Award winning photographer, Satish Menon, selling fine-art prints and sharing photography insights with other photography enthusiasts.
Denali National Park, Alaska. Shot under similar conditions as and just minutes after Alaska#18. Nikon D4S with Nikkor 200-500mm f5.6 lens.
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Late July / early August last year, my family and I visited Alaska. Needless to say, I carried my photography gear and made some good nature photographs, both landscapes and wildlife. I have edited around 12000 shots to end up with 65 keepers. I present them to you now, one a day for the next 65 days. Hope you like them.
Alaska#1 – Glacier, hills and clouds, Prince William Sound, Alaska, USA, photographed late July. We stayed overnight in Anchorage and drove our rental car to Whittier, Alaska. From there, we took a day cruise to see glaciers and icebergs. Loved the views. In this photograph, you see a glacier ending up into the Prince William Sound bay. The mountains you see are the glaciated Chugach Mountains. It was a foggy day and we weathered cold rain and wind. It was all worth it. It was hard keeping the front element of the lens from getting wet. For this photograph, I used my Nikon D700 with the Nikkor 70-200mm f2.8 lens loaded. This pano shot was made by stitching several individual frames using Lightroom. During this shoot, I also had my Nikon D4S loaded with my Nikkor 200-500 f5.6 for other moments.
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June Lake and Sierra Crest at dawn, Mammoth Lakes area, Eastern Sierra, California, USA (6:57AM)
June Lake and Sierra Crest at dawn, Mammoth Lakes area, Eastern Sierra, California, USA (7:19AM)
June Lake and Sierra Crest at dawn, Mammoth Lakes area, Eastern Sierra, California, USA (7:21AM)
I made the first image at 6:57 AM. I made the second image at 7:19AM. I made the last image at 7:21AM. All on the same day.
I am reminded of a lesson that John Shaw taught us in his January 2011 seminar in Santa Clara, CA. “Don’t be late to work”.
Eastern Sierra Mountains seen from Twin Lakes Road, CA, USA
Every image has three components in it. They are lines, tones and hues.
In a color image, all these three are present. In a black and white, only the first two are present. Therefore, inherently, a black and white image has less information and is simpler.
Consider for a moment – what pleases us in well composed images? There could be many answers to this question, but one thing commonly heard back as an answer to this, is simplicity. People love to look at visually simple compositions. No complications, no distractions. A clear story told simply. Since we just talked about black and white images being simpler, it should follow that for many images, black and white could be more pleasing.
Obviously, for an image of an aspen tree in the fall season, black and white would be the wrong choice. However, for graphical images that don’t rely on its color to tell its story, black and white should be considered. In my opinion, every photographer should at least look at, “How does this image look in black and white?”, as often as possible. It is a great way to look at images graphically, thereby enhancing his/her composition skills.