Solitary Stark...

[Remorhaz]

From a recent trip out to the country...


NIKON D7000 + 70.0-300.0 mm f/4.5-5.6 @ 70 mm, 1/80 sec at f / 5.6, ISO 100 + CPL
Wollombi Valley, NSW, Australia

[Alpha_7]

and I was expecting a shot of our dear admins - that said I like it, but would be keen to see a contrasty black and white version.

[Mr Darcy]

Ditto. On pretty much everything Craig said.

[Remorhaz]

and I was expecting a shot of our dear admins - that said I like it, but would be keen to see a contrasty black and white version.

Ditto. On pretty much everything Craig said.

Your wish is my command

[Matt. K]

B&W works very well.Composition is finely balanced. I'd lile to see some grain added to the B&W image. Give it some bite.

[Mr Darcy]

I was thinking something starker. Like this perhaps. Let me know if you want it removed

[colin_12]

I like the B&W version Rodney, very nice

[gstark]

and I was expecting a shot of our dear admins

Falsehood! Falsehood!

I prefer the B&W versions too.

As Matt suggested, adding some grain may help, and Greg's litho version reminds me of stuff I was doing on film maybe thirty years ago.

[Mr Darcy]

Greg's litho version reminds me of stuff I was doing on film maybe thirty years ago

AND I've started cooking Coq au Vin and Boeuf Bourginonne again too! I seem to recall a line in a song ( or was it a poem) along the lines of "The Old Masters. They were never wrong"

That stark black and white (not greyscale!) image was my first thought when I first saw the colour version. I left just enough grey to distinguish the trunk from the sky.

[zafra52]

I think I'd go for the colour version.
The B&W looks a bit like an infrared
shot.