black & white Sunset Mount Whitney (View Larger)

Lion, This shot really got me. Wonderful detail thru out the photographs and your tonal ranges are absolutely fantastic! Mt. Whitney awashed in light and those clouds!! Just made my favorites as well it should...Lefty

I took this image with a 4X5 camera using Tri-X film.I waited for the

sun to be covered by the clouds and exposed my negative with a dark

yellow filter in place. The setting sun was very bright in the sky and

foreground was completely in the shade. To contain the range of values

that existed on this negative I used compensating development. With a

very dilute solution of developer and limited agitation the developer

was quickly used up in high valued areas allowing the low values to

continue developing. Even with this development technique the negative

is still a hard one to print. Then along came Photoshop and by using

two different layers with one developed for the sky and the other for

the foreground, I was able to blend the two together and produced this

image.

This is somewhat like a recalcitrant child to me. You know that you love 'em deep down, but it takes some time to actually put your finger on the real reason why. Well, anyway... This photograph is compositionally quite superb. The FG boulders neatly frame and guide the eye deep into the image straight to Mount Whitney. Excellent exposure, with the full range of tones from white to black. Super post-processing, and the Ektalure cream toning is the capper. Nicely seen, captured, and processed, Leo. Cheers! Chris

Impressive image and technique! I can't add much to that already said about the composition and tone which are both outstanding, but I think you've done an excellent job of capturing the grandure and rugged beauty of this scene. Congratulations, - Jerry