Just a few miles south of Wilbur Washington heading to Odessa. Out in the middle of nowhere. Ken

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Beautiful wide open spaces near Wilbur, Washington. Not quite God's country, but close to it. Ken

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This was another pretty, but uninspiring shot in Arizona near Oatman along Rt.66. Post work was with Luminar and Photoshop Elements. Lots of adjustments with brightness, contrast, and dodging & burning throughout the photo for localized contrast. The boring blue sky was enhanced with clouds added.

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Thank you all for the nice comments.

Ken

Thank you!

I shot this colorful rock face two years ago and didn't think much of it, ever after converting to black & white. However, all along I knew there was something more to be brought out. However, after putzing with it using the Nik Silver Efex plugin, I think I nailed it with a rather nice range of tones. But to be honest, the original photo had a boring clear blue sky. So, I applied a sky from Luminar 4 and converted it to black & white too. Ken

Dang, only now do I see the speed limit sign near the bottom left. I'll get rid of that.

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An observation: the burnt edges don't work for me in the sky area, particularly on the right side, because it looks more like a streak (mistake). The rest is fine [/quote]

Ok. Thank you for the observation! Thanks 🙂

This is a newer rendition of this church that was submitted ages ago. The previous photo, from a different angle had a simple, boring, blue sky and was converted to black & white. This photo is a composite, having some clouds inserted from the collection in Luminar. Adjustments to the photo were the usual brightness and contrast for the most part, plus a mild selenium tone. The burnt edges were from the Nik Silver Efex and lightening of the gravel road. For those who practice zone exposure, the whites fall into zone 8 & 9 while the dark portions fall into zone 1 & 2. Comments are welcome. Good, bad, or otherwise. Ken

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This would be across the road from Narada Falls if memory serves me correctly. Thanks for the nice comment.

Why? They look just fine on my pc and print.

I forget the name of the small falls. It may not have even had one, but I found it rather pleasing to the eye. The post work was once again done with PS Elements and Nik Silver Efex, plus I added a touch of selenium tone to the pic. For those who follow the zone system of black & white, the highlights fall into zone 8 while the shadows fall into zone 9. (At least according to the zone scale on Silver Efex.) Thanks for viewing. Comments are always welcome. Good, bad, or otherwise. Ken

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When working with Nik Silver Efex, those highlights were resting in zone 9, so yes, there's little to no detail. If I brought them down to zone 8 or lower, I'd have troubles with the shadows. So, I left well enough alone. What would you have done?

As it turned out, it was a lousy day for photography around Mt. Rainier. Total overcast and fog. As such, all the colors were quite muted. Sooo, conversion to black & white was the order of the day, along with a mild sepia tone. Shutter speed and aperture escape me now, but I used a 6 stop ND filter to get the long exposure. Post work involved PS Elements for dodging & burning, and Nik Silver Efex for a mild vignette and sepia tone. My go-to camera was the Panasonic Lumix FZ1000. Comments are always welcome. Good, bad, or otherwise. Ken

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Good point, Rodeo. I don't mind constructive criticism as long as I can benefit from it. It's nice that others can see what I miss or gloss over. Ken