Bandlands and Bighorns
Dec 11, 2013 12:15:39 #
Took a photo trip to the Wyoming Bighorns last year. Made a detour thru the S. Dakota Badlands on the way and took a few pictures there also. Below are two from the Badlands and one from the Bighorns. Was lucky enough to catch a minute or two of alpenglow in the Badlands at sundown.
Badlands Ridge
Badlands Alpenglow
Bighorns b&w
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Dec 11, 2013 15:22:35 #
Photog8 wrote:
Nicely done...did you layer out the sky in the B&W? ;-)
Thanks for the comment. These are sort of a half HDR process in which I combine the standard HDR exposures into a 32 bit image, then edit the 32 bit file using ACR and Photoshop rather than Photomatix. If I plan to do a b&w conversion, then I increase the saturation a bit then use either the Photoshop conversion (my favorite at this time) or NIK Silver Effects Pro, or a combination of both. For some reason, the current Silver Effects does not seem to work as well as it did pre-Google. This particular image had a nice blue sky which was very easy to darken in Photoshop.
Dec 11, 2013 15:25:57 #
John Lawrence wrote:
Great shots. Number three reminds me of Ansel Adams.
John
John
Thanks for the nice compliment John. Maybe I need to show a couple of my Rancho de Taos images ;-).
Jack
Dec 11, 2013 17:24:03 #
jackm1943 wrote:
Took a photo trip to the Wyoming Bighorns last year. Made a detour thru the S. Dakota Badlands on the way and took a few pictures there also. Below are two from the Badlands and one from the Bighorns. Was lucky enough to catch a minute or two of alpenglow in the Badlands at sundown.
Very nice photos. :thumbup:
Dec 11, 2013 17:46:16 #
Nice set. :thumbup: I was thinking sheep but what do I know still learning at 64.
Dec 11, 2013 18:33:13 #
RedArrow wrote:
Nice set. :thumbup: I was thinking sheep but what do I know still learning at 64.
Thanks RedArrow. Ha. No, it's the Bighorn Mtns, NE Wyoming. Never saw a single sheep during my five days there tho, not sure how they got the name.
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Dec 11, 2013 21:58:07 #
jeanbug35 wrote:
Could we see the last one in color? Like it a lot.
Hi Jean, Thanks for the comment. This is a color version. I think it's kind of blah but it's the best I could do. It may be oversaturated a bit because I typically do that before converting to b&w.
Jack
Wyoming Bighorns in color
Dec 11, 2013 22:17:15 #
Would taking this photo in monochrome with a blue filter in camera give a similar result? I've darkened a sky that way but I know most photographers would rather take it in color then convert. I'm just curious about whether in this situation it would give the same result. I love the photos by the way. All are gorgeous.
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