Hot or Cold

[denise ippolito]

I created this image at Mammoth Hot Springs in the fall of last year. I never got around to processing some of my images but I had bracketed several exposures hoping that the slight movement of the fog would add some soft interest to an HDR image. Tonight I was going through some of my images and this underexposed shot caught my eye. I decided to convert the top layer to B&W, I then masked back in a hint of the bluish gray sky. I messed around with the contrast and came up with something I called my "cold version". Then I brought it into Nik Color Efex and using the Bi-color user defined filer I created my "hot version" that I have posted here.

[Indranil Sircar]

Denise, looking at the blog, both versions are excellent. For me the cold is the natural one... however I prefer the hot version is unique. The silhouette and the soft moving fog in the backdrop of the warm sky makes it a wonderful composition. Excellent work!

[Judy Howle]

I love the composition and desolate feel of the area, and of course the fog makes the image for me. Nice choice of color too.

[Stu Bowie]

Denise, great creativity, and just love the coloured fog. I do like the placement of the trees too.

[denise ippolito]

Thanks folks, I appreciate the feedback.

[Michael Zajac]

After going back and forth, I like the hot one best.

[denise ippolito]

Thanks Michael!