A Storm is Coming

Gallery: LandscapePosted January 10, 2011243 views15 comments

Another image taken right outside my hotel on the Isle of Skye. With the rainstorms moving over the mountains the light was changing constantly, resulting in the image you see here, where the rainclouds seem to swallow the light blue sky. The glow in the distance is the sun peeking shining on the clouds but gave the whole thing an omnious feeling.

When processing this image it gave me a sort of Lord of the Rings feeling, hence the title (from the LOTR OST

) I blended in the blue sky from a different exposure, since the DR was too high.

7d, 9mm (gotta love hte new sigma for apsc)f/22, Tk's actions in PS

Comments

15 comments

Comment posted by Luis Argerich on January 10, 2011 at 10:17 AM

Hi Jorne,
Great photo I really like how the clouds mimic the water movement, that really makes the composition powerful.

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Comment posted by Keith Bauer on January 10, 2011 at 10:24 AM

Very dramatic scene. I like most of it. The mountain in the background looks as though a grad ND was used and placed a touch too low.

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Comment posted by Jorne de Bruin on January 10, 2011 at 10:27 AM

Thanks for the comments!

Keith: no grads where used, the sigma 8-16mm does not take filters

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Comment posted by Debashis Bandyopad on January 10, 2011 at 10:49 AM

Great drama and excellent pic.. Screams Isle of Skye all the way.. Very well captured

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Comment posted by Andreas Resch on January 10, 2011 at 11:00 AM

Yeah - that's a great one, Jorne. Both the clouds as well as the water action are stunning and they work great together.

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Comment posted by Kah Kit Yoong on January 10, 2011 at 11:09 AM

Lots of drama here. The two moods in the sky are quite interesting. Exposure here always seems difficult and you've done well presenting this and making an effective composition.

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on January 10, 2011 at 12:20 PM

Lovely shot, and I like the hint of warm light on the horizon left. Interesting concept of water above and water below.

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Comment posted by Stan Rose on January 10, 2011 at 12:54 PM

Sweet! Great dramatic scene. The bottom portion seems just a tad too bright given the dark sky--since you're going for ominous here, probably wouldnt hurt to burn the fg a bit.

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Comment posted by Jorne de Bruin on January 10, 2011 at 2:02 PM

Thanks for the tip Stan!

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Comment posted by Raymond D Smith on January 10, 2011 at 2:14 PM

What's not to like here. Has that classic if you what 5 minutes the weather is gonna change Scottish feeling. Great flow and tension Jorne . Awesome capture. Cheers

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Comment posted by R.Bill Moser on January 10, 2011 at 3:49 PM

This is a great shot with a dramatic sky.

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on January 10, 2011 at 10:23 PM

The clouds fee very foreboding, and the banks of the very seem to echo the forlorn character. The top of the mountains seem a bit dark to me, but not at all that much out of sync with the overall light in the rest of the image.

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Comment posted by Vincent Grafhorst on January 11, 2011 at 1:29 PM

9mm!? Wow that must give you a super wide field of view Jorne. I love the scene; very powerful with that flowing water and dark sky above. The blend looks fine, although I agree that the top of the mountain could be lightened a little. I do wish we could see a bit more of that beautiful golden light on the left. Perhaps a different shooting position (from in the middle of the river

) could have achieved that?

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Comment posted by dean hebert on January 11, 2011 at 2:51 PM

Great shot, you've got a nice feel to this.

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Comment posted by Harry Lichtman on January 12, 2011 at 7:02 AM

Great drama in this image. I might burn the water area just a tad to balance the brightness of the sky as Stan mentioned. Also a good size dust spot in the skyy, center right might need to be cleaned up. The shutter speed hold just the right amount of detail for me.

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