The Rocks: Sunset - B&W - Night

[batmura]

A couple of days ago, I drove to Kerpe about 2 hours from where I live to shoot the rocks in Kerpe. I started with a sunset and finished with light painting. Here are three shots.

Colour

Kerpe 1 by batmura, on Flickr

Black & White

Kerpe 2 by batmura, on Flickr

Night

Kerpe 3 by batmura, on Flickr

[Slobodan Blagojevic]

My vote goes to #1. Highlights vs. shadows well balanced. You might want to remove that white halo between the rocks and sky.

[wolfnowl]

My vote goes to #1. Highlights vs. shadows well balanced. You might want to remove that white halo between the rocks and sky.

Yes, I agree.

Mike.

[Fine_Art]

3rd that. Really nice.

[Paulo Bizarro]

I like all of them, but my vote goes for #2. I think the B&W really brings more richness to the rock textures (hey, I am a geologist...).

As for #3, I am not sure about the light painting, seems a bit too harsh. But the colour in the sky came out nice.

[arlon]

Great pictures but the amount of sensor noise in the first pic really surprises me. I know my D700 has a lot of sensor noise at longer shutter speeds and I have to use in camera noise reduction to get rid of it. I find all the red and green dots distracting in the full size image, no problem on the smaller image. SUch a pretty place..

[Eric Myrvaagnes]

#3 bothers me a bit, but #1 and #2 are both quite fine. I think I prefer the B&W, slightly.

[Bullfrog]

I like 1 and 2 - 3 is overly saturated for my eyes. 

[Matt Tilghman]

Very nice!  Also vote for #1