A Set Of Photos From Alpe Di Susi

After a long period of intense home renovation struggles, I finally found the time to return to Lightroom. Several weeks ago, I was editing photos from a vast plateau that forms part of the Italian Dolomites — Alpe di Siusi, also known as Seiser Alm. At the time, I also had a finished blog post about this place, but during the final review, the entire piece ended up in the trash. I wasn’t satisfied with either the photos or the content of the post itself.

Today, I returned to those images with a completely different idea in mind. In daylight, with standard processing, the landscapes didn’t look fully satisfying, so I decided to reach for my lifeline — something I’ve been using for some time now — removing color from the photographs. And as it turned out, it was the right decision. Finally, the images began to look the way they were meant to.

For the first time, I chose to present mountains in a monochromatic version. While working on them in Lightroom, I was reminded of the legendary landscape photographer Ansel Adams — the author of outstanding black-and-white photographs of mountains and national parks. His images were far ahead of their time, and the level of composition he achieved remains extremely difficult to replicate even today — at least in my opinion.

I invite you to explore my first attempt at portraying mountains in the way this legendary artist once did — in black and white.