Hi ... Still needs a lot of work. You've lost the separation between the snow on the mountain tops and the tops themselves. Contrast range is fairly compressed and flat. The major cloud has no detail.
The thing is, the original image doesn't lend itself well to a B&W conversion as it's rather flat. Before converting I think you'd need to pump up the image a bit, although there are some ways to do that during conversion as well, however, I've not practiced much with them and there's little advice or suggestions I can give you on those. Here's one interpretation First, while still in color, the sky was brought down to intensify it and bring out some detail in the clouds. Then, using curves, I brought down the main shadow areas on the hills. After that I used a double Hue/Saturation technique to make the major adjustments. Then the contrast between the stones in the foreground and the rolling, snow patched terrain directly behind them, was adjusted, also using curves. Finally, I added a small amount of sharpening just to to the stones in the foreground, mainly to give them a little additional contrast and to add a little more depth to the photo. http://home.earthlink.net/~my-pics/trailridge2.html It can use a little more work in a couple of areas, such as a bit more contrast in the mid tones, brightening the snow bank in the lower right, and the like, but this train's approaching Snoozeville and it seemed a good time to finish up and post the pic. Shel > [Original Message] > From: Derby Chang > > Shel, the shot was on Fuji S-400. So I thought I could wring out more > detail in the clouds. Started again from scratch, with two scans, one > exposed for the sky, one for the land. > > Separate curve adjustments for each. Next, I think I'll see if I can > bring out more detail in the cloud shadows on the trees. Could spend > days doing this, it is very enjoyable. > > http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/PDML_misc/trail_ridge.htm > (original blah colour pic when you mouse-over the image) > > Man, that was a cold afternoon. On the other hand, the oxygen > deprivation up there makes you slow down and take your time getting the > shot. > > D > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc >
