BW – Winter nippon stamp

The story of these images is as simple as possible.
I took some pictures during a very short walk on the hills near Șirineasa.
I was not very prepared for the outside temperature so I shot some photos thinking I could fix them at the processing stage.
The too strong contrast between snow, trees, and sunlight made it impossible to get the picture I wanted. Annoyed by this, I have increased the contrast to the maximum.
You see the result in the two pictures that look more like engravings than photographs.

^{Nippon engraving – I
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^{Nippon engraving – II
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^{Unprocessed image
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Category	Art
Settings	ISO 100 18 mm f/5 1/2000 sec
Camera	Canon EOS 400D Digital Rebel XTi
Lens	Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-32
Software	Photoshop
Techniques i've used	Levels, BW conversion, inversion
Location	Șirineasa, Vâlcea county, Romania

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