Earlier this year I organised a Google+ photo walk to Leysin, which is a small town in the Alps of the Swiss canton of Vaud. Unfortunately, it was quite hazy that day, and it was hard to get really nice photographs. Luckily, it cleared up a bit at the end of the day and I was able to get away with this photograph of the snow-covered peaks of the Grand Muveran and Petit Muveran mountains. Both are about 3.000 metres (10.000 ft) high and part of the Muverans massif.
I really loved how the last light was hitting the rugged face of these two mountains. That’s why I decided to focus on that and keep the composition reasonably simple: just the rugged mountain face and the soft last mountain light. I used a 2:1 crop to try to frame the key parts of the photograph a bit. Hope you like this image of the Swiss Alps! I captured this photograph of the Grand Muveran and Petit Muveran using a Nikon D3x with a 70-200 f/2.8 lens. No filters were used.
Cheers, Johan 🙂
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Людмила and Sandra: thank you!
yes , l believe that you in front a all image with all beauty white and roch ,with certain one emocion single:)
Great!!!
Hi Johan, fantastic image, very nice indeed, congrats
Hey Alexandre! many thanks!!!
this is so nice … the light is perfect …
Thanks again Neal. Really appreciated!
great tonal range!
Thanks again Fabio. I really appreciate your stopping by and commenting!
Beautiful light – perfect sharpness. Looks so powerful and silent… for a lack of a better way to put it ;-)
I love the way you put it Baldur ! Thanks :)
Shane and Nora: thanks you both a bunch again :)
love it!
the textures, contrast and sharpness…amazing! beautiful!
@Matthias: not sure how I do it either 😉 Keep trying I would say! thanks for the compliment!
@Gemma: thanks Gemma!
@Aileen: thanks a bunch Aileen!!!
Nice details… great shot!
wow, another great one, thanks for sharing
I love your b/w mountain shots! I never get this great tonality into mine … good inspiration :-))
Beautiful scene, Johan! Love the b&w here!
Hey thanks Daniel. Hope all is well!
An amazing b+w interpretation Johan I’m impressed by the richness of detail this capture shows. Great!
Thanks Christof! Glad to see you back. Hope all’s fine!
Thanks Johan, most things are fine. And I try to change the ones that are not 😉 In the moment my bread-and-butter job takes too much time…
All the more I enjoy looking at good captures, like this one.
Good luck with making the changes Christof! And no worries, I guess we all have to balance between priorities :)
@Richard: thanks! All’s fine thank you. And with you. Did you move already?
@Michael: glad you like it Michael!
Really enjoyable details to here!
Very nice Johan, love the textures!! Hope you are doing well.
Thanks a lot Scott and Patricia !!!
Incredibly beautiful Johan!
Love how the shadows follow the striations in the rock. Great shot Johan Peijnenburg
This has really tremendous details! Love the clarity, the tones and contrast! I’ve used this word before but, again, this is really alpinetastic Johan!
Thanks Laurent! I love to do mages like this, but I think I need to start posting some colour one’s now to keep a balance :)
Oh but I don’t mind having more B&W than colours 🙂
Yet it doesn’t mean you shouldn’t post in colour, the more you post the better :-)
This is great Johan; it looks like you have a really nice vantage point here.
Thanks George. Glad you like it!
Breathtaking view Johan, truly stunning! I want to come there to CH again :)
Thanks Manuel! You should visit again. It’s worth it!
How did I miss this?!! Stunning texture, Johan!
Glad you stopped by and thanks for the kind words Robin!
@Sophie: thank you!!! Glad you like them (and the image)!
@Ian: Yes I sure do. These are actually fairly close to where I live 🙂
@David: thanks for the compliment and for stopping by!
@rich: thank you. Glad you like it!
Oh wow georgeous
Really great mono tones; they suit this dramatic view perfectly.
Nice work through the whole tonal range Johan, You have some great mountain ranges hey and this is a Beautiful example!
Wow Johan , this is phenomenal!!! I can feel the energy of this mountains! Love it!!!! 🙂
Thanks for posting!
Thank you Hengki and Maurizio!
Great scene
Majestic
Beautiful grey tones … love the ribbons of light
Hey Nathan! Nice to see you again 🙂 Thanks for the comment!
Shadows are your friend. So true.
thanks …. I think :)
Ah some traditional work! I wish we’d have some mountains over here in Holland Johan ! Classic beauty!
There are rumors that you will get one … although artificial Joel, so there is hope. Otherwise you are still very welcome to come to CH. Thanks for the compliment!
Haha yeah an artificial mountain – I know about that Johan – crazy Dutch people:)
Merci beaucoup Jean-Michel!
Thank you Beatrix!
@Robert: thanks Robert. I will see if I can create a colour version that I like myself. I opted for B&W because I had a certain end result in mind, so haven’t really worked on the colour version. Hope all is well in Austria!
Really a wonderful panorama of swiss mountains! But I would also like to see a version in colour?
So powerful and a wonderful Shot!!
Magnifique photo. Bravo l’artiste !
Nice clarity that you have captured. Perfect as usual Johan
Thanks Sassi … hope I will be able to keep it up 🙂
I’m sure you will Johan! Enjoy your weekend.
You too Sassi !
@Charles: thanks Charles!
@Dawid: thanks you as well David!
@Wilfried: I know you love this 🙂 It was nice indeed! Thanks!
@Alan: really glad you do Alan! Thanks. My priorities are at being out there shooting now though 🙂
@Andrew: thank you for the kind words Andrew!
@Johan: thanks Johan!
