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Equipment & Techniques => Landscape & Nature Photography => Topic started by: Pete Berry on January 15, 2014, 01:58:22 pm

Title: Gathering Storms: two B/W's
Post by: Pete Berry on January 15, 2014, 01:58:22 pm
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
Title: Re: Gathering Storms: two B/W's
Post by: Christoph C. Feldhaim on January 15, 2014, 04:31:15 pm
I like both of them.
And you've done some very nice processing to them.
Cheers
~Chris
Title: Re: Gathering Storms: two B/W's
Post by: sdwilsonsct on January 15, 2014, 04:42:30 pm
#1 has a good composition. I like when we get the sky and land interacting usefully.
Title: Re: Gathering Storms: two B/W's
Post by: Pete Berry on January 15, 2014, 10:19:23 pm
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
Title: Re: Gathering Storms: two B/W's
Post by: Graham Clark on January 15, 2014, 10:37:11 pm
Quote from: Pete Berry on January 15, 2014, 01:58:22 pm
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.

Title: Re: Gathering Storms: two B/W's
Post by: David Cordner on January 16, 2014, 01:08:58 pm
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.
Title: Re: Gathering Storms: two B/W's
Post by: Pete Berry on January 16, 2014, 06:55:54 pm
Quote from: David Cordner on January 16, 2014, 01:08:58 pm
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
Title: Re: Gathering Storms: two B/W's
Post by: Paulo Bizarro on January 17, 2014, 03:51:40 am
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".
Title: Re: Gathering Storms: two B/W's
Post by: wolfnowl on January 18, 2014, 02:22:15 am
The first one doesn't do a lot for me, but the second one's great!

Mike.
Title: Re: Gathering Storms: two B/W's
Post by: Jeremy Roussak on January 18, 2014, 04:18:16 am
Quote from: Pete Berry on January 16, 2014, 06:55:54 pm
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
Title: Re: Gathering Storms: two B/W's
Post by: David Cordner on January 18, 2014, 11:41:23 am
Pete, Maybe a touch to far.