brucewells wrote:
I would truly appreciate your critique of the following image. I've been intrigued by B&W and have set my hand at it. I know there are many of you who have done this work and know much more about it than I, and in that vein, I'm asking if I'm "getting it" and going the right direction with it. All comments appreciated.
This scene was taken near Norton, VA, along Hwy 23 a couple years ago.
Thank you in advance!!
I would go a little farther than Linda with a graduated filter applied (Lightroom) from the bottom right to parallel the ridgeline. Opening shadows and adjusting exposure will reveal hidden details.
The same but with a radial filter on the distant mountains and apply a DeHaze filter to make it a distant focal point.
With B&W, really Greyscale, conversions, you should balance tonality across the image. It is even more critical when you convert from color.