In Praise of Things Beautiful (Black & White)
While walking the Discovery Trail in the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest of the Inyo National Forest with a view looking up a mountainside and to the northwest. My thinking in composing this image was to have blue skies as a color contrast backdrop for the earth tones present in the lower portion of the image. I felt that would bring out more of the shapes present in the image captured. I later converted this to black & white using Silver Efex Pro 3 where I made some adjustments to color filters to bring out a much richer tonal contrast for the final image.
In Praise of Things Beautiful (Black & White)
While walking the Discovery Trail in the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest of the Inyo National Forest with a view looking up a mountainside and to the northwest. My thinking in composing this image was to have blue skies as a color contrast backdrop for the earth tones present in the lower portion of the image. I felt that would bring out more of the shapes present in the image captured. I later converted this to black & white using Silver Efex Pro 3 where I made some adjustments to color filters to bring out a much richer tonal contrast for the final image.