Kluane Magic

This one caught my eye as it popped up under most recent critique submissions.  I like the way my eye is led into the image along the frozen creek and I also like the unusual ice shapes which rhyme fairly closely the shapes of the trees and the mountains.  The image definitely makes me feel the chill of the high mountains.  It is always hard to tell on my monitor, but the B&W treatment looks pretty well done with nice contrast--Silver Efex Pro, by chance?  It would be interesting to know your method of conversion.  Some may say that the creek leads your eye off to the right...but my eye follows the creek to the horizon, then climbs up and left along the mountains, then follows the left side back to the foreground where I spend time examining the weird shapes.  Some may also say there is a slight right tilt to the image, but I'm not sure how you could change that without the trees and mountains looking a bit off.  Overall, well done...and, BTW, hope you were on a bridge for this shot, or your legs surely got a bit cold!

Great work !

/RA

Thanks for the comments. I did use silver fex pro. I simply can't get good enough black and whites without it. I was in a creek when I shot it and nearly froze.

Excellent image - whatever software you used to enxanced it doesn't matter. You have the feel and an eye.

All the best!

A superbly composed B&W Peter! Love that ice in the creek!

All the best,
Neil

I like it, very well done.

Peter, it was well worth the effort and the cold.  We don't often get a perspective and composition like this.  The chunks of broken ice are special, and I like the fact that you were fairly close and put them right in the center to lead our eyes up toward the mountain.  Very nicely done.

Thanks for all the helpful comments and critiques. It is appreciated, especially after standing in a cold creek for 2 hours working on the shot.