Mt Hood Black and white

Here's a black and white rendition of a shot I took this last

weekend before I began a grueling snowshoe hike into some seriously

deep snow and steep terrain. There was more dramatics when I

converted this to black and white...I know black and white images

are not always a crowd pleaser, but sometimes they work...so I would

appreciate your thoughts on this one...

I think its wonderful, and who says black and white isn't crowd pleasing? did you notice the portfolio of the month?

 

Is this image heavily cropped from the original shot? It looks like you did some heavy unsharp masking on that mountain, or is it my imagination?

This is not heavily cropped at all...I did do some sharpening...but not that much, to be honest...I'm not seeing the evidence of halos...maybe on the tree to the farthest right?