which seems under exposed to me, with no gradients. It's a large part of the image, with little or no interest for me. Thank you dcstep. "... Our perception of the world is a fantasy that coincides with reality." Chris Frith. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jc1305us Posted September 4, 2022 Share Posted September 4, 2022 The black and white is fantastic! Love this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pavel_l. Posted September 9, 2022 Author Share Posted September 9, 2022 The black and white is fantastic! Love this. Thank you jc1305us. "... Our perception of the world is a fantasy that coincides with reality." Chris Frith. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricochetrider Posted September 19, 2022 Share Posted September 19, 2022 I like this photo. The varying tones and shades of grays & blacks have a very serene feel to them, even in their intensity. I kinda of agree with @dcstep ’s assessment on the foreground - although on the other hand I feel it’s a positive attribute that grounds or anchors the photo, as the eye is lead into the ether of the mid ground and far distance. Pity the sky wasn’t clear that morning, but the clouds don’t kill it for me. Perhaps a bit of a crop would help? Reduce the dark foreground and also a bit of the sky? In any case tho, the above two points are pretty much just me nit picking- it’s really a lovely photo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcstep Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 ... Pity the sky wasn’t clear that morning, but the clouds don’t kill it for me. Perhaps a bit of a crop would help? Reduce the dark foreground and also a bit of the sky? .... Interesting how we all differ in our preferences. I think that the clouds are an essential element of this excellent image. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pavel_l. Posted September 28, 2022 Author Share Posted September 28, 2022 I like this photo. The varying tones and shades of grays & blacks have a very serene feel to them, even in their intensity. I kinda of agree with @dcstep ’s assessment on the foreground - although on the other hand I feel it’s a positive attribute that grounds or anchors the photo, as the eye is lead into the ether of the mid ground and far distance. Pity the sky wasn’t clear that morning, but the clouds don’t kill it for me. Perhaps a bit of a crop would help? Reduce the dark foreground and also a bit of the sky? In any case tho, the above two points are pretty much just me nit picking- it’s really a lovely photo. Thank you Ricochetrider. I see the possible presentation of two points of view. Bold, concentrated the second of third parts of FOV and more extended (more decorative) multi-focal version. I agree there is too much of negative space in the bottom. Cheers. . I like the photo. The mountain range is nicely done. The sky is a little bright, perhaps some natural density in post processing could help or cropping just above the clouds. Nice work. Thank you Marc. This is the east view on mountains, the sun is at left border of photo. Cheers. "... Our perception of the world is a fantasy that coincides with reality." Chris Frith. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael_tabor Posted October 14, 2022 Share Posted October 14, 2022 (edited) I love your layers with the classic B/W distant mountain look. It could benefit with a bit more contrast range, as it's a little grayish. Edited October 18, 2022 by michael_tabor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pavel_l. Posted October 20, 2022 Author Share Posted October 20, 2022 On 10/14/2022 at 6:27 PM, michael_tabor said: I love your layers with the classic B/W distant mountain look. It could benefit with a bit more contrast range, as it's a little grayish. Thank you Michael, I tried to increase the contrast, by doing this I was loosing the mountain fog which I would like to preserve as much as possible. "... Our perception of the world is a fantasy that coincides with reality." Chris Frith. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael_tabor Posted October 21, 2022 Share Posted October 21, 2022 (edited) 23 hours ago, pavel_l. said: Thank you Michael, I tried to increase the contrast, by doing this I was loosing the mountain fog which I would like to preserve as much as possible. Yes, that's a hard call to make to keep both. I only have elementary editing software myself so I'm no help in keeping fog and raising the dynamic range to include pure whites to blackest of blacks. I just keep working multiple versions and choose the best one. This is a little better from a quick reworking of your print that I came up with. You'd have more control from the original file, and you may still not like this version. Edited October 21, 2022 by michael_tabor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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