Afternoon Storm w/Repost

Gallery: LandscapePosted August 21, 201064 views8 comments

An iconic view, but I had a great time watching this afternoon rain sweep across the desert. Wondering if it works for others and your thoughts on the B&W conversion. Compression is hurting the details, even in the large version.

5DII, 27mm, ISO 100, 1/60, f11

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8 comments

Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on August 21, 2010 at 4:17 PM

A wonderful scene, but too little tonality in the conversion. This is a grand and sweeping image and it demands a large range to adequately express the "shock and awe."

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Comment posted by Craig Strand on August 22, 2010 at 2:12 AM

Very powerful capture, the smaller image doesn't do this justice.

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Comment posted by John Williams on August 22, 2010 at 10:17 AM

An awesome view! Craig's correct, the larger version is much better, but I agree with Phil. There is a lot of potential lurking here, it just needs to be bolder.

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Comment posted by Stan Rose on August 22, 2010 at 12:04 PM

What Philip said.

If you havent seen any of Guy T's articles on B&W conversion, i recommend that you find and read them. Cool scene, lots o' potential here.

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Comment posted by Jason Woerly on August 23, 2010 at 12:50 PM

Thanks to all for the critiques. I'll work up a version with expanded tonal range. I wish it was possible to replace/repost the larger version.

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Comment posted by Ron Richins on August 23, 2010 at 5:44 PM

I like this very much. Then again, I'm biased--I have something similar.

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Comment posted by Jason Woerly on August 24, 2010 at 10:56 PM

Not sure anyone will take another look at this post now that it's been pushed to the second page but I'd love to hear some thoughts on my rework of this image. I expanded the tonal range and did some split toning that I felt complimented the desert scene.

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Comment posted by dean hebert on August 30, 2010 at 12:47 PM

I've been away for a couple of weeks and I'm catching up.The repost has a lot more "pop" but the sky seems a bit overdone.You might want to try blending the sky from the first post with the ground from the second. Could be a lot of work. Otherwise great shot.

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