Kern Co. Canyon

Mathieu05

A colored and B&W treatment of our very own Bakersfield Canyon.

c&c are very much welcome.


In Color:


Glory by Chris Odchigue | Photography, on Flickr


In B&W :



Glory B&W by Chris Odchigue | Photography, on Flickr

wfeller

Flashy. Pretty. Both nice, but I like the BW better though.

Crokey

I prefer the color version, something weird about the blues in the sky in the color version. But in the BnW version I would be tempted to crop a bit of that empty space off the bottom, closer to the row of dark bushes, and down a bit from the top. I think if you could fix the blues in the color version, it would work the best as the focus is more clearly on the sky with the foreground playing second fiddle nicely. The black and white is too...democratic in it's point of focus. The foreground is just as dominant as the sky so I'm not sure where to look. Truly wonderful scene all the same though!

oldoval

Very nice. I like the color. I would dodge the pink trees and maybe the lighter grasses in the foreground to lighten them up so there is not such a strong contrast between the background and foreground. Maybe clone out that white object at the base of the trees on the right.

This has a nice postcard/ poster quality.

Mathieu05

Thank you Wfeller, Colin & Nate for all the crits & comments. I'll try accomodate all your suggestions. thank you once again.

dave6253

I love the color version. I agree the sky color is a little weird, though.

Mathieu05

Thank you Dave. i need to do some treatment with the sky.

hawkeye978

I like the B&W but I agree with Colin, there's no emphasis. But I think the mountains and clouds would provide great focus. Maybe crop the top a little and put some more contrast/burn the clouds to increase the emphasis.

Mathieu05

Thanks Tom. i might experiment with cropping and dodging with this.

Allan FG

I like the color version, very nice shot.

Mathieu05

Thank you Allan. appreciate it.

PilotBrad

Very nice image! I will second some of the comments... I find the empty sky at the top of the image a bit distracting. It being a bit brighter that other areas of the image, my eyes were drawn to it.

Mathieu05

Thank you Brad. I'll burn that upper part or maybe mask that one.

Awais Yaqub

What a beautiful light on 1st!

Mathieu05

Thanks Awais!