A couple of B+W's :)

Wozza · Jul 15, 2007

Wither Hills - Blenheim, New Zealand

St Michaels Mount, Penzance, Cornwall, UK

(View from) Makara Peak Mountain Bike Park, Wellington, New Zealand

Bunker, Makara Beach, Wellington, New Zeakand

Would love some feedback on these shots please.

prism_ · Jul 15, 2007

I don't like when nature is done in black and white... I think the color versions would look a lot better.

silver163 · Jul 15, 2007

i like them, but these don't belong in the general forum, try posting in the B&w gallery next time

Iron Flatline · Jul 15, 2007

prism_ said:
I don't like when nature is done in black and white... I think the color versions would look a lot better.

I assume you're no fan of Ansel Adams then.

Good work. I can't trust my monitor, it's hooked up to a broken video card so my contrasts and saturations are OFF the charts for another few days. It seems some images are too dark, but ultimately the question is ALWAYS "how much detail is visible in a print." As a .jpg there's no way to retain good detail.

Compositionally they're excellent.

Kyuss · Jul 15, 2007

Nice work!

That last one looks like its sideways......the way the roofs come out.

Wozza · Jul 16, 2007

prism_ said:
I don't like when nature is done in black and white... I think the color versions would look a lot better.

I usually do shoot colouyr, but personally I thought these shots worked without and that B+W would help their stronger elements bringing out the texture in number 1. Number 2 didn't have much colour to start with. Number 3 I thought was too distracting with colour. Number 4 I thought the composition would work better in B+W and the shot didn't need colour.

I have seen many great black and white nature shots before, yes nature does often lend itself to colour shots though.

silver163 said:
i like them, but these don't belong in the general forum, try posting in the B&w gallery next time

Thanks, and yeah I realised that after I posted sorry.

Iron Flatline said:
Good work. I can't trust my monitor, it's hooked up to a broken video card so my contrasts and saturations are OFF the charts for another few days. It seems some images are too dark, but ultimately the question is ALWAYS "how much detail is visible in a print." As a .jpg there's no way to retain good detail.

Compositionally they're excellent.

Thanks, I would like to print out as my monitor isn't accurate either, so it is quite possible they are on the dark side. Cheers for the crit and I'm glad you like the composition.