The Front Range of the Rockies in RMNP. Otis, Hallets & Flattop.
0.6 & 0.9 soft grad ND filters
Tripod mount with doublebubble level squaring.
55.0 mm lens focal length
Image captured in RAW format. Processed in Apple's Aperture.
Sensor dust spots remvoed
Cropped
White Balance adjusted
B&W Conversion Channel Mix: Red 84%, Green 27%, Blue -33%
Exposure -0.41
Recovery +0.52
Black Point 3.0
Brightness 0.12
Contrast 0.15
Saturation 1.0
Curves to optimize contrast and light balance
Highlights 6.44
Shadows 26.89
Mid Contrast 33.66
Export to PSE8 as 16 bit Tiff
Resize to 800 pixels
USM filter pass
Convert to s$GB
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This is beautifully done - i always struggle with making green trees look attractive in B&W but you have done well here. The background mountains are spectacular.