Recently I traveled to Quebec for work. I decided to drive since the trip was only going to be three and a half hours in the car and this would be much quicker than flying. Having snowed the night before, the roads were clear, but the ground and surrounding hills were snow-covered. Driving north on the NY Northway in the early morning, rain was intermittent and the sky was overcast. As I reached the northern Adirondacks, the rain subsided and the clouds became interesting just as I was passing through the ice-covered rock-exposed hills. Having brought the Fuji X100s with me, I was able to capture some images as I traveled North. All images shown here were shot handheld in manual mode with auto ISO and autofocus. 

After importing the images into Lightroom CC and adjusting for exposure, I brought a few images into Adobe Photoshop CC and used Nik Software's Silver Efex Pro II to convert to black and white. I like to bring photos into the Photoshop as smart objects because it then allows filters to be applied non-destructively. After converting to black and white using Ilford 50 film simulation, I reopened Silver Efex Pro II and applied a selenium tint to give the images that cold winter feeling which I thinks brings out the rock and ice details while retaining an interesting sky.

Let me know what you think. Thanks for stopping by today.