Trying a mono .

[maranatha]

Hello Paul,
Being and old geezer I still live in the days and techniques of Mr Adams and Mr White.
Prof Paul Hill on the other hand decided to take an alternative view: https://www.onlandscape.co.uk/2019/02/paul-hill/
The photographers he mentions in the text are of interest as well.
Cheers - J

Thanks for the link had a quick look will have a read later

 

[Dino26323]

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Fantastic shot. Love it.

Regards Dino26323

 

[Dino26323]

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This is actually really good because the composition is very powerful strong so it works for me. My HP screen looks really good with loads of BW shots so i have no complaints about the processing. It is fine. The greyness is part of what still makes it work. These things are subjective though and also we may have different views from our screens. Very good shot in my opinion. Woodland shots are not easy to get this good or at least in my experience. ( perhaps my standards are much lower )

Regards Dino26323

 

[Dino26323]

Hello Maranatha,

Many thanks for your permission, I made a couple of Lasso Selections around the triangle at the bottom left and top right. Used the Curves tool to bring up some contrast, Then the Clone tool upon itself using Overlay mode to bring out more contrast in smaller areas. Lastly with another Selection I blurred the distant area a bit.
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Had I been there, I would have used a tripod and made two exposures one for the highlights and one for the shadows and then used a Mask to combine them.

I am well aware that one can do this with a camera setting and then let the camera merge them, sadly what you get is always bland.

Using the Mask you can get what you saw in the image the first time you looked at it. If you have Ps I will gladly do a screencast showing what I did to your image and how to use a mask.

Kind regards - J

YES interesting version. I still prefer the original but others may like your version better. The composition is outstanding to work with.

Regards Dino26323

 

[maranatha]

This is actually really good because the composition is very powerful strong so it works for me. My HP screen looks really good with loads of BW shots so i have no complaints about the processing. It is fine. The greyness is part of what still makes it work. These things are subjective though and also we may have different views from our screens. Very good shot in my opinion. Woodland shots are not easy to get this good or at least in my experience. ( perhaps my standards are much lower )

Regards Dino26323

Thanks Dino for ur feedback and encouragement much appreciated,I’m starting to like playing with mono the effect is catching