Glacier National Park: This was taken on a breezy day as you can see from the chop on Two Medicine Lake in Glacier National Park. It took an hour or so to drive to this part of the...

wds0410 Loc: Nunya

This was taken on a breezy day as you can see from the chop on Two Medicine Lake in Glacier National Park. It took an hour or so to drive to this part of the park from Many Glacier area. The breeze actually was welcomed as it cleared away the smoke from forrest fires that were burning in the Lake McDonald area of the park in the first part of September, 2018. The scene lent itself to black and white interpretation.

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lrn2bgd Loc: Ct.

Nicely done.

GreyOwl40 Loc: Quebec City

I really like this photo, especially in DL, and it does lend itself to B&W! If I can make one small suggestion, it would be to change the white balance and/or increase the brightness. This would give the whole image a bit more tonal range/contrast.

UTMike Loc: South Jordan, UT

Well done!

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

Bmac Loc: Long Island, NY

This photograph is outstanding.

Linda From Maine Loc: Yakima, Washington

Very engaging. The choppy water gives me a chill. I appreciate that you didn't enhance the clouds; they are nicely muted so they don't overpower the rest. Having said that, I could see value in a bit more light on the driftwood, though not really needed - and maybe your computer version is brighter than what UHH shows anyway.

Thoughtfully composed, beautifully edited.

photophile Loc: Lakewood, Ohio, USA

wds0410 wrote:

This was taken on a breezy day as you can see from the chop on Two Medicine Lake in Glacier National Park. It took an hour or so to drive to this part of the park from Many Glacier area. The breeze actually was welcomed as it cleared away the smoke from forrest fires that were burning in the Lake McDonald area of the park in the first part of September, 2018. The scene lent itself to black and white interpretation.

Well done.

larryepage Loc: North Texas area

wds0410 wrote:

This was taken on a breezy day as you can see from the chop on Two Medicine Lake in Glacier National Park. It took an hour or so to drive to this part of the park from Many Glacier area. The breeze actually was welcomed as it cleared away the smoke from forrest fires that were burning in the Lake McDonald area of the park in the first part of September, 2018. The scene lent itself to black and white interpretation.

This is a very nice image. I also would like for the sky and clouds to balance more equally with the tree trunk in the foreground. Not sure how you handled the sky. If you used a polarizer, it would be interesting to see what an orange filter would have done in comparison.

treadwl Loc: South Florida

Very engaging image. I really like the feel of this.

yssirk123 Loc: New Jersey

wds0410 Loc: Nunya

GreyOwl40 wrote:

I really like this photo, especially in DL, and it does lend itself to B&W! If I can make one small suggestion, it would be to change the white balance and/or increase the brightness. This would give the whole image a bit more tonal range/contrast.

Thanks for the feedback. I did bump up the contrast when I processed the image. I'm wondering if this is a monitor vs monitor issue as on my Apple Macbook the range looks ok although there is no pure white anywhere but the histogram is has values across the whole range.

wds0410 Loc: Nunya

UTMike wrote:

Well done!

Thanks.

wds0410 Loc: Nunya

Bmac wrote:

This photograph is outstanding.

Thanks very much.

wds0410 Loc: Nunya

Linda From Maine wrote:

Very engaging. The choppy water gives me a chill. I appreciate that you didn't enhance the clouds; they are nicely muted so they don't overpower the rest. Having said that, I could see value in a bit more light on the driftwood, though not really needed - and maybe your computer version is brighter than what UHH shows anyway.

Thoughtfully composed, beautifully edited.

I did quite a lot of dodging on that piece of driftwood for contrast purposes. I actually thought I might have pushed it too far. I too agree that the monitor has a big impact on the image.