@Andy: I love it when the light does that to rugged mountain faces like this. Thanks!
@Anette: I like my drama Anette :)
@Patrice: I know and I had vin chaud after 🙂 Thanks!
@Paul: thanks for the compliment. Looking forward to the Austrian version 🙂
@Markus: thanks Markus!!!
@Ben: glad you like it Ben!
@Eric: merci!
@Paul: dank je wel Paul!
@John: glad Ireland approves as well John! How are things?
@Kerry: thanks a bunch Kerry!
@Mikko: thanks for the kind words and stopping by again Mikko!
@Ada: that’s a very nice compliment Ada!!!
@Nikola: dank je wel!
@Sumit: thanks Sumit … and still here 🙂
@Margaret: I must be doing something right then ;)
Johan that looks wonderful, the details in the midtones are very good. Have a great weekend.
I love this kind of light in mountain photography! This is a big BW photography, looks massive Johan!
The light is fantastic… I were right to stick there ;)
Looks great Johan and the proportions of sunlight, rock and snow are perfect. Nice mountains too.
Very nice Johan – always look forward to your images!
Wonderful photo! The rugged mountain face points out absolutely strong, the crop fits perfect here. It was a really nice walk in Leysin, and I’m happy to see another very good photo from there… Thank you, Johan!
Excellent b/w image 🙂
beautiful composition Johan.
Looks fantastic and very dramatic 🙂
Outstanding Johan … the sidelighting really enhances the terrain features!!
Excellent Johan – love the crop
Excellent b&w. Really lovely, Johan!
Very nice Johan, Epic is the word that comes to mind,
Ooh I love the crop here! Love the light too Johan!
Very nice frame Johan, the light gives so much reliefs
Great image, really llike the tones in sky and the snow/ice as the whitest point, really draws the eye to the mountains and lines in the rock face. very well done.
Lovely shot!
Very nice Johan!
ah! this picture went straight through my heart! So beautiful and stunning and….amazing!! Great one Johan !
Incredible shot! So beautiful!
@Carolyn: thank you Carolyn for the kind words and for stopping by!
@Tom: thank you. Almost as good as yours!
@Carsten: danke vielmals Carsten!
@Margaret: thanks a bunch Margaret 🙂 Glad you like my choices!
Yes, Johan !! I love your choices! Always!!
Johan – You’re too funny! :D
@Dominique and Fabrizio: thank you 🙂
@Meg: thanks Meg. Glad you stopped by again!
@Jerry: thanks mr word magician. Much appreciated!
@Emanuele: very kind Emanuele! Thanks.
Beautiful!! Incredibly wonderful! I love the wonderful light and the great patterns of light and shadow!! I like the crop too! Outstanding!!
The contrasting light and shadow areas are wonderful … this is a very beautiful photo !
The tone of this image is just delightful, Johan!
This is so brilliant. A classic mountain image in the best traditions of the photographic masters of previous years. Perfect in every possible way.
Wonderful contrast of the mountains with your research of the soft last light. Great work Johan!
I think I like this majestic photo on white more so than black Johan! 😉 Excellent work, as always, and the scene has a very granite type of look and feel to it. A cool effect!!
Wow ~ wonderful shot Johan Peijnenburg :)
well done!
wonderful Johan !
Thanks Milan and Markus!!!
Thank you as well Debby … you know I really hope it will take a while before I post my last one ;)
@Peter: it certainly is Peter. Thanks!
@Maggy: glad you like it Maggy!!!
Wonderful toning, love this beautiful image, Johan!! Amazing work!!!
beauty … good living there
Very nice work Johan Peijnenburg !
Very beautiful Johan 🙂 I like his one better than your last one ;-p
Wow.. Great b&w image with beautiful light!!!
Thanks a bunch Rich, Milena, Radek and David !!!
Beautiful
Awesome B&W shot my friend!!! Perfect!
Great stuff Johan. The tones here are beautiful!
Love the detail on the rocks…Beautiful!
Gorgeous shot Johan! The contrast of the light and shadow areas is so well captured, and the tones are lovely!
Thanks Sudip! Glad you visited again :)
Gorgeous view Johan and the b&w tones are a feast for my eyes !!
thanks for the compliment. Highly appreciated especially coming from you!
That’s a rugged beauty Johan! Maybe you found your building too. ;)
Thanks Athena! This is a long exposure by the way … you just have to make up some clouds in your mind … just kidding ;)
We still have to have that “shoot 20 long exposures of the sky” photowalk still so we can take the “sky changing” advice of Michael Diblicek! ;)
hah, I will join but skip the sky shots. I still haven’t used PS yet, so no point for me :)
I will teach it to you Johan. We will have our own workshop. :)
yep I need my butt kicked!
I have a boot ready Johan :)
@Rüdi: thanks!
@Davorin: glad you do Davorin! Some people are hinting that I should do more in colour again though :D
I love your black and white photographs of mountain peaks. Excellent shot.
Breathtaking!
@Andrew and Kurt: Thanks !!!
Beautiful and fantastic b/w conversion!
thank you (also for the retweet)! When will I see your next B&W conversion?
My goodness Johan. I think I could cut my finger on those peaks. What a beautiful shot! :)
Excellent toning and b/w conversion!
Incredible shot! :-)
Thanks Mark!
Fantastic detail and light!!!!!
Many thanks Dave!
It’s that kind of light that makes me go silent and just look, maybe smell for I imagine how the cool air will stream downwards and cover my face, making me deeply immersed in that special smell of ice and rock… very nice!
cheers
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Hi Roland … really appreciate the compliment! You have a very nice way with words!!!