Archive 2025 · Monument Valley black and white
p.1 #1Monument Valley black and white
Congratulations to Derek Weston for winning Feature Thread of the Week with 9 votes - View Previous Winners
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May 14, 2025 at 02:08 AM
p.1 #2Monument Valley black and white
Great light, composition, and processing. Very dramatic 
May 14, 2025 at 05:30 AM
p.1 #4Monument Valley black and white
Nice B&W image that captures the raw beauty of this landscape nicely. I was at The Mittens in Oct last year. Great shooting in Northern AZ and up into UT.
May 14, 2025 at 09:14 AM
p.1 #6Monument Valley black and white
Love, love, love the composition on this, and the B/W treatment really works. I would like to see a little more detail in the deep shadows below the image centerline, and a bit more contrast in the sky, but those are minor niggles.
May 14, 2025 at 09:39 AM
p.1 #8Monument Valley black and white
Well done Derek! Another place I would like to visit!
May 14, 2025 at 10:32 AM
p.1 #9Monument Valley black and white
Very nice. The plants in the foreground all a lot to the composition.
May 14, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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p.1 #10Monument Valley black and white
I love the contrast, you have my vote mate !!!
May 14, 2025 at 10:39 AM
p.1 #11Monument Valley black and white
Dramatic is the word, I would use to describe this capture, Derek!
Douglas
Douglas
May 14, 2025 at 11:14 AM
p.1 #12Monument Valley black and white
kirbic wrote:
Love, love, love the composition on this, and the B/W treatment really works. I would like to see a little more detail in the deep shadows below the image centerline, and a bit more contrast in the sky, but those are minor niggles.
Thanks. And the dark shadow in the middle was the weak spot on this one. Maybe lifting will make it a bit less distracting. Sunset light + an interesting sky is what made this scene interesting to me. Trying to get the plants in the foreground was an experiment that turned out. I didn't think too much of it at the time.
Love, love, love the composition on this, and the B/W treatment really works. I would like to see a little more detail in the deep shadows below the image centerline, and a bit more contrast in the sky, but those are minor niggles.
Thanks. And the dark shadow in the middle was the weak spot on this one. Maybe lifting will make it a bit less distracting. Sunset light + an interesting sky is what made this scene interesting to me. Trying to get the plants in the foreground was an experiment that turned out. I didn't think too much of it at the time.
May 14, 2025 at 12:37 PM
p.1 #13Monument Valley black and white
Beautiful light, composition, and black & white conversion, Derek.
May 14, 2025 at 01:09 PM
p.1 #14Monument Valley black and white
+1 to the first comment by Jim.
Brent
Brent
May 16, 2025 at 07:23 AM
p.1 #15Monument Valley black and white
Very dramatic. Did you use a filter for these?
May 17, 2025 at 01:56 PM
p.1 #16Monument Valley black and white
Everything Ross said! Fantastic image.
May 18, 2025 at 01:08 AM
p.1 #17Monument Valley black and white
snapsbyk8t wrote:
Very dramatic. Did you use a filter for these?
No, was on an infrared camera.
May 18, 2025 at 01:18 AM
p.1 #18Monument Valley black and white
Back to enjoy this again. You have my vote!
May 18, 2025 at 02:58 PM
p.1 #19Monument Valley black and white
Beautiful composition and processing.
Marcelo
Marcelo
May 20, 2025 at 06:50 PM