Moody Blues- Layers of Fog

[jsecordphoto]

I LOVE scenes like this, and have been waiting for months for the right conditions to line up. After the rain cleared last night just before sunset, I raced to a spot near my apartment that has full 360 degree views. This image was around 20 minutes after sunset during blue hour, taken with my 150-600 at 450mm. I shot 6-7 vertical photos but ended up only using 5 to stitch.

C&C can hurt but is always appreciated, thanks!

 

[WesternGuy]

Very nice. If this was mine, I would be printing it out and hanging it on my wall.

Have you tried converting this to black and white? I am thinking that with a little processing , it would look very nice in black and white. There is a good range of contrast from the pure black shadows to the white of the "fog/clouds".

WesternGuy

 

[jsecordphoto]

Very nice. If this was mine, I would be printing it out and hanging it on my wall.

Have you tried converting this to black and white? I am thinking that with a little processing , it would look very nice in black and white. There is a good range of contrast from the pure black shadows to the white of the "fog/clouds".

WesternGuy

Thanks! I did try converting it to b+w as there is a nice range of pure black and greys, but there wasn't any pure whites really, and trying to add more contrast to the brights made it look weird. If I still had silver efex I bet I could've done a nice conversion

 

[D-B-J]

Very nice. If this was mine, I would be printing it out and hanging it on my wall.

Have you tried converting this to black and white? I am thinking that with a little processing , it would look very nice in black and white. There is a good range of contrast from the pure black shadows to the white of the "fog/clouds".

WesternGuy

Thanks! I did try converting it to b+w as there is a nice range of pure black and greys, but there wasn't any pure whites really, and trying to add more contrast to the brights made it look weird. If I still had silver efex I bet I could've done a nice conversion

If you want, I have silver efex and would be happy to run it through and see what I could come up with.


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[jsecordphoto]

If you want, I have silver efex and would be happy to run it through and see what I could come up with.


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Sure man, see what you can do

 

[Raj_55555]

Amazing shot, and I actually love the editing. Something tells me B&W wouldn't look as good!

 

[C. Brian Kerr]

Very nice. makes me want to take a nap ! very calming.

 

[jsecordphoto]

Amazing shot, and I actually love the editing. Something tells me B&W wouldn't look as good!

Very nice. makes me want to take a nap ! very calming.

Thanks guys!

 

[D-B-J]

I think Silver Efex crushed it. Not sure which version I like more though--I really dig the blue tones in the original...





Damn, the web has been crushing shadow detail lately..

Jake

 

[jsecordphoto]

The b+w conversion does look good, but I do like the subdued blues a lot. I actually toned down the blue a touch in the final print version cause adding contrast also added a little more saturation than I wanted

 

[D-B-J]

The b+w conversion does look good, but I do like the subdued blues a lot. I actually toned down the blue a touch in the final print version cause adding contrast also added a little more saturation than I wanted

Yeah. The black and white is nice, but the blue tones give it that extra "oomph"

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[jsecordphoto]

The b+w conversion does look good, but I do like the subdued blues a lot. I actually toned down the blue a touch in the final print version cause adding contrast also added a little more saturation than I wanted

Yeah. The black and white is nice, but the blue tones give it that extra "oomph"

[emoji106]


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here is the final version, really liking the way this looks printed

 

[WesternGuy]

D-B-J, I think you might be right, the B&W conversion doesn't look as good as I was hoping it might. It may be that there is too much contrast or dynamic range for the Silver Efex software to handle it - don't know. It was an experiment that didn't work - win some lose some, but then that is what trying to be creative in our imagery that makes it fun!

WesternGuy

 

[Tim Tucker]

It's mono-chromatic as it is. I like this but first saw it on th phone so was waiting to get home and see it on the 'big screen'. I would've lightened the distance more and softened it (contrast) a little, but that's just my aesthetics, I also like the way you've done it

 

[BrickHouse]

Incredible!