Stream and Palisade Peaks

comments welcome. thanks for viewing.

Anish, I thought this was absolutely stunning in colour. But, I think the B&W has stolen my heart. The water and your dodging of it seems so wonderful in this and I like how the mountain peaks -- while still a highlight -- are now decidedly the secondary interest behind the stream.

 

Great image.

Hmm . . . now I can't find the colour version. I hope you simply deleted it and I'm not thinking of someone else's work!

Great landscape capture. The light play, the composition and the tone rendering are superb

Thanks for the comments, guys. Ian, I did post then delete the color version. With dodging and burning in B&W, I was able to create the flow and balance I wanted. I couldn't quite get that with the color version, so I chose this one. Thanks again.

 

Anish

Excellent Anish. The composition and tones work really well.

This is really very, very good! Your composition and careful post-processing really leads the eye into this so very nicely; right to the pot-of-gold - the light on the Palisades. Excellent black and white conversion. Nice and contrasty with excellent tones. One of your best images; and its headed into my 'Favorites' right now. Well done, Anish. Cheers! Chris

I think the color version was effective. The only thing lacking for me was something (clouds) of interest in the bald sky. Well, we photogs are cursed on occasion with that emptyness above. When converted to b&w, however, the dark gradient sky becomes a plus somehow. Of course, there is alot more going on here than just a sky. Your discriminating use of dodge and burn has transformed a great subject into something compelling, enchanting and pretty much off-the-charts beautiful. Well done in all aspects Anish!

Anish, another phantasmagoic shot!

 

Cheers,

Aaron

Thank you all for commenting.

 

Anish

Beautifully composed and well processed! Another beauty Anish!

These are beautiful