“Colorado in Snow” is the result of me getting carried away while goofing around. I just wanted to see what the state’s complex array of mountain ranges would look like in monochrome. By the time I was done, I had illuminated Colorado in seven ways.
This bold image will accent rooms of all sizes. On a 36" print, the Rockies are dramatic, the Plains gentle and sublime, even from 50 feet away. Yet the monochrome style keeps it elegant. If you frame "Colorado in Snow," it will be the focal point of the room.
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To achieve a bold and natural look; I used seven levels of illumination. I started with three standard hill shadings, one detailed enough to define Pikes Peak’s summit dome, and one so generalized it defines the entire Front Range with only a few broad strokes. The level of detail in the third standard shade image is midway between the other two. Without rising to the level of visual perception, this shade image adds a surface that defines the graceful curves of the land. A slope shade, a shaded image that becomes darker with increased steepness, gives the land even more shape, in part by adding strength to the highlights. To lighten and soften the terrain as the eye moves downslope, I used a graduated image that becomes darker with increased elevation. Finally, though nominally a monochrome image, I couldn't resist working in trace amounts of orange and blue to boost the appearance of depth.
