Landscape Photography : Experiments in Black and White
10th January 2012
Landscape Photography
Experiments in Black and White
St Clement Danes Church, London
I am working on a project at the moment covering black and white landscape photography, in particular, churches. Therefore I have been out & about looking for subject to fill this role.
Whilst investigating the subject, I came across a wonderful image from the great Ansel Adams of St Clement Danes Church from an interesting viewpoint, being attacked with a sickle. The location of St Clement Danes in relation to St Paul's got me thinking.
I had to gain authorisation from the buildings owners, but I wanted to get above the skyline, onto their roof, to get a perspective of St Clement Danes, across the London skyline, with St Paul's in the background. It took awhile but I managed to get the authorisation needed and visited London last week.
Unfortunate,y the weather was very grey, overcast and gloomy and I only had 15 minutes or so to grab the scope out the viewpoint and capture the shot.
I processed the image using Silver Efex Pro, which is fast becoming an industry standard for b/w images. I used the 'high structure' filter, along with some added grain and a vignette to take on the style of Ansel Adams.
And here is my take on his original picture:
Experiments in Black and White
St Clement Danes Church, London
I am working on a project at the moment covering black and white landscape photography, in particular, churches. Therefore I have been out & about looking for subject to fill this role.
Whilst investigating the subject, I came across a wonderful image from the great Ansel Adams of St Clement Danes Church from an interesting viewpoint, being attacked with a sickle. The location of St Clement Danes in relation to St Paul's got me thinking.
I had to gain authorisation from the buildings owners, but I wanted to get above the skyline, onto their roof, to get a perspective of St Clement Danes, across the London skyline, with St Paul's in the background. It took awhile but I managed to get the authorisation needed and visited London last week.
Unfortunate,y the weather was very grey, overcast and gloomy and I only had 15 minutes or so to grab the scope out the viewpoint and capture the shot.
I processed the image using Silver Efex Pro, which is fast becoming an industry standard for b/w images. I used the 'high structure' filter, along with some added grain and a vignette to take on the style of Ansel Adams.
And here is my take on his original picture: