Mt. Hood from a Different Point of View +Color

[AlanLichty]

A shot of Mt. Hood I grabbed while shooting waterfowl at Salmon Creek yesterday. At 600mm the mountain pretty much fills the frame. The atmospherics between where I was standing and the mountain (almost 60 miles away) weren't crystal clear so I decided I could clean it up better as a B&W.

C&C always welcome.

Just for grins here is what it looked like in color. I decided there was more latitude for pixel abuse in B&W to tease out more contrast:

 

[Michael13]

Glad the mountain has received some good snowfall thus far, especially since we are having a pretty mild winter so far here in town. I'm seeing some smearing artifacts on the mountain ridges, maybe due to the atmospherics. 600mm is plenty of reach - bring the mountain to you instead of driving the 60 miles!

 

[AlanLichty]

Glad the mountain has received some good snowfall thus far, especially since we are having a pretty mild winter so far here in town. I'm seeing some smearing artifacts on the mountain ridges, maybe due to the atmospherics. 600mm is plenty of reach - bring the mountain to you instead of driving the 60 miles!

Thanks Michael - there was quite a bit of haze in the air and some very light clouds behind the mountain especially off to the right of the peak. One of the reasons I decided on B&W was so I could tease out a bit more contrast on the mountain and get rid of the bluish cast to the atmospherics.

 

[AlanLichty]

I added the color version just as a point of comparison.

 

[Beth]

b&w for me. great view!

 

[larryj]

Nice shot Alan, I like the B&W version it seem much cleaner to me!

 

[AlanLichty]

b&w for me. great view!

Thanks Beth - not often we get a good view of Mt. Hood during the winter months.

 

[AlanLichty]

Nice shot Alan, I like the B&W version it seem much cleaner to me!

Thanks Larry - that was my feeling as soon as I saw the scene in B&W. Lots more room to tease out the details in the mountain when you aren't trying to keep the colors intact.

 

[Jameel Hyder]

B&W for me as well. There is a way to separate the color and details in separate layers, work on the details and add color back. A bit tedious but can be done.

 

[AlanLichty]

B&W for me as well. There is a way to separate the color and details in separate layers, work on the details and add color back. A bit tedious but can be done.

Thanks Jameel - I was contemplating various ways to do the edits here but once I saw the B&W I decided I liked this better anyway.