The Dawn of Winter

Oregon's Mount Jefferson emerges from after the Winter's first heavy

snows. Captured back on September 18th. Thanks for your comments.

I love how I am drawn into the image by all the various elements and textures. The blue tones very much enhance this fine capture ! john

I think it's just wonderful!

hi marc !!!!

I like this shot so much , may be becouse I am snow freak ,too .

but I like to know what's The difference between the original and the Post Proccessed one .

regards

You can see the color version posted here:

 

http://www.naturephotographers.net/imagecritique/ic.cgi?a=vp&pr=93628&CGISESSID=520262c4332796440bc89dca7c7445dc&u=27908

 

Using the blue channel in my B&W conversion really brings out the sky.

well done Marc!!! 6/6

regards! Bruno

this is just superb Mark I love the composition you could not have positiond the clouds any better, very well done.

 

Rich.

It looks like a path to heaven. Beautiful. Becky

Great textures. The two snow covered rocks really dirct me toward the peak. While I like the snow and shadows, there seems to be a little too much snow at the bottom of the frame that lacks the wavy gravy of the side. Maybe a tighter crop? I realize that you can't have one without the other. Maybe a slight change in camera position- but I bet you covered all of the possible angles. Thanks for taking me into the wilds.

 

Harry

Stunning catch, high quality to admire.

//Roger

Nice conversion here. The exploding clouds around the mountain add a level of uniqueness that is present in most of your shots. BTW, congrats on getting the cover of Popular Photography again!!

I love B&W landscapes, and yours are absolutely amazing. Can't find the words.

Another wonderfull image in your portfolio, Marc. I love the purity of the snow and the mountain, emerging from the clouds. A great great composition!

Here in France, winter will come back for one week before the spring... I hope seeing such quantities of snow!

 

Regards

Xavier

I love the mountain bursting from the clouds. The foreground is distracting with the 2 snow peaks. The snow detail does not add to the shot which is all about the mountain. The eye needs not waste time in the non aesthetic foreground. I think you definitely need to crop at the midline and go horizontal for the real deal.

The BW is stunning. Color looks weak.

One more of your unique landscapes.

Glorious presentation of the imposing summit.

The texture and the tones of the snow are perfectly written.

 

It doesn't get any better than this. Marc, you are right up there with Ansel Adams in my book--and you go way out into the wilderness to get many of your shots, which makes you even better, in my opinion.

 

--Lannie

absolutely fantastic marc.

As usual, you have knocked it out of the park. I'd give it a 7/7, but I know you don't care about numerical ratings, so I won't bother. Besides, a "7" just doesn't seem right for an image such as this. This sucker should be a "10" or something, lolz. :D Peace.

Espectacular disfrute visual!

Como el blanco puede dotar una fotografia de tantos tonos diferentes y crear una imagen tan viva!!

very powerful and dynamic! an excellent image. i agree with Kory, 7/7 points or more.

This view is spectacular. The whole composition is fanning out from the center, the snow and the clouds, in the center is the mountain top. Very good image. As your many other works.

 

Cheers; Bela

This is one of the best mon's I have seen. Great skill in seeing the image, capture & post processing. I would love to produce mono's of this quality, any pointers?

simply great!

Hello

 

Perfect Image .... and a wonderfull Gallery .... ++++

 

best reguards

Helmut Steidl /AUSTRIA