Should make a nice set of prints for a wall Pramod. For display I think increasing the contrast in the shaded region might add a bit more depth, print should work as processed...

I have been wanting to say something Pramod, the very first question I need to ask is when you have such a beautiful frame why do you want to break it up into pieces ? I have been seeing this image purposely for 4-5 days now and could not find out a reason of this self destruction process of a beautiful image which you have created yourself. Now, the second part is that I started seeing a lot of diptychs and triptychs not only made from nature images but generally wanted to understand the importance of this technique, and what I felt is that it is indeed powerful when used to portray comparative moods. Let's take the middle frame into consideration, which is very attractive to my eyes and mind, I would have loved to see a triptych of the same frame made a) with clouds, as in this shot, b) clear sky c) a night shot or rain clouds etc may be ? Let's take the first frame, the concentration of the mind breaks right at the climax which is right in the middle of the peak, was it necessary Pramod ? I was just wondering if three different peaks from 3 different shots could be shown in a triptych or the same peak in different moods. I was seeing a few diptychs of Prabudhha Dasgupta, guy used it brilliantly you know, he combined two shots very intelligently , imagine a room, the first shot the girl would be in position x of the room and in the second shot the girl would be in position y, he does not change the position of the camera, now the shot at position x is monochrome and position y is in color , he just joined them, no breaks in between. Lovely idea no ? , He did many such diptychs by keeping the model in the same pose but location was different, unending possibilities, just loved seeing them. Since I know you very well, I decided to open up my mind and go for a rather lengthy discussion here. I hope you do not mind, thought discussions might open up more ideas . I personally would love to see a huge print of this lovely image in one frame.

Thanks a lot for elaborate sharing of your personal thought process Nilanjanji. This is indeed I expect from this forum and have no second thoughts about me thinking otherwise. I am always open to your thoughts .

Thanks for talking about various aspect pertaining to this image and deconstructing your thoughts as well as the image. Also, many thanks for pointing to Prabudhha Dasgupta's work. If you can share a link or two it would be great.

Coming to my thoughts:

1. Until I deconstructed the image, I don't think anyone would have noticed the middle frame. Isn't it?
2. Had I just posted the image as is without trisecting it, then for me and for most of the 'photographers' it would have been:
a. Just another landscape image.
b. Just another landscape image, converted to B&W
c. I would have got comments like - "interesting play of light", love the clouds , interesting composition etc.

Intent of deconstruction:

I saw the image as is after final processing, something was really lacking w.r.t presentation. Secondly, color image is as interesting as B&W as these are painted mountains. Finally, when I saw it in 3 pieces, every frame had its imporance :
Frame 1 - Interesting cloud patters, Frame 2 - Light on the pristine snow, Frame 3 - a perfect foreground, middle ground, background composition. Overall all aspects of LS genre of photography was covered for me. Above all, when I print each of the 3 frames 20x30 or 40x60, the inquisitive nature of human mind to "actually" explore individual frames would be more than a single bland frame - hopefully it kicks in here.

Finally, in a nutshell I felt this would make the viewer's thoughts stop for a while and would think about every frame, than, just stepping forward after watching it for 10 seconds.

What do you think?

Pramod I would second Nilanjan here. Triptychs dosent seem to work as effectively for a single image cut in three pieces, as would 3 different images with a central theme. Nilanjan has some very valid points which I think I have accidentally followed in the Diptych posted in my Kitchen of the water fall from Unchalli (see the image of that in my FB wall)

I appreciate your thoughts about not just presenting the entire image as a whole, which perhaps truly would have been indeed another landscape image, agreed. But since you are master in landscape, even though you make the entire frame I can imagine your visual response to stay focused on a particular area ( eg the mid frame ). Now the mid frame alone would not make a story to fill my heart, what do you do with it ? Present different visuals of the same beauty in different conditions, your imaginations with scapes will flow much wider than mine , somehow am just thinking that if you spend some time thinking about this perhaps you end up with images which go beyond simple compartmentalization of one frame into multiples. , These were my thoughts. Am not at all saying that what you have done here is bad, just opening up possibilities in mind you know . For Prabuddha's work, simply get into www.prabuddhadasgupta.com.

Thanks for those inputs Nilanjanji. Will definitely consider your input and work on it too . Thanks for the honest and open feedback and thoughts.