Fort Rock

Comments appreciated, especially on composition.

Excellent b&w landscape. Reminds me of "Errance" a book by the french photographer Raymond Depardon.

Good work!

The placement of the horizon and the road work quite well to augment a sense of lonliness implied by the empty road and blank sky.

 

Nicely done.

Actually, I think I like this one better than the color version.

The B&W version is immensely more expressive than the colour one: I think the latter is too bright to give the message I get here. Here I have shapes which nicely work together to give the harsh landscape below a big sky, and the fence is compositionally very nice in "connecting" the area of the road and the foreground below the rock. When I see this in colour, the contrast between warmth and the blue sky is such to overwhelm the equilibrium of the composition.

Wow, I hadn't even noticed the color version. Perhaps it wasn't yet posted. B&W works much better for me. The color betrays the mood. Also, the single tone helps unify the compositional elements. The color version is a bit too cheerie for the minimalist landscape and the lonely road so elegantly presented monochromatically.

I'm with Laurie - I don't remember there being a mono version, either. My first impression of the former was: "wow, he's really making us work for it, now." My second was: "where's the trademark toned version?" Glad to see it, and see that it works well.

 

cheers,

Aaron

Robert, I'll join the que favouring this B&W version. One reason this stands out above the colour version is because of your presentation, a simple, tasteful, minimal framing choice. Since the only significant difference between the two is colour why does this one simply look better? I think it is because it's reduced to it's graphic essentials of tones, textures, and shapes. I can't explain why but the large mass of bland, boring sky just seems to work better for me without the colour. Just reminds me; I must replace my 2005 Ansel Adams calandar with new one. Best, LM.