Once again there were some nasty storms in the province. I had been watching this storm on the weather radar sites as it was moving my way. I decided to chase this storm and see if I could get a photo. When chasing storms the storm is my navigator and this time I found myself at a dead end road 1 mile from the USA/Canada border. I could go no further without trespassing on private property and I wasn't about to do that so I decided to shoot where I was. Which wasn't best. I hadn't even taken a photo yet when a truck arrived It happened to be the owners of the property next to where I was standing. After a short conversation I got permission to go on their property. This saved the day for me. A long driveway and walk into a field I found myself about ½ a mile from the border and thrilled to find this giant almost dead tree. It made for a great photo opp!
Second image was taken after the first. The lines in the freshly harvested field were a nice addition but a challenging combo to get a composition that worked for me. I moved my POV many times before I found one that worked with the lines, storm cloud and everything else. Pre-composing panoramic images is always a challenge but I enjoy that.
killersnowman wrote:
I like this much better than the color ones you recently posted. Nice comp and the tones are nice
Again as I will paraphrase from a response to Scott S, Your image excites me. It brings an emotional response. It tells a story beyond that of which a normal image does. It excites my senses!!! You have learned how to determine what to use in a composition by your perceptions of the subject..aka process the visual info. Excellant!! Dramatic!!
dan
Danpbphoto wrote:
Again as I will paraphrase from a response to Scott S, Your image excites me. It brings an emotional response. It tells a story beyond that of which a normal image does. It excites my senses!!! You have learned how to determine what to use in a composition by your perceptions of the subject..aka process the visual info. Excellant!! Dramatic!!
dan
Thank you Dan for the kind words. Greatly appreciated!
So looks like tomorrow is high risk of super cells and so I am planning for a day of storm chasing. Not sure where I'll end up or what I'll see but it should be fun.
Danpbphoto wrote:
Again as I will paraphrase from a response to Scott S, Your image excites me. It brings an emotional response. It tells a story beyond that of which a normal image does. It excites my senses!!! You have learned how to determine what to use in a composition by your perceptions of the subject..aka process the visual info. Excellant!! Dramatic!!
dan
but what does that have to do with what you quoted from me?
scott, awesome image
You have a little dust spot in the clouds, almost smack in the middle
However, most importantly, I love your conversion, However, I see quite a bit of posterization in the sky. it could me my monitor, could be due to jpeg compression? Is the original file clean?
Thank you all very much. May be a little dark for some but that is OK. I wasn't making dark for them. I processed this to my taste and I like dark and moody BW images and REALLY like how this one turned out. One of my better storm shots of the season. Also, this storm was nasty one. Though not super visible this thing was like a non-stop concert strobe light with lightning. I tried capturing it when it got darker but most of the lightning was in the storm and not visible. I haven't gone through those images yet. Gotta do more storm chasing today. Conditions are favourable for some crazy weather.
kevindar wrote:
scott, awesome image
You have a little dust spot in the clouds, almost smack in the middle
However, most importantly, I love your conversion, However, I see quite a bit of posterization in the sky. it could me my monitor, could be due to jpeg compression? Is the original file clean?
Thank you Kevin. The spec was actually a cloud but I removed it. When looking I did find a few other dust spots. As for the posterization, it must be a compression/jpg issue. The file is fine here.
It's not dark on my calibrated monitor. It's dark, but the shadows are just right. Maybe calibration has nothing to do with it, but possibly that it's a higher quality monitor than my general work & laptop monitors.
Great dramatic black and white in this one. The trees and the reflection that's broken up by the interesting textures of the grass are what really bring the whole thing together for me. Great work.
