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Equipment & Techniques => Landscape & Nature Photography => Topic started by: MTGFender on August 23, 2012, 04:30:57 am

Title: Cherry Creek State Park, CO
Post by: MTGFender on August 23, 2012, 04:30:57 am

Hasselblad H3D-II 31 with HCD 35-90mm

Thanks for viewing.
Pramote

Title: Re: Cherry Creek State Park, CO
Post by: francois on August 23, 2012, 06:45:59 am

Splendid! Could also work very well in B/W…

Title: Re: Cherry Creek State Park, CO
Post by: luxborealis on August 23, 2012, 08:28:38 am

There has been a dearth of truly artistic photographs on this forum lately - thank you for changing that!

This is simply beautiful and artistic - rich in detail, tones and colours. I could look at this for a good long time and not become bored.

Nicely done and thanks for sharing.

Title: Re: Cherry Creek State Park, CO
Post by: RobbieV on August 23, 2012, 08:29:33 am

Very nicely composed.

Was a GND filter used? The top of the tree looks quite a bit darker than the bottom/

Title: Re: Cherry Creek State Park, CO
Post by: MTGFender on August 23, 2012, 12:58:42 pm

Thanks very much for your kind words.
I believe I used Lee GND 0.6 (soft).

Title: Re: Cherry Creek State Park, CO
Post by: Jeremy Roussak on August 23, 2012, 02:09:30 pm

Quote from: francois on August 23, 2012, 06:45:59 am

Splendid! Could also work very well in B/W…

Do you think so? For me (a b&w enthusiast), it's the warm orange band of light across the centre of the frame which makes this such an appealing image. That would be lost without colour.

Jeremy

Title: Re: Cherry Creek State Park, CO
Post by: Isaac on August 23, 2012, 06:43:34 pm

Quote from: kikashi on August 23, 2012, 02:09:30 pm

For me (a b&w enthusiast), it's the warm orange band of light across the centre of the frame which makes this such an appealing image. That would be lost without colour.

Yes, we're shown a colour contrast rather than a tonal contrast.

Title: Re: Cherry Creek State Park, CO
Post by: francois on August 24, 2012, 02:50:07 am

Quote from: kikashi on August 23, 2012, 02:09:30 pm

Do you think so? For me (a b&w enthusiast), it's the warm orange band of light across the centre of the frame which makes this such an appealing image. That would be lost without colour.

Jeremy

The warm orange zone with the blue sky is the high point here, I agree. A B&W version would need a different treatment, not a simple conversion to B&W. FWIW, I like the shape of the tree and the rich textures.