Bryce Canyon View

Great capture of a beautiful winter scene.

any comments or suggestions? color version in the folder...

What a wonderful picture. I got so lost in the textures and tones that it took me a while to realize that I was looking at snow!

Very nice image.

The subtle tones in te snow are particclarly good and the little pine thingy looks great as before.

Good composition and beautifully exposed.....

 

 

Happy new year and best of luck for 2005.... Kindest regards.

Very aesthetic motif, compositionwise nothing to improve. I looked at the histogram because I think it is a bit soft, played with levels and curves and tried not to touch the subtle tones in the snow.

Thank you Gaetan, John, Colin, Zafar, and Carsten for the feedback! I haven't much practice with B&W conversion. Carsten, the changes you made do render a stronger image... thank you for taking the time to work with it.

Becky, you always manage to get the depth of field so right: from the snow crystals in the foreground to the distant rocks. Enjoyable image.

VERY nice! You're going to print and frame this one, yes?

Thanks Neil, it is really the Coolpix... I just stop it down and clamp it into the ground pod. It still feels like a toy when taking pictures compared to my film SLRs. This was through a polarizer using the matrix metering + exposure compensation for the snow. Glad you like it!

 

Christopher, thank you! I think I should have someone print it for me as my prints are consistantly poor... but yes ;) thanks!

I love all of the images in this folder, Becky ... but this one is superb. Now, as I contemplate hitting the southwest and Grand Canyon (etc.), I need to also add to my list taking lots of B&W images. The textures that you can get are amazing. Great work!!!! Warm regards!

Thank you Lou Ann! I think the most interesting views at Bryce are from the trails so dont forget your boots when you go...

Ahh! Exposure compensation for the snow, that's the secret! A lot of my snow photographs turn out looking like an 18% gray card; I need to compensate. This monochrome conversion version (with Carsten's tweak) is stronger than the color version. For me, the composition is more apparent. Regards.

Great composition. Like the way you have used the large mound of snow with the pine poking out to settle the background down, so it's not to busy. The adjusted versions, including the colour one are also very good. Cheers Nova :)

Becky, I have had a lot of success printing b&w prints at www.mpix.com

 

They use a "true" b&w paper that allows great tonal range. Inexpensive, and they ship very, very quickly. Just upload the picture there, easy as pie.

Hi Walter. I didn't think I could teach you anything about taking snow pictures . ;) So that is great! now I'm wondering if it is ethical to replace my post with Carsten's version, would destroy the context...

Thanks Nova, glad you stopped by my folder! I was looking for this shot all the way along the trail so it was really easy to compose...

Christopher, great you gave me a lead on the printing. I think I will give it a go, thanks!

I'm with the above Becky, really nice!

Bryce in B&W. . . this is a wonderful image. . . great work with the foreground, nice texture in the snow . . the total composition comes together very nicely.

Thanks Jos!

 

Thank you Donna. Glad you like it!

 

 

I had this printed 16x20 in the "true b&w" process of mpix.com and it is the biggest view I have ever had of any of my pictures. The print is fabulous and I am delighted... I think I will order some more hehehe... Thanks Christopher for the recommendation!