Manifestations III Photo

Photographer’s Note

Manifestations III

Gooseberry Badlands, Wyoming, USA.

This small badlands area lies just off minor road 431, northwest of Worland. You can pick up a walking guide - and a warning about the rattle snakes - in the Bureau of Land Management Office in Worland. Judging by the difficulty we had in picking a path, I'd say this area doesn't receive too many visitors, but if your passing - perhaps west to Yellowstone (as were we) - this area makes a great detour and contains many "small scale" geological wonders.

The original photo, (35mm negative) contains some pretty weird colours which I couldn't seem to get right in the scanned version, so I thought I'd try a black and white version. It was also necessary to do a bit of work on the sky to reduce the amount of visible greyscale noise.

Other small wonders can be seen in:-
Manifestations I
Manifestations II

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sebautourdumond (3104) 2005-11-10 11:59

Hi Colin,
Nice composition. I like also the BW
Well done
Seb

phi75 (0) 2005-11-10 13:17

walking on the moon!
excellent shot Colin, and B&w give more strengh to your shot!
regards;
philippe

Mrgud (0) 2005-11-10 13:33

Wow! :)) Excellent comosition and very dramatic landscape! Maybe you need more contrast and eventualy change skies for more dramatic mood. I think this one deserves stronger impact! :)) I will try workshop on this photo to show my crit in visual way... Hope you will like it! :))

[workshop] [compare] +

nwoehnl (120) 2005-11-10 13:44

Hi Colin. Whichever weird colors your original may have had, I think that the tonal range that is present in the b&w presentation (good choice) is pretty impressive. Good framing that showcases the formation in the foreground, and I also like the hovering clouds and the way in which they subtly echo the outline of the textures below them. Well done.

rosaline (0) 2005-11-10 14:23

Colin
This has strong impact. Can't say what the colour version was like but this works well. And the sky looks good. Well done.

Aubrey

starbug (6924) 2005-11-11 7:13

Hi Colin, I think your coloured photos have much more charm, but this b&w version is really interesting too - it has a more sombre character I suppose...I like it. The composition is, as usual, perfect:-)
Personally I prefer b&w to the workshop- the colours are interesting there too but I suppose the general quality is better here.
best regards
Aleksandra

singuanti (15240) 2005-11-11 10:41

Hi Colin. I'm just looking over your gallery and I must say it's all so impressive. I love the use of strong foregrounds and this one is no exception. The b/w does work well here. I think I prefer this one over the workshop just because it looks so much more natural and realistic. Well seen Colin.