Friday, April 20, 2018

Highway 89 Snow Scenes - 2

Snow, Sheds - Sierra Nevada  2018

Grass, Snow, Clouds - Sierra Nevada  2018

So, I've been trying to print some snow scenes. Difficult! (Due to color casts.) One can always convert the image to black and white, but that's the easy way out.

2 comments:

Curtis Faville said...


Mike:

I don't see BW as a disappointing fallback. it's always been my preference.

The scenes you've been putting up seem "generic" rather than "aesthetic."

I mean in the sense that the compositions feel more documentary than artistic.

Probably you're holding the better pictures back?

My coldest morning was, I think, about 18 degrees at Mono Lake. I couldn't feel my fingers to turn the knobs on my 5x7.

Winter photography.

Looking at those sheds, I probably would have trespassed in and looked for texture studies on the wood siding.

Or an old screened/broken glass window.

Mike Mundy said...

Very interesting comment!

Certainly, I like wood siding.

In these photos, though, I've been trying for that subdued, Andrew Wyeth-ey look, with subject matter that, true, is a little bit generic. We'll see.

The temperature during my early morning photo at Mono Lake was cold, for sure, but nowhere near 18 degrees, thank goodness!