Another amazing week over at #widewednesdaypanorama … Thank you all for your contributions and for commenting and encouraging everyone who participated 🙂

My Find of the week Johan Peijnenburg came up with this stunner .. be sure to head over to give him a much deserved pat on the back… Thanks for this piece of gorgeousness Johan 🙂

Originally shared by Johan Peijnenburg

Alpine Winter Panorama In B&W (please view large!)

From my blog: http://www.niophoto.com/alpine-winter-panorama-in-bw/

This is an image I shot last January, when I was hiking down from the Gornergrat station to Riffelberg in Zermatt. It is a panoramic view of the Weisshorn (4,505m/14,783ft) and a few surrounding mountains like the Mettelhorn, Schalihorn and Brunegghorn. I was shooting at an altitude of 2755 meters (9038ft). From that same location, you can see some of the highest peaks in Switzerland, like the Matterhorn and Monte Rosa. If you plan to visit Switzerland, make sure to go there!

I shot this image with a 2-stop gradient ND filter to control exposure a bit. Processed the image in Lightroom 4.1 and Silver Efex Pro 2. The range of shadows and highlights in this image didn’t make the conversion easy. I have attempted to convert it many times in the past few months. I think I finally got it right though. Hope you agree!

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