landscapes Waterfall in the mountain

Waterfall in the mountains in western Norway

I am now learing B/W a bit more so take that with a big ol' grain of salt....

 

I find this B/W to contain 3 predominant tones in gray scale - the clouds/waterfall, the sky, and the rocks - would like to see more detail, tones, and contrast in the rocks as currently it appears a bit dark/dull primarily. Just my humble newB opinion though! Take Care.

 

PS - my work monitor is a bit dull, so that may be an issue too - I will recheck it at home as well.

thanks for the comment and opinion.

All the best to you --willy--

Hey Willy - Got home and looked again - definately my monitor is darker at work - dont know why I even bother...I wanted to plunk around with your photo and I just did so - see if you like my edit perhaps....

thanks for your tip and time..its highly appreciated. I like your version and i could use the recepy for which handles you used :) anyway thanks a lot for your help.

--willy--

I primiarily use capture NX2 for most of my editing, although I plan to start dabbling more into PS - I just got PS elements....

 

I did two basic things here - I used control points to select out the ground - raised the brightness of the area and then boosted constrast. I then used a couple control points in the sky to bring down the brightness of the sky and boosted contrast there slightly - I actually forgot to add a bit of sharpening, which I think it could have used a touch in the end. That is really it - nothing spectacular. I am just starting to learn B/W processing so keep that in mind - but I rather enjoy it! Take care!

In looking at it again, I think I could have used a bit less contrast in the rocks/ground, but it was simply to give you an idea - food for thought.