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p.2 #1 · Stormy Lights


Matt,
Nicely seen & creatively captured!
Great use of a sky/tree interaction

Dan



Dec 01, 2014 at 01:41 PM
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p.2 #2 · Stormy Lights


Matt,

Great colors and the comp is great. Really like the lines from the hills and the tree is very interesting.

Jason



Dec 01, 2014 at 01:44 PM
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p.2 #3 · Stormy Lights


Wow... that's dramatic, nice shot!


Dec 01, 2014 at 01:50 PM
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p.2 #4 · Stormy Lights


uber wrote:
I like the tree, I feel it adds something to the picture.. can't quite put my finger on it.

How did you get the grass perfectly exposed with the sky too? Is this more than one image merged together?


Hi Uber,

This is one exposure with a graduated warming filter (which helps control some of the dynamic range as well as enhance the sky color). Secondly, I processed the RAW file twice, once for the darks, once for the highlights, to better control those tonal fringe areas where the highlight details were getting blown out, and the shadows too plugged.

Thanks for taking the time to comment everyone1!



Dec 02, 2014 at 08:06 AM
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p.2 #5 · Stormy Lights


Great comp, I like the rolling hills and large crooked tree.


Dec 02, 2014 at 09:05 AM
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p.2 #6 · Stormy Lights


I like colorful swirls in a sky. Now, are these blended exposures, as its obviously was not a still weather, but tree and grass seem sharp?

Sasha.



Dec 02, 2014 at 01:38 PM
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p.2 #7 · Stormy Lights


I commented on this on FB but I'll comment here too. Lovely image. Those clouds set it off.


Dec 02, 2014 at 01:41 PM
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p.2 #8 · Stormy Lights


Image looks a bit grainy/noisy/grungy but the sky is pretty dramatic. The composition is also solid.


Dec 02, 2014 at 07:30 PM
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p.2 #9 · Stormy Lights


alatoo60 wrote:
I like colorful swirls in a sky. Now, are these blended exposures, as its obviously was not a still weather, but tree and grass seem sharp?

Sasha.


Hi Sasha,

It's a single exposure. I don't have the exposure time in front of me at the moment. I usually shoot under a half stop or so with my D800E. Funny, when I shot with my Canon 5DX, I would ETTR to mitigate noise... something I don't miss doing.



Dec 03, 2014 at 11:57 AM
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p.2 #10 · Stormy Lights


Powerful image dude!!!! Love that tree and the clouds!!!!

I'd clone the power poles out...



Dec 03, 2014 at 03:41 PM
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p.2 #11 · Stormy Lights


Mark Metternich wrote:
Powerful image dude!!!! Love that tree and the clouds!!!!

I'd clone the power poles out...


I agree, I really should clone them out.
If this ends up in my fine art prints selection I'll definitely clean them up.

Thanks for commenting my friend !



Dec 05, 2014 at 09:00 AM
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p.2 #12 · Stormy Lights


Hi Matt! Wow, really dig the shapes of the clouds here. Very nice sky! The processing looks a little funky to me with quite a bit of grain in the sky. Additionally, I don't think that the green lawn does much or anything for the image. The real draw, for me, is the sky and the silhouette of the tree. I think a more abstract approach with just the tree and the sky would have made for a stronger image, all while eliminating the superfluous stuff like the distant trees and telephone wires.


Dec 05, 2014 at 09:57 PM
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p.2 #13 · Stormy Lights


Lovely shot Matt.

grtz,
Helen



Dec 06, 2014 at 07:00 AM
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p.2 #14 · Stormy Lights


Great shot, I really like the clouds and sky!




Dec 06, 2014 at 07:07 AM
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p.2 #15 · Stormy Lights


nice silhouette


Dec 06, 2014 at 08:01 AM
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p.2 #16 · Stormy Lights


Spectacular!!!
Keith W.



Dec 06, 2014 at 03:55 PM
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