The Matterhorn in black and white

I rarely work in black and white, but this graphic image of the Matterhorn reflected in the alpine lake, Rifflesee, near Zermatt, Switzerland seemed to lend itself to this type of interpretation. Years ago when we shot black and white film, you could make a blue sky go black with the use of a red filter placed over the lens. Now, with Photoshop’s controls, you can very specifically manipulate individual tones. All images when converted from color to black and white lose contrast, so you have to regain that contrast with any one of several commands in Photoshop. For this conversion, I used Image > adjustments > black and white. The peak of the mountain never showed itself when I was there, but you can still appreciate the majesty and beauty of this famous mountain. My settings for the shot were 1/640, f/8, and 125 ISO, and I captured this with a Canon 70-200mm telephoto zoom.