Monocline + note

Well you've certainly mastered clouds in b&w. This sky is downright biblical. In the sense that 18th and 19th century artists depicted it. William Blake. Dore's illustrations from Paradise Lost. It's like that picture from Sunday school where Abraham is poised to kill his sone and God's arm appears through those clouds and holds Abraham by the wrist.

The only issue s that wedge in the llc. A combination of small cropping and cloning should do the trick.

A downright excellent sky! Igor is far more well-read than I am, but I do agree with his crop and clone suggestion!    I like it!

Very nice combo of clouds and land, Gary.  The B&W makes it feel more ominous.  You had some great clouds.

Gary, you are definitely the 'cloud master'. I really like this. The clouds, of course, are the star here, but the mountains add a fine anchor. I am on the fence with the crop/close suggestion because the wedge in the lower left cornier supports the curve of the dark
wedge in the lower right corner. I do see a slight halo on the right skyline of the central peak, but that is minor. This is a well crafted image!
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Thanks so much for your comments.  I posted this last night around 10:00 and as soon as it uploaded we had a power outage that lasted until 2:00 am.  I'm a stickler these days about halo's and my file was fine, but compression can highlight those high contrast transitions.  I  like to post an image and then make sure it looks alright after upload.  After driving 10 hours today, I finally got a look at the image and was bummed about the halo on the right side.  Oh well, can't do much to fix it at this point. 

The textures in the clouds are great, Gary.  Another outstanding catch of a nasty looking storm.  Getting the monocline to point in the same direction as the clouds is a nice touch.

Gary,

Yet another glorious and dramatic sky.  The contrast and tonal range in those clouds is excellent.  Great job incorporating the landscape, although really the landscape and monocline is just a nice anchor feature.  If anything, a minor suggestion I have would be to burn down the wash area to the right of the monocline (honestly, I had to look that up - a bit weak on geology.)  I dunno, I guess that lighter area does provide some separation in the landscape, so I guess it's really not a big deal.  In the end, this is all about the drama in the clouds.

Halo?  Can't tell and never would have noticed. I guess I can see it since you pointed it out, but it's not worth mentioning, unless you ever decide to print. Even then, negligible. 

Great work as always

Lon

 

You always seem to catch these drama laden skies, Gary. This scene is dripping with mood and those mountains provide a nice anchor to this beautiful desert landscape. Gorgeous work.

Ed

The clouds are terrific, the land does not add enough interest for me in this one....

Another B&W master piece Gary.  The sky is definitely the star of the show.