Wind Turbines in West Yorkshire

[Mannytkd]

Went out on a photo shoot with Martin-Images today at an area called Withines, it's and area between Oxenhope and Halifax. We even got permision to venture a bit closer......

Martin has opend my eyes to mono and i've learnt a great deal ans he has also showed me the greatness of shooting in RAW format too.

To see his great mono work take a look at his wonder art of Black & White images and nearly all are done within a 10 mile radius......

http://www.digital-monochrome.com/

[tumb]

A great image and some really impressive work on the web site you linked to. Gives me something to work myself...

[Titus213]

I'm not a big B&W fan (with the exception of Martin Images) but I really like this one. Very nice all around. Your gallery is pretty impressive, some very nice work.

[GoneFission]

Very nice! Either he is a great teacher, or you are a great learner, or both. I really admire his work, and I'd place this right up there. Well done.

Thanks for sharing!

[peter/c]

Very Powerful Image and great work.
Peter

[Mannytkd]

Thanks, its a bit of both. I learnt that Martin has been a B&W fan for over 20 years and being an 'old' hand with B&W in the dark room he certaintly knows his stuff......

Order one of his prints and you will be very impressed at seeing the bigger picture?
Very nice! Either he is a great teacher, or you are a great learner, or both. I really admire his work, and I'd place this right up there. Well done.

Thanks for sharing!

[Mannytkd]

Thanks all for your kind comments, i think that everybody should give B&W a go....??

[Art Rodriguez]

I'm also not a big fan of B&W. But this picture is awesome in B&W. Maybe I need to give it a go.

Art

[ajbalazic]

Wonderful b&w image. Compositionally, I find the group of windmills on the right distracting. The lead in line of the road leading into the distance and more mills is terrific. Maybe a recompostition to the left more... perhaps this is one of those landscapes that would be better served in 'portrait' not 'landscape' orientation. That said, I'd be proud to have this in my portfolio.

[Mannytkd]

I hope you do take it up, but if you really do get stuck, juat ask Martin-Images, in the Lets Talk About Phototgraphy in the forum Q&A on Mono work, but also take a look at his wonderful art work in this subject....??

http://www.digital-monochrome.com/index.htm
I'm also not a big fan of B&W. But this picture is awesome in B&W. Maybe I need to give it a go.

Art

[tumb]

(snip)... perhaps this is one of those landscapes that would be better served in 'portrait' not 'landscape' orientation. That said, I'd be proud to have this in my portfolio.

Looking at it with this in mind, I tend to agree, but would probably not have thought of it otherwise. It's nice as is but would be great in portait and a tad to the left.

[kingsown]

for your venture in to b/w its a good effort try placing the crop tool around the image to find composition that suits your shots better , and keep them coming

[mrclark321]

Very nice and the site is quite amazing!!

Dan

[kenyc]

Very Nice, can we see the color version, please?

KAC
P.S. I do enjoy B&W a lot and Martin has some great images!

[Mannytkd]

....ok just for you here is the colour version, though i haven't done too much to the colour version.....??

Very Nice, can we see the color version, please?

KAC
P.S. I do enjoy B&W a lot and Martin has some great images!

[Burodsx]

I'm not a fan of black and white, but I do believe in this case it was much better than the color version. If this picture was taken on a clear day I believe the color version would stand out a lot more. Overall, great perspective and liked the shot.

[learjet035]

Would you mind explaining the post processing steps you used to get such a nice photo? It looks great!

[Mannytkd]

The lessons i can give you would take a while to type in, but me lessons i got from a fellow photographer, i will give you his website address and also a link on this froum where you can ask him anything you on Mono, he's a master at it as he's been working with Mono for 30 years......?!

Web Address: http://www.digital-monochrome.com/

Link: http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=87784

This guy knows it all, believe me, i even have the luck of going on photo shoots with him too, please keep an eye out for my Whitby B&W's sometime this week, and colour ones too?

Best of luck at trying mono...??
Would you mind explaining the post processing steps you used to get such a nice photo? It looks great!

[Mannytkd]

To Learjet035, here are 2 pics to compare with in regards colour and B&W, this pic was taken at a place called Bolton Abbey.....

[garbidz]

thanks, Manny, I've had a great time understanding and applying the things you helped me to find...
once I get over the new toy-effect, I will probably make something beautiful...
(inshallah)

m

[malla1962]

Nice shot,I think it realy works in b&w.:D:D

[kenyc]

....ok just for you here is the colour version, though i haven't done too much to the colour version.....??

Thank you. Definitely the B&W is better in this case! I appreciate your posting it for the comparison though.

Great shot. I'm gonna have to head up north of Denver here to the wind farm that is up there and try some shots.

Thanks for sharing the great photo and for the inspiration to try it myself.

KAC

[Mannytkd]

....let me give you a tip if you want the slight blur effect, i had my G6 mounted to the tripod, and used full ND filters, the shutter speed i had for the blur in my pics was 1/30 sec at F8. I found that to slow a shutter speed and the turning blades wern't there and too fast just froze them of course, but good luck and i'm sure we'll see them here when you've done them....??;)

Thank you. Definitely the B&W is better in this case! I appreciate your posting it for the comparison though.

Great shot. I'm gonna have to head up north of Denver here to the wind farm that is up there and try some shots.

Thanks for sharing the great photo and for the inspiration to try it myself.

KAC

[learjet035]

Thanks Manny, awesome pics and awesome site. I'll post my first good conversion.

[JMAS]

Love that turbines shot. In B&W.

[Mannytkd]

Thanks all for your kind comments