| camera | Canon EOS 400D DIGITAL |
| exposure mode | shutter priority |
| shutterspeed | 1/200s |
| aperture | f/6.3 |
| sensitivity | ISO100 |
| focal length | 200.0mm |
| resolution | 3888x2316 pixels |
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The valley 2|
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The valley 2
On 16 April 2008 I have blogged this picture http://louis.shutterchance.com/photoblog/The_valley_/ . Aksel commented that I should convert it to b&w and do some dodging and burning on the road to lift it out. Here is there result - so what do you think?
comments (28)
Wow. Interesting configuration of the road and great light and contrasts.
Louis: Thanks cako - I believe Aksel had a great idea to do this conversion.
I like this version quite a lot. Nice work. The twisty road leads the eye through the composition very effectively.
Louis: Thank you Red Pen - Aksel had some vision about this picture.
Wow! You've done a great job.
Louis: It is a new (for me) conversion technique I have read up about. It produces excellent b&w pictures I believe.
I prefer the colour version but this is such an interesting road as the subject. The sharp zigzag looks great in any finish.
Louis: Thank you Mary, yes you would prefer au naturell
The road flows like a river. I think b&w has a much stronger impact. Aksel has a good eye.
Louis: Thanks VZ, Aksel is my good conscience
Is good!
I expect to see a couple of cow-pokes drifting down the trail any minute now...your image takes me back to the days when movies were shown in pairs, and immediately after interval there was a 10 minute episode of a black&white western serial.
Louis: Thanks ray. We had movie houses that worked like that. Some even alternated two or three movies all day, and you paid just once for entry. I also remember the heavy clouds of smoke that hung in move houses then. And you took your sheila there for a squeeze
I like the way you 'enlighted' the road...it surely catches the eye and you follow that road, the coloured version was great, I think this one is stronger, thanks for showing.
Louis: Thanks Astrid - I had to do dodging on the bushes as well, otherwise they would have been just blobs.
I love experiments like this, Louis, seeing the before and after!
Louis: Thanks Ginnie - what do you think of a possible facility on Sc where you can show 2 pictures in comparison and on the same screen?
You did a great conversion job Louis. This one has a much stronger impact! Thanks to Aksel.
Louis: Thanks Richard - Aksel's eye remains good when mine falters
quite different and a quite other, stronger, dreary, desolate atmosphere- the riverlike path seems to be te only way to escape !
Louis: I think you would like to take a nice walk down this path - there is so much to see up close. Thanks Philine.
Yes, the b&w conversion has definitely more punch.
Louis: Yes, friend Aksel has vision, thanks Magnum
And in the middle ... a road ... I love this B&W atmosphere !!! Well done ...
Louis: A road runs through it ... yes, thank you Ann
Great one Louis... I'm trying to decide whether the feeling is hot or cold... it could be both
Louis: The shadow of a mountain has crept halfway through the picture - it could be the reason for the mixed feeling. Thanks minelmio.
good advice great result Louis. mal
Louis: Thank you mal, Aksel is a good adviser.
great how the eye follows the road all the way down or up
Louis: Thanks Chantal
Very nice Louis. Love the fact that the eye is drawn to the road.
Louis: Thanks Scarlet, yes it is a drawcard.
It sure is different Louis
Louis: Thanks vintage, I guess it is
I don't think that this is the road I travelled on from the airport, Louis?
Louis: Correct you are chad. This one is near to Lydenburg.
"The long and winding road, that leads..." Beautiful image. Excellent! I like this one best.
Louis: Thank you martie - it also reminds me of 'A river runs through it'
The road is a definate eye catcher Louis and the conversion works well.
Louis: Thank you Tracy, yes I have excellent advisers.
It's a superbly composed picture Louis, the mono works well too
Louis: Thank you Ellie, I guess by all the comments I received today that I must consider a stipendium for Aksel
As much as the colour version is good and gives a valuable visual explanation of the type of lanscape .. the Bw version goes much much further ...and really sends a tingle through me ... Lovely
richard
Louis: From one of our resident b&w masters - thank you Richard, appreciated in that light.
well good on Askel and good on you Louis great work
Louis: Thanks tim, I will thank Aksel as well but he hasn't been around yet.
As you know I don't as a rule go in for contrived images and Louis I don't actually mean that because that's to strong a way to put it but I do really like this and I love the idea of experimenting with something that's outside of your comfort zone hence my recent PS journey. Oh I have no idea what I'm saying except I like this ok
Louis: Never mind johnny, I get your drift and thank you. I also have a preference for 'out of the camera', but it doesn't mean that I will not dabble around in PS from time to time.
great bw work....
Louis: Thanks for the comment Photosam
Nice B/W, love it.
I'll send you my account number for that stipendium Louis ;D
I think the BW turned out very well - like that I can see some lights in the tree in the right bottom corner - and the road is a beautiful shaped line...wish I was there to take a pic like this one
Louis: OK, send that account number, just don't expect to get rich. You will still have to work over there in sweden.
About the picture, with the first try I did dodging on the road, the trees etc became dark blobs. I zapped the try in the zibi (waste basket) and made a second one where I did dodging on the trees as well. Thanks for your idea.
It has worked
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