Lost River Range B&W

acowan

I've been going back through my pictures from last year and seeing if there's anything I overlooked. I originally liked this picture but then felt like cropping and doing a B&W conversion. The elevation is around 11,000ft (with the peak close to 12,000) and i did use a CPL though not too much. I tried adjusting the blue/cyan channels so the sky wasn't too dark but if I went too far, then it had a negative effect on the rest of the image. Anyway, here it is (btw, the small body of water in the bottom right is where we camped):

Marc Muench

acowan wrote:

I tried adjusting the blue/cyan channels so the sky wasn't too dark but if I went too far, then it had a negative effect on the rest of the image.

Good choice I like the single cloud and the dappled light on the mountains. Is that Borah Peak in the background?

Joashots

Majestically barren. Very nice!

acowan

Marc Muench wrote:

Good choice I like the single cloud and the dappled light on the mountains. Is that Borah Peak in the background?

Thanks Marc! No, Borah Peak sit back further. That peak is an unnamed peak, then Mount Idaho and Mount Church (both over 12,000') are next and then Borah (all in a northerly direction).

acowan

Joashots wrote:

Majestically barren. Very nice!

Thanks Joash! Probably less than a mile away (as the crow flies) is a highway and the west face (left in this case) of these mountains are seen. You just have view them from the other side to get the barren, lonely, wilderness feeling.