Gathering Storms: two B/W's

[Pete Berry]

The first from a bit past the Olmstead Overlook and up the granite bald on Yosemite's Tioga Pass Rd. several years ago. Pan. GH1/Pan 7-14mm @ 7mm (EFL 14mm).

The second last May at Capitol Reef off Goosenecks Point overlook trail: GH3/Pana-Leica 14-150mm @17mm (34mm EFL).

Thanks for looking, critique/comments appreciated.

Pete

[Christoph C. Feldhaim]

I like both of them.
And you've done some very nice processing to them.
Cheers
~Chris

[sdwilsonsct]

#1 has a good composition. I like when we get the sky and land interacting usefully.

[Pete Berry]

Thanks for your kind comments, Chris and Scott.

Looking at the second image again, I don't see how I missed the rather ugly diagonal sky line coming from the upper left corner, and the jumbled sky to the right of it - including a goose head! I cropped the image from top and bottom to 3:2 aspect, with improvement, I think.

Pete

[Graham Clark]

The first from a bit past the Olmstead Overlook and up the granite bald on Yosemite's Tioga Pass Rd. several years ago. Pan. GH1/Pan 7-14mm @ 7mm (EFL 14mm).

The second last May at Capitol Reef off Goosenecks Point overlook trail: GH3/Pana-Leica 14-150mm @17mm (34mm EFL).

Thanks for looking, critique/comments appreciated.

Pete

Great shots, Pete! I really like the second one. The rain on the distant clouds is what caught my eye.

[David Cordner]

Pete, image 2 is great.

My preference would be a little more drama in the sky and I like the crop with ref to the sky. I feel the bottom of the image looks better in the V1, I really like the mound (left) in the foreground, especially with the tufs of grass. Gives the image a base and is an interregnal part of the image, at least to my eye.

David.

[Pete Berry]

Pete, image 2 is great.

My preference would be a little more drama in the sky and I like the crop with ref to the sky. I feel the bottom of the image looks better in the V1, I really like the mound (left) in the foreground, especially with the tufs of grass. Gives the image a base and is an interregnal part of the image, at least to my eye.

David.

Excellent suggestions, David, thanks. I sorta knocked the pins out with the bottom crop. Here's a "final" version with a more dramatic sky - on the verge of "too-too" maybe - and the bottom restored.

Pete

[Paulo Bizarro]

Both nice images. The first one is a good example of near-far relationships, and the second one is a good example of a "general view".

[wolfnowl]

The first one doesn't do a lot for me, but the second one's great!

Mike.

[Jeremy Roussak]

Excellent suggestions, David, thanks. I sorta knocked the pins out with the bottom crop. Here's a "final" version with a more dramatic sky - on the verge of "too-too" maybe - and the bottom restored.

Not "on the verge", I think. The earlier version was better.

Jeremy

[David Cordner]

Pete, Maybe a touch to far.