Topic: Snow on Hadrian's Wall (Read 6097 times)

KMRennie · « **on:** January 29, 2015, 04:29:20 pm »

Although it is not really very much it is the first real snow on the wall this winter. I have been playing with different mono conversion techniques and think that I have darkened the snow a bit too much in some cases. All comments welcome especially about compressing the snow tones so that they range from the bright to the very bright.

Ken

Fuji XE-1.

Slobodan Blagojevic · « **Reply #1 on:** January 29, 2015, 04:54:04 pm »

Some lovely and novel compositions in #3 and #4. My pet peeve: gray snow. But you already knew that.

Chairman Bill · « **Reply #2 on:** January 30, 2015, 04:44:24 am »

I struggled with grey snow for some time. The trick is to get it white, without losing the texture detail. Number 3, though I've seen a thousand shots of that tree, is a lovely composition, with some great detail to be brought out as you lighten & whiten that snow.

mbaginy · « **Reply #3 on:** January 30, 2015, 06:38:23 am »

Nice images. My favorite is #4 and I agree with Slobodan about the grey snow.

Number four has some large dust spots immediately above the horizon, to the right of the bush (tree?). Or were those snow flakes?

francois · « **Reply #4 on:** January 30, 2015, 06:59:59 am »

All four are stunning my my favorite is also #4.

sdwilsonsct · « **Reply #5 on:** January 30, 2015, 07:50:17 am »

All good, but 4 is especially engaging.

The gray snow looks realistic to me.

stamper · « **Reply #6 on:** January 30, 2015, 08:40:00 am »

Number 2 for me. I think you can get away with grey snow in a B&W rendering but not so in colour, unless it is in the shade.

Bob_B · « **Reply #7 on:** January 30, 2015, 09:31:41 am »

#4 is my favorite, and as far as gray snow: I live in Baltimore; snow is gray here.

KMRennie · « **Reply #8 on:** January 30, 2015, 12:04:24 pm »

Thanks for the comments, I will look at the dust spots and remove them. I have been back out on the wall today with sunshine and have several hundred new images. The images were processed on my laptop with a completely new, to me, process. I will have another go at them tonight as well as looking at the new images and should post them soon. Ken

KMRennie · « **Reply #9 on:** January 30, 2015, 02:21:24 pm »

2 shots from today, no grey snow. Weather much better today apart from a freezing mist that kept swimming in and out of view. Fuji XE-1 XF 18-55.

Ken

Jeremy Roussak · « **Reply #10 on:** January 30, 2015, 02:33:01 pm »

#3 for me, but I agree with Slobodan about the snow.

Jeremy

stamper · « **Reply #11 on:** January 31, 2015, 03:46:18 am »

The last two are splendid. I couldn't choose one over the other.

Chairman Bill · « **Reply #12 on:** January 31, 2015, 06:17:21 am »

I'm a sucker for good B&W landscapes, and there's a few here. That last one I particularly like.

KMRennie · « **Reply #13 on:** February 04, 2015, 07:31:50 am »

No grey snow at Sycamore gap. I am working on the other images but I have lifted the highlights but hoprfully left some shaping in the image. Any comments
Ken

stamper · « **Reply #14 on:** February 04, 2015, 07:50:17 am »

You are on your way to success here.

muntanela · « **Reply #15 on:** February 04, 2015, 08:34:19 am »

Now the highlights in DSF1551 are clipped (particularly those on the foreground and on the wall). I like them all, I would lighten the DSF1584 (preserving the highlights and the general contrast of the scene) and operate only on the luminance (it is a bit too blue).

KMRennie · « **Reply #16 on:** February 04, 2015, 09:44:57 am »

Buongiorno Muntanela
I agree about the blown highlights and the colour cast, one of the problems of working on a cheap laptop. I am slowly re-working the images on a decent monitor. So another 2.
Ken

sarrasani · « **Reply #17 on:** February 05, 2015, 04:29:13 pm »

great 3d (and first). and generally excellent in composition and b/w rendering.
I like the snow control, without hot/burned zones, and very good also the richness of subtle tones.
well done!
sandro

mbaginy · « **Reply #18 on:** February 09, 2015, 05:25:19 am »

Quote from: KMRennie on February 04, 2015, 09:44:57 am

one of the problems of working on a cheap laptop

My favorite is still the last one (updated).

I agree, that processing on a laptop can be problematic. I usually take my macbook air on trips and begin adjusting images. When I return home, I need to re-adjust all images to a better quality. I've learned to not do final processing on a laptop - though it's a good starting point.

Harald L · « **Reply #19 on:** February 09, 2015, 07:38:24 am »

Quote from: Slobodan Blagojevic on January 29, 2015, 04:54:04 pm

Some lovely and novel compositions in #3 and #4. My pet peeve: gray snow. But you already knew that.

Just out of curiousity and seriously: from which grey-scale value does grey becoming white in your judgement?

Harald

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