The latest image in my Monochrome Winter series. I’m glad I decided to try something like this. It has me looking around quite differently. Not only am I looking for a scene or object but now I am looking for tone and contrast, light and shadow. Obviously qualities that should be present in any image but not something I focused on previously.
Cattail Snow Caps
Nikon D5100, Nikkor 55-200mm f/4-5.6, 1/200s, 160mm, f/8, ISO 800
I live out in the country. My neighbor has a farm but mostly for a few horses and show cows. The current horse, Sonota, has been a favorite subject of mine although it is rare I get an image I truly like. Yesterday she posed for me as I was walking past her enclosure. This is probably the first image I have of her that I am very happy with.
I ended up trying to process this image as a black & white too. I’m not sure it is any better than the color version but I thought I would give it a try. I kept the processing very simple by only working in Lightroom for the conversion. I thought I would overdue the processing if I tempted myself with Topaz Labs B&W Effects.
Is This Pose Good?
Nikon D5100, Nikkor 55-200mm f/4-5.6, 1/160s, 150mm, f/8, ISO 200
Is This Pose Good?
Monochrome Version
Nikon D5100, Nikkor 55-200mm f/4-5.6, 1/160s, 150mm, f/8, ISO 200
Thoughts of Summer
Nikon D5100, Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4, 1/100s, 46mm, f/16, ISO 100
Water Flume
Nikon D5100, Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4, 1/3s, 17mm, f/20, EV -1.3, ISO 100
I received an Ansel Adams 2013 desk calendar for Christmas and have not been able to put it down since I opened it. It has increased my interest in monochrome images, so I thought I would try exploring this year’s winter in monochrome. This is the first image from the creek in the backyard.
Layers and Ice
Nikon D5100, Sigam 17=70mm f/2.8-4, 1/8s, 35mm, f/16, ISO 100
Snow Limit
Nikon D5100, Nikkor 55-200mm f/4-5.6, 1/640s, 200mm, f/5.6, ISO 200
I received some good news today via email. One of my pictures entered in the photo contest for the Mohawk Valley 2013 calendar was selected by the readers. The picture below will be for the month of February. The calendar comes out on January 1st in the Observer-Dispatch paper.
This particular image was taken during lunch back on March 1st for an event on Google+. I ended up not using this image for the event and tried some not normal processing on it. I was very happy with the result because I felt it had a post card feel to it and I was able to keep the falling snow visible.
It is not my most favorite image but I thought it represented the Mohawk Valley which is what I thought the intent of the contest was. Based on the other images in the competition it was more for photographers from the Mohawk Valley. Anyway, I was happy to have two images selected for the competition and I’m thrilled to have one actually be in the calendar.
Canal Lock 20
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