Pole Fence with Idaho Sawtooth Mountains

This Black and White was shot near the Sawtooth mountins. Not a lot

of color here in the winter so I went Black and White.

Excellent Charles! Love that snow covered fence. Gorgeous image, well composed, with excellent detail. You captured the texture of the snow very well. it's easy to blow out the snow in conditions like this. Well done.

All the best,

Neil

The older school of black and white photography, almost always done with large format cameras and a shutter at its smallest aperture to keep everything sharp, foreground to background (f64 et al) is brought to life here, once again, by this photo, regardless of which equipment it was shot with.

If one peruses old texts, travel books, or even photo books, looking at images of mountains and snow, many have the clarity, detail and yes, sparkle, that this image has --- it's really a very, very fine image that anyone from any age could be proud of taking and few could fault except for minor nits (and I can't really spot any of those on first view).

The strong diagonal is classic, even if a bit, well . . . . obvious . . . .but then when was subtlety a strong point in a bold landscape/scenic such as this, especially where the diagonal is covered with just less than a foot of new-fallen snow and zig-zags into the far distance, drawing the viewers eye with it as it recedes toward Idaho's rugged, powder-covered range.

For me, this is a winner, and I'm proud to say so; it could easily fit into a travel brochure for Sun Valley ski resort, if it were nearby, among the best images that have been made of that area..

(for improvement, as if that were necessary or artistically desirable, a red filter (if not used) might have added more texture to the clouds above the mountains -- they appear to be high cirrus, leading clouds of a coming storm front and may be of interest to many viewers. However, that' s an artist's choice matter, as well, as perhaps using a slightly wider (taller) view, to bring in more of the clouds.)

Again that's an artistic suggestion, and in no way is a 'criticism' of this fine photo.

(Not rated; out of rating genre for me, but certainly one of the best of the best, with a strong 'classic' flair.)

John (Crosley)