Ebb and Flow

This is a detailed view of frost covered hills processed in BW as an entry for the BW book club.

In the book, the author discusses the role of B&W in emphasizing volume and form in an image, as well as the texture. "In monochrome the massing of light and shade and the reproduction of texture are of the utmost importance." I felt like this image illustrates this well. Black & white accentuates the gentle curves of the hills and the frosty grasses and brush.

Best viewed large.

[David H.]

This is intriguing, great textures but also from certain angles it looks like a microscopic image

[Keith Porteous]

Lovely shot!

[Michael Elliott]

Wow great landscape shot.

[Caryn]

Yes, I think this does illustrates the point of the lesson well.

[Krista Marson]

great landscape contours.

[Daryl O'Hare]

I love learning vicariously from the bookclub members. Yes, you have captured the textures so well here. Fav.

[Simply Amanda]

Very cool, Lisa. Almost lunar looking. Fab textures.

[Lisa]

Beautiful image. Without referrence of scale it's hard to tell if it's tiny... huge ... or somewhere inbetween. Great textures...

[TheRubySusan]

Even viewed large it looks like it might be a scanning electron microscope image. Very well done!

[Yao RL]

The curves and shadows gave a great form - great explore of the book.

[Jane Pittenger]

Wonderful form and textures. Almost looks like a huge hand

[Sheralee S]

Fav! I think that is such a great image with all the layers, you have processed it beautifully.

[Andrew S]

You have ticked all the boxes for this one Lisa, texture, volume and form!

[Abhijit]

Thus is so minimal yet so powerful

[Abhijit]

Fav

[Skip Tribby - ​🖖]

Great capture emphasizing the ridges and valleys.

[Nita]

Wonderful capture with detail of big and small and perfectly processed as B&W.

[Vijay]

fabulous shot ... great texture ... love those layers and your processing .. FAV .. must confess it made me think of the human anatomy from far left .. lying next to each other .. maybe its the wine :-)

[eDorre]

A shot to keep you looking!

[Harbie]

Very interesting!

[Debbie]

Nice image

[Jacqui Paterson]

Lovely curves and lines. Love the processing.

[Taffy]

This is such a great b&w with the rolling hills and the way you've brought out the shadows and textures.

[Raye]

Awesome capture! Super composition and brilliant processing. You did it with the light, shade and texture, great example! A FAV!

[Rachel Withey]

Fav. Love this, the textures are fantastic

[Lisa Targowska]

This really does illustrate the movement really well. Fav.

[Spanner]

This is great - wonderful textures

[Claire]

Love this, love the textures, the tones and shapes. Fav.

[Lena]

Wow, this is fantastic! Amazing shot, love it in b&w!

[Sally Ings]

Wonderful depth and texture

[elkehochban]

Fabulous! The textures are brought out by the use of B+W.

[Molly]

Well captured Lisa. Great depth of texture here.

[tony gig]

Great shot Lisa.

[KWind]

Great texture.

[Kass]

Hi Lisa - love the layers in b&w! Regarding your last question on my metal print - I used a local company. You're in the US right? Check out Bay Photo - very reliable company. http://www.bayphoto.com/metalprints/

[Kay Hodges]

Lovely comp

[Christine]

Great title for a wonderful picture

[Krisztina Lacz]

wow! excellent!

[Rachel]

fabulous shot, love the title too. stunning as always :-)

[Tia]

Brilliantly done! Looks like the surface of another planet!

[Linda]

What I particularly like about this is that (for me) there is no immediate sense of scale - so until I read your comments I wasn't sure - are they hills or is it something undulating under a macro lens. Super tones and textures!
(Linda, @se7en , Mondays)

[Arefin]

amazing shot! love the contrast!

[mittens (Marilyn)]

This is really cool. I love the layered look of it.

[Paul King]

Those lines : the textures : the layers Lisa this is simply wonderful
Fav

[Gwyn]

Wow! You nailed it. Great shot. A fav

[Lisa Pouncy]

Wow! This is amazing. Just love it xx

[Cazla]

Brilliant,perfect example of textures

[Vicki Dixon]

FAV! really great shot!!

[Alison Hewitt Bailey]

Beautiful depth and textures, Lisa. I love that rolling land formation too.

[Paula W]

Wonderful image Lisa, great textures.

[Katie]

Amazing and so surreal! This looks like it is underwater to me.

[Ingrid Budge]

Beautiful - the textures are gorgeous and it could be so many things - stunning

[ZambianLass]

Superb Lisa --- as always :-)

[Elaine]

The shape and textures work so well in this image Lisa and is perfect for the discussion.

[Kareen King]

Beautifully executed and explained!

[Peter Dulis]

Love it ...

[Ross Walker]

An ideal use of B&W. Absolutely sensuous curves. Fav.

[Lisa]

fave. Beautiful shot! I appreciate your narrative, as the photo really does demonstrate the concept so well. Thank you!

[Suse♡]

Oh yes, it does illustrate the text well, it´s practically a text book example! frost covered hills, how wonderful, it looks a bit like sand at the first glance, very pleasing forms

[Lisa Stein]

@kass Kass, thank you so much for your comment and the information about the metal printer. I will check it out!

[Sassik]

FAV! Beautiful and extraordinary!

[Paul "Snapchap" Everest]

Nice shot! It looks a bit like an electron microscope picture.

[Lois]

Beautiful in B&W!

[Jo]

Very interesting shot, you are certainly doing your homework, nice work.

[Andreas]

Excellent, it's a very fascinating photo, one that one could look at for a very long time. Fav

[MaryBeth Dailey]

Interesting and scale can be hard to grasp here. Very nice

[Allison]

I agree with @primitiveprobe as I've looked at it for the longest time.....stunning!

[Shelley]

Lovely shot.

[Amrita]

Amazing.... in B/W

[Lisa Stein]

@primitiveprobe Thank you, Andreas. That means a lot to me coming from you!

[Sean O'Neill]

Another fantastic B&W that blows me away, perfect. Fav