First from my trip to Colorado

[lyonsroar]

I've been gone from the boards for 10 days (I'm sure no one missed me anyways...) but I was in Vail, Colorado on vaca. Gorgeous place. Glad I bought the Sigma 10-20mm for the scenic vistas.

I believe this was shot near Frisco, CO on a scenic overlook just off the interstate heading to Vail. Cropped out the highway at the bottom.
Midday shot with the Sigma 10-20mm.


Frisco, CO by Lyonsroar91, on Flickr

So did I do good? This was my first time ever shooting landscapes...

 

[lyonsroar]

Ah. I see I've done poorly.
I will endeavor to function better next time.

 

[Malone]

The B&W photo does nothing for me; there isn't anything strong enough to hold my attention. Perhaps try it in color?

 

[johnh2005]

Ah. I see I've done poorly.
I will endeavor to function better next time.

Never take number of views as a suggestion of anything. There are a LOT more guests that browse here than members who actually post. I would suggest trying to post the original in color as was suggested. The Black and White is just "lacking" to me for lack of better wording.

 

[Robin Usagani]

It is probably good photo, just bad B&W conversion.

 

[lyonsroar]

Hmmm...
I liked the B&W conversion actually.

Color version incoming.

EDIT:


Frisco, CO (color) by Lyonsroar91, on Flickr

 

[johnh2005]

I personally like the color version a LOT better. I am betting if you played with the black and white conversion you could do a lot better. I tried but I suck at PP lol

 

[lyonsroar]

Interesting. I thought the B&W was cool because it showed the depth and layers of the mountain in the background better.
Oddly enough, I still prefer the B&W...mommy goggles probably...

 

[lyonsroar]

Here's another. Any better? I won't be posting the color version unless I can figure out what the hell went wrong with my WB...:lmao:


untitled by Lyonsroar91, on Flickr

 

[Robin Usagani]

You need to process the BW in seperate channels. For example this last shot I would make blue and green lighter.

 

[lyonsroar]

^I do not know how to do that, nor even what that means.
I guess some googling is in order...

 

[Robin Usagani]

what are you using to convert? If you use lightroom, go to the b&w tab on the right... there should be different color to adjust b&w. But before you do that, use the tone curver first.

 

[Robin Usagani]

Here is a good tutorial
Convert to Black and White in Lightroom - Layers Magazine | Layers Magazine

 

[mrstravis]

It's beautiful in color, didn't do much for me in black and white, IMO the colors made the pic.

 

[DyeMyEyes]

Yeah, first photo is much better in color. The second one has a better chance of working as a B&W because of the snow still trapped on the mountains. I love CO. Glad you shared.