Ice and Snow

WernerG

Not much of either compared to years past but the winds keep pushing floating ice into a small coves and the supermoon tides lift it way up onshore.

1. The darker ice is floating, the brighter ice is stranded on shore.
   

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4. Trail to the shore
   

5. Boulder wall - Textured Snow
   

willard3

I like the composition of no 3, Werner, it's very balanced.

sarasphotos

Werner, I like the composition of #1 but for my taste the b&ws are all a bit dark. And is it my eye, or is the horizon in #3 slightly tilted up on the right side?

WernerG

Thank you Sara and Willard. I do like black in my B&W. With snow monochromes I try to stretch the lighter tones to see contrast details and lower the shadows to offset the whites. No 5 is probably an extreme example.

@sarasphotos said:
Werner, I like the composition of #1 but for my taste the b&ws are all a bit dark. And is it my eye, or is the horizon in #3 slightly tilted up on the right side?

You are not seeing a real horizon. Those are islands out in the distance. The trees look vertical and the camera level said it was vertical and I don't have another reference. The land in the distance does create a tilted look.

sarasphotos

You are not seeing a real horizon. Those are islands out in the distance. The trees look vertical and the camera level said it was vertical and I don't have another reference. The land in the distance does create a tilted look.

Ah yes, I should have seen that!

black mamba

Hey, Werner. I, too, think your B&W work needs a stronger emphasis on the whites. In these shots, the snow comes across as a muddled grey...not realistic looking. Shooting snow can be tricky in color, maybe even more so in B&W.