Black and white landscape

[martin-images]

I am in proccess of converting colour files to B and W i think certain photos lend themselfs well to this medium you can check out the Gallery at

http://martin-images.smugmug.com/gallery/464835/1/18807416

Your comments on the Gallery would be appreciated, all photos taken with Canon cameras, 300d and 1DMK2

[picture-this]

really amazing

[psk4363]

Simple, but very very effective. Great composition and superb sky.

Barry

[VesselinG]

Wow... Really nice!

[dewmuw]

What an amazing sky - nice work on that.

[JusSmith]

Would you mind posting your technique for your conversions?

[ricphoto]

Love it, awesome .... am thinking of doing this with some of my Aussie landscapes.
There are a number of black / white conversion plug ins out there, but I think experimenting with layers and curves and selective colours would work well too.
But yes, B/W landscapes are awesome and these ones are fantastic.
Excellent composition and 'impact'

[PhotosGuy]

Great gallery!

[Mills]

WoW. Very Well Done!

[aam1234]

Great gallery!

Indeed.

[TSEE]

The sky is neat, never seen a sky like that. Nice photo and I agree about the B&W concept.

[Richard51]

I like the B&W. It adds a different feel amidst all the color photos we see. Nice work.
Richard

[Titus213]

Stunning photo in B&W. Amazing clouds. I generally prefer my landscapes in color but this really works well. I'll have to rethink my preferences. Again.

And your gallery is full of them. Nice work.

[nat869]

Great pic!! I too am interested in how you did the conversion.

[4nR]

nice. i normally dont prefer b&w for skies but this turned out great. the trees are just right. what does it look like in color?

[RbrtPtikLeoSeny]

I usually don't like black and white land scape pictures, but this is one that has caught my eye. A little simplistic, but there's just something about it that makes me want to look at it over and over again. Nice work, well done.

[martin-images]

Thanks all for looking and your kind comments, I use channel mixer in PS, curves to control contrast, dodge and burn tools, contrast sharpenning with unsharpmask etc,to achieve what i have in mind and what i want the finished result to look like, I love Monochrome so anybody who is realy interested in doing it go to my other site below, join it, then i can give you detailed info on my way of doing it through email or even MSN messenger i want to help keep it alive and kicking in this digital ere as i think its still the more powerful medium for some photos, think of this, would Ansel Adams and the other greats have used colour given the choice, i dont think so

Regards
Martin
www.martin-images.co.uk please join let me show you how its done in the digital darkroom without plugins

[stoneylonesome]

WOW! the B&W really works well for this one.

[MarkoPolo]

Very nice. Somehow, it made me think of Stonehenge.