This is probably the last of my recent shoot from the Snoqualmie Pass summit. I’ve been looking at Ansel Adams work lately and experimenting with bold black and white for myself and the presets that I make for Lightroom users. I don’t usually do a lot of B&W, but I’m finding it can be really compelling. When color is taken away, many distractions go with it. The monochromatic world becomes one of lines, shapes and textures that the eye can dance endlessly through.
I’ve spent the better part of the last two hours doing subtle tweaks to this. The general B&W tone was fairly simple, mainly in LR, but to refine it I did a lot of cropping and cleanup and even more burning and dodging. I’m a huge proponent of well used burn and dodge to control the focus of a scene and as a recent fan of Ansel I see that he was too. It was juts a lot harder in his day. I have no doubt that is Ansel was alive today who would love digital. Click the image for a larger view… Gav
this is absolutely beautiful.
what a great shot alone, and excellent processing! love it!
Stunning!!