Nothing but compliments here from me! These are very nice and I especially enjoy seeing Bryce in BnW. The tones and compositions are excellent - Well done!
I hate to be "that guy," but you did ask for critiques. The compositions are all superb and I admire you for getting out there in the winter to shoot in difficult conditions. The problem with the first, third and fourth images is that the whites are blown out and have no detail. I haven't seen the color versions, but perhaps it would be possible to do conversions that retain detail in the snow?
Brent
I might prefer a little more mid-tone contrast but do like the set. I've been to Bryce many times but not in the dead of winter. I keep thinking I should but then look at the temps (and often the wind) and wimp out. I do want photos of Bryce with snow, so I need to suck it up and do it.
Al Trujillo wrote:
Nothing but compliments here from me! These are very nice and I especially enjoy seeing Bryce in BnW. The tones and compositions are excellent - Well done!
bnfotografie wrote:
I hate to be "that guy," but you did ask for critiques. The compositions are all superb and I admire you for getting out there in the winter to shoot in difficult conditions. The problem with the first, third and fourth images is that the whites are blown out and have no detail. I haven't seen the color versions, but perhaps it would be possible to do conversions that retain detail in the snow?
Brent
You're not being "that guy" at all I appreciate you taking a moment to comment as I'm looking to improve. I'm certainly not trying to be combative but I'm not sure how much more detail I could pull out of freshly fallen snow. I'll take a look. Thanks for the input !
DougVaughn wrote:
I might prefer a little more mid-tone contrast but do like the set. I've been to Bryce many times but not in the dead of winter. I keep thinking I should but then look at the temps (and often the wind) and wimp out. I do want photos of Bryce with snow, so I need to suck it up and do it.
I felt the same way regarding the mid tone contrast. I'll look to see if I can bump that up somehow.
As far as the snow goes, I just got lucky. We almost left because everything had fogged over and I needed to get back on the road to our next stop. But as we were having a quick breakfast it began to snow so I hit a couple more lookouts before leaving.
Appreciate the input !
sum1sgrampa wrote:
You're not being "that guy" at all I appreciate you taking a moment to comment as I'm looking to improve. I'm certainly not trying to be combative but I'm not sure how much more detail I could pull out of freshly fallen snow. I'll take a look. Thanks for the input !
Did you by any chance reprocess and re-post these? The areas that looked blown out the other day look much better now and I haven't made any calibration changes to my monitor.
Brent
bnfotografie wrote:
Did you by any chance reprocess and re-post these? The areas that looked blown out the other day look much better now and I haven't made any calibration changes to my monitor.
Brent
No. I haven't had a chance to relook at them. I'm always afraid of snow looking gray or muddy so I may have pushed the whites too far. This is all so subjective, and then, like you mentioned, monitors also come into play.
The compositions are indeed spectacular Gary!.... and yes, kudos for having the energy to go shoot these!
The snow looks to have a heavier than normal "water content", not fluffy dry snow flakes that contains lots of texture. Snow compositions are so wonderful!
Dan
I appreciate you taking a moment to comment as I'm looking to improve. I'm certainly not trying to be combative but I'm not sure how much more detail I could pull out of freshly fallen snow. I'll take a look. Thanks for the input !