No Moon 2

Gallery: LandscapePosted May 8, 2012133 views8 comments

One more image from the night when the Super Moon did not appear. The western sky did give some very dramatic images. My wife is not totally sure about my sanity sometimes, when it comes to photography. We were under the dark part of the clouds and it was raining. I had a cover on the camera and the wind was blowing fairly strong. But hay, life is an adventure and sometimes the best images are under the not so "best" circumstances. I appreciate all of your input and critiques.

Canon 40D
Sigma 17-70
All settings on manual
Shutter 1 second
Aperture f18
ISO 100
36mm
Cropped to about 85% of original
Color correction in PSE9

Comments

8 comments

Comment posted by Michal Kalita on May 8, 2012 at 2:53 PM

What an astounding sky. Emotions build up with each cloud layer. Great shot!

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Comment posted by Rick Turner on May 8, 2012 at 3:54 PM

What a magnificent sky

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Comment posted by Nancy Lea Sandy on May 8, 2012 at 6:48 PM

I like that the sky gets all the attention here. Wonderfully dramatic and expansive. I like this one even better than your first. Very nicely done

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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on May 8, 2012 at 7:52 PM

You did well that night, Richard, even without the moon

. Awesome clouds and light!

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

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Comment posted by Brian Schrayer on May 8, 2012 at 9:40 PM

This is fantastic, Richard. Skies like this set the plains ablaze and you have captured them splendidly here. Excellent comp with just enough landscape to anchor the scene while not competing for attention from the sky. I also like the layers created by the variation of colors and tones in the clouds.

Oh yeah, were you saying something about the moon?

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Comment posted by Michael Westerbeck on May 9, 2012 at 4:59 PM

The Super Moon is over rated

and as a consolation prize, you got an awesome shot! The clouds are terrific with all the layers and the fire on the horizon really is beautiful as well.

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Comment posted by Scott Smorra on May 10, 2012 at 12:14 AM

Nice light and clouds here Peter. I like this one a bit better than the pano version you posted previously.

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on May 12, 2012 at 9:30 PM

I've had this experience too where the absence of the an anticipated moon opened up new possibilities. This is certainly a nice alternative.

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