Topic: Above Buttermere (Read 3477 times)

Chairman Bill · « **on:** August 07, 2009, 06:22:38 am »

Taken on a walk in the English Lake District.

wolfnowl · « **Reply #1 on:** August 07, 2009, 12:14:07 pm »

Great light!

Mike.

RSL · « **Reply #2 on:** August 07, 2009, 12:30:13 pm »

Mike's right. The light is unusually good.

Eric Myrvaagnes · « **Reply #3 on:** August 07, 2009, 01:19:25 pm »

JeffKohn · « **Reply #4 on:** August 07, 2009, 01:28:17 pm »

Echoing the others, the mix of light and shadow is what makes this shot. There's also a slightly ominous mood created by the way the clouds are looming overhead. I bet this would also be effective as a B&W image.

Chairman Bill · « **Reply #5 on:** August 07, 2009, 02:58:50 pm »

As suggested, here's a B&W version
[attachment=15875:Above_Bu...mere_B_W.jpg]

Edit: BTW, thanks for the positive comments. It took some tweaking in Aperture 2 to get the light areas to stand out a bit more than they otherwise did. I'm not sure I've matched this quality of light in the monochrome though.

pete_truman · « **Reply #6 on:** August 07, 2009, 05:03:19 pm »

Personally prefer the colour version - great light and shadow. A grand walk, one I haven't done for years. Last time I was at that spot I was inside one of those clouds!

Chairman Bill · « **Reply #7 on:** August 07, 2009, 05:18:35 pm »

Pete
We'd just spent a week in Skye, Assynt & Glencoe, constantly walking in cloud, then stopped off in Buttermere on the way home. Sunday morning and a scramble up Deadsheep Buttress, then along to Red Pike before finishing the journey, and the cloud was well clear of the tops. Though hail was falling on Fleetwith Pike, Haystacks & Pillar, we were always in the clear!
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John R · « **Reply #8 on:** August 07, 2009, 09:14:25 pm »

I like both shots. But I confess to not liking the BW version, as it takes too much away from the glory of the colour and all its variations.

JMR

RSL · « **Reply #9 on:** August 07, 2009, 09:51:56 pm »

Quote from: John R

I like both shots. But I confess to not liking the BW version, as it takes too much away from the glory of the colour and all its variations.

JMR

I'm with John. I love B&W but the color belongs in this one.

shutterpup · « **Reply #10 on:** August 07, 2009, 10:09:24 pm »

Not every photo translates well to black and white; this is one that does not. I much prefer the color. I think what bothers me with the B/W is the diagonal of light down the hill doesn't translate well. Makes me wonder how Ansel(or any of the photographers who had only B/W available to them)would have handled it.

jasonrandolph · « **Reply #11 on:** August 07, 2009, 10:12:12 pm »

I think I prefer the B&W, but both are winners to me. Amazing place.

francois · « **Reply #12 on:** August 08, 2009, 07:13:12 am »

I have a preference for the color version. I'd say that the B/W looks also great. If I had not seen the color version, I would think that it's the open "mouth" of a volcano.

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