I am really excited this did so well! It was a real long exposure and I used a graduated ND filter to tone down the sky and shot in bulb mode just after sunset.
I more or less did my normal black and white conversion process which you can find here. Except I used the shadows/highlights only on the bottom portion of the image and ran NI in the sky and water. Then did some dodge and burn. I think the color version came out well and will upload that soon. :)
Thank you everyone for the votes and comments, I feel some of the constructive criticism to be very accurate.
An outtake and the color version
If you have read this far you should take a moment and look through the images for the 2008 Posthumous Open.
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You just keep getting better and better, Joe. When does your book come out? No, seriously.
As much as this version says "Ansel" to me, I think I actually like the color version better.
Awesome post, as usual. Congrats on the Blue :O)
'Grats, Joe. Just seems perfectly fitting for the blue ribbon to go to the guy who does marvelous landscapes, particularly different kinds of landscapes, and who does exceptional black and white conversions.
Congrats on the wonderful image and your blue ribbon!
I love the detail in this and the way the smaller stones lead you to the horizon!! Very, very pretty!
wow! you are on some kind of roll, Joe..the last entries of yours are amazing
Congrats here, lovely image with soft and solid, great juxtaposition and it suits the B&W processing so well
Looks unreal. I feel like I might be stepping through the bog on Yoda's planet. Star Wars geeks can flame me now for not knowing the name. haha
I would have tried to underexpose the sky just a tad to bring out the "mist" of the water against the dark rocks.
Great depth and tone. Interesting composition. I wonder what prompted you to leave the two points of light in the far mountains. Definitely one of my favorites for the challenge.
Very nice. I love the white mist in between the strong dark rocks. It may have been even better if you panned right a little to get more of the rocks on the right that have sun on them, leaving a little less of the boring rocks on the left.
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