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Re: clouds
« Reply #100 on: August 29, 2010, 11:44:07 pm »

Winter in the Blue Mountains west of Sydney. I took them with my 20D a while ago and came upon them when I was looking for images for my blog. I must admit I was amazed at the amount of dust spots on the images, there must have been over thirty on each image.  Mainly a test to see how to attach images on the updated site.









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Re: clouds
« Reply #101 on: August 30, 2010, 04:49:12 am »

That cow is a bit disconcerting. Something definitely not right there  ;)

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Re: clouds
« Reply #102 on: August 30, 2010, 09:28:23 am »

Moo!
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« Reply #103 on: August 30, 2010, 10:17:53 am »

That cow is a bit disconcerting. Something definitely not right there  ;)

Man Ray put it there.  :)
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Re: clouds
« Reply #104 on: August 30, 2010, 12:38:59 pm »

The cow is clearly hovering over the fence, probably in mid-jump over the moon.
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Re: clouds
« Reply #105 on: August 31, 2010, 12:58:51 pm »

OK, here are some more, all on one day recently. The fourth is a tiny crop from top edge of the third, to show you what that dust speck is.
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« Reply #106 on: September 01, 2010, 03:41:52 am »

Eric, I particularly like the third.

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Re: clouds
« Reply #107 on: September 01, 2010, 11:09:51 am »

Them's some nice clouds ya got there!  Thanks for sharing them.

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Re: clouds
« Reply #108 on: September 01, 2010, 11:20:55 am »

Thanks, Jeremy and Mike.

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Re: clouds
« Reply #109 on: September 10, 2010, 12:18:24 am »

Some from yesterday, at Victoria's Inner Harbour:















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« Reply #110 on: September 10, 2010, 03:42:20 am »

Very nice, Mike. I particularly like the fourth: would you mind sharing the toning recipe?

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« Reply #111 on: September 10, 2010, 08:41:26 am »

I find the 2nd image very powerful, Mike, especially trying to imagine it at full-size.

The 4th image struck me as well, but I feel it would have been more powerful if you would have composed the shot a couple of notches lower. In other words, 10% less empty sky above clouds and 10% more city & earth.

That's my $0.02.

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Re: clouds
« Reply #112 on: September 10, 2010, 07:05:19 pm »

Thanks, folks!

Jack:  I agree with your assessment of the fourth one - the clouds there were 'unplanned' as I was just walking by and had a camera with me.  Shooting handheld I didn't get as much of the buildings as I could have. 

Jeremy, the images were toned in Lightroom using:

Highlights
Hue 41
Saturation 23
Balance
+100
Shadows
Hue 0
Saturation 0

Dale, I like the curl of the highlights in that cloud, but if it was me I'd try lowering the black point and/or increasing the contrast a bit to bring out more tonal separation.

Mike.
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« Reply #113 on: September 11, 2010, 03:01:13 am »

Thanks, Mike. I'll have to look out for a suitable image on which to try it!

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« Reply #114 on: September 11, 2010, 03:56:22 am »

The first one's nice, but I love the clouds in the second.  We have a trees thread and a rocks thread.  Maybe we should start a clouds thread?

Mike.

Two out of three ain't bad I guess!

No shortage of clouds or trees around these parts but this was taken in the UK, I just love the symmetry between the two major elements here.
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« Reply #115 on: September 11, 2010, 09:21:07 am »

Thanks, Mike.  I am reposting taking advantage of your suggestion.  A startling improvement.  I am also adding a color image for C&C.

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« Reply #116 on: September 11, 2010, 03:02:03 pm »

Dale,

The first one in this bunch is stunning.

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« Reply #117 on: September 11, 2010, 03:24:52 pm »

Thanks.  The first one is the second one improved by Mike's critique.

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« Reply #118 on: September 15, 2010, 04:17:28 pm »


Southbound car carrier 
Leica M8 with 90mm Summicron



Small boat heading out at dawn


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« Reply #119 on: September 15, 2010, 06:11:38 pm »

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Small boat heading out at dawn

Puts things into perspective, no?  One of the reasons I love living beside the ocean.

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