Back to digital for this one: one of the more interesting sites on Virgin Gorda is an old copper mine from the 19th century; on the top of a hill by the ocean, there are amazing images in every direction! This image was captured in colour, then converted to black and white with Silver Efex Pro 2.
My Third Eye 
I love the stark relief between the textured surface of the wall against the darkness of the sky – it almost looks like the top of the wall is evaporating into space. And the sharp cutoff of the side edges of the wall is almost surreal.
It would be interesting to contrast the post-processed B&W image with the original colour one, to see if what my mind’s eye says about the sky and the stones in the wall are close to the real thing 🙂
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Thanks Rob; I’ll dig up the colour one when I get a chance.
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This is a very interesting photo, John. It’s very attractive. It shows how artful the stonemasons were with their medium and hence it gives the photo the same precision of expressiveness. The photo has the broadest range of tones possible which is wonderful to find in a shot taken with natural light, albeit achieved through the filter of coloured stock. I find the horizon line in the middle of the composition subdues the image, though. By any chance, do you have another image of this subject taken from a different virtical angle?
Rodney
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Thanks Rodney. I hear you about the horizon line; it was unavoidable when trying to fit everything in. I have some different shots on film that I developed yesterday that I hope to start scanning tonight.
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