Road to Where - B&W nightscape

[iceman (Mike)]

I never do black & white's.. and yet, here's a B&W.

'Road to Where'

What do you think?

It's growing on me.

30s, ISO6400, 6D, Samyang 14mm. Converted to B&W in post.

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Thanks for looking.

[Larryp (Laurie)]

I think that shot looks more effective in BW than it would in colour, Mike

[StephenM (Stephen)]

It's not bad at all Mike, but personally I find the colour ones much more appealling. Interesting experiment.

Cheers,
Stephen

[sheeny (Al)]

Looks good Mike, but I think I'm with Stephen... part of the appeal of nightscapes is you see colour where you would normally see black and white (and vice versa with mono daylight photography).



Al.

[Octane (Humayun)]

Black and white landscapes are really, really hard.

I don't think they work too well with nightscapes, unfortunately.

H

[multiweb (Marc)]

Because there is no colour I think the viewer is more aware of the light reflected by the clouds and how dark the foreground, path and trees are so it serves its purpose. I kind of like it. It's closer to reality than a colour pic.

[leon]

Have to agree Marc, heaps better than colour, actually looks very good, I would prefer this sort of imaging, effective experiment Mike.

Leon

[gregbradley]

Quite interesting Mike.

Be careful though Mike - you are on the dark path - next thing you'll be doing street photography and imaging bums on the street!

Greg.

[MortonH]

I like it. The mixture of stars and clouds in the sky, plus being B&W, give it an other-worldly feel.

[iceman (Mike)]

Thanks for the feedback and opinions.. I could tell it was never going to please everyone.

In colour, it was too similar to others I've done from the same location (with the car, the ridge etc) so I went for something different with this one.

haha Greg, always tempted but just not enough time in the day

[astroboy]

Very nice Mike , its has a nice painted look , I have to agree a lot of the nightscapes are looking similar , B&W makes a nice change.
Are you using B&W effects from Topaz to get that look ?
And don't go photographing Bums on the street ... theres much nicer ones on the beach.

Zane

[alan meehan (Alan)]

Spooky shot Mike you should have put the headless horseman riding
down the road
AL

[Ross G]

Nice effect Mike.

Try adding some colour just to the stars.

Ross.