B&W Dartmoor

[Idlefrog]

A couple of monos I took whilst on a weekend in Devon a few weeks ago.


Dartmoor by Idlefrog Photo, on Flickr


Clouds over Dartmoor by Idlefrog Photo, on Flickr

 

[Carl Hall]

Truly spectacular work Andrew. I'm a sucker for B&W landscapes and these are right up my street, and they look great viewed bigger on Flickr. Lovely contrast and detail. At first glance I thought they looked a little over sharpened, but now I'm not so sure if that's just my crappy work monitor!

Thanks for sharing

 

[Michael Batten]

Very nice photographs indeed. I like those a lot.

 

[Mightyboosh]

Very nice images - something of another planet feel about them both. Well done

 

[Dave Steventon]

Two lovely images mate ,good detail in those clouds

 

[Bobsyeruncle]

Great atmospheric shots.
Do you think the second would be better with a bit of a crop at the bottom?

 

[Farmerjim]

Amazing sky and clouds. Don't know what or how much PP you've used Andrew but it's spot on

 

[G.K.Jnr.]

Couple of really great shots there Andrew I like hem both very much. The sky in #2 is very dramatic and really works in B&W. They do both appear to be a little over sharpened to me but other than that "Excellent" work.

George.

 

[yamahatdm900]

Very nice, lovely b&w shots and conversions.

 

[oldandintheway]

Truly spectacular work Andrew. I'm a sucker for B&W landscapes and these are right up my street, and they look great viewed bigger on Flickr. Lovely contrast and detail. At first glance I thought they looked a little over sharpened, but now I'm not so sure if that's just my crappy work monitor!

Thanks for sharing

Excellent..really does justice to the b/w medium

 

[GWR100]

Beautiful pictures Andrew, One of my favorite placed to get lost with a camera, and you have done it justice,

Geoff

 

[barratt1988]

they 2 images look a little over sharpened to me. ive had this where bw images seem over sharpened due to the texture of the landscape and also the conversion. what sharpening was done on the images?

 

[droj]

... something of another planet feel about them both ...

That's an interesting comment. I accept it on my own terms, but can you explain it further?

 

[Idlefrog]

Thanks for everyone's feedback.

I agree they do look a bit over sharpened now I look again. I use SilverEfex Pro for the B&W conversion and I might have sharpened before & after.

 

[SFTPhotography]

Sorry I'm not 100% on these.

The 1st is Compositionally pleasing for sure. The second is quite flat and dull to me subject matter wise. The 1st has a start, middle and end. The other looks a bit stark and featureless and that's compounded with the processing

 

[Mightyboosh]

That's an interesting comment. I accept it on my own terms, but can you explain it further?

Just looks like a panorama from another planet / moon /galaxy.....nothing more nothing less.

 

[horrocks]

The light seems a little harsh so it is difficult to distinguish tones, and I feel that the sky, particularly in the second, is a bit overworked. They are certainly slightly oversharp.

 

[alan72]

They have lots of texture and are pleasing to look at, 1 is my preference, the sky in 2 looks a bit over worked to my taste and I'm unsure about the line of stones running straight across. It sort of splits the image for me and the foreground does not have a lot to draw interest. I don't know if the location would have allowed you to compose these running diagonally from a corner

 

[Craig_85]

I like the processing, good sky in the second but the first has more interest.