A storm brewing over the Erie Canal (love to hear opinions)

pathoulihan1 · Sep 23, 2011

My friend and I were exploring the Vicher Ferry Nature Preserve which sits along the Erie Canal when this storm formed not far away (we got our pictures and left).

Processed in Photomatix using 6 EVs from 1/15-1/2000, at ISO-125 f/8.

889Media · Sep 23, 2011

I like this one! I like how you processed this, without messing up the photo. Not too much saturation and other things that might mess up the mood in this shot

Good job!

pathoulihan1 · Sep 23, 2011

889Media said:
I like this one! I like how you processed this, without messing up the photo. Not too much saturation and other things that might mess up the mood in this shot Good job!

Thanks 889Media!

McNugget801 · Sep 23, 2011

awesome clouds nice capture

I would like to see it with the tone cooled down a bit.

bazooka · Sep 23, 2011

I like the composition, I just wish the earth-half had more exposure.

pathoulihan1 · Sep 23, 2011

bazooka said:
I like the composition, I just wish the earth-half had more exposure.

I hear what you're saying. At 1/15 the earth was very will exposed, but the plants in the foreground made the photo look very messy when I had that portion of the photo exposed so I chose to leave the lower half of the photo (the shadows) just a touch underexposed. I'll reprocess and post the shot though to show a comparison.

Bynx · Sep 23, 2011

Well Im glad you got your pics before you left. This one is a good one. Id like to see a bit more of the bottom but what you have captured is excellent.

SlickSalmon · Sep 23, 2011

With little tweaking here and there, this image converts nicely to B&W. It brings out the drama.

pathoulihan1 · Sep 23, 2011

Bynx said:
Well Im glad you got your pics before you left. This one is a good one. Id like to see a bit more of the bottom but what you have captured is excellent.

Thanks Bynx, Here's the image with the bottom half more exposed (for you also bazooka)

SlickSalmon said:
With little tweaking here and there, this image converts nicely to B&W. It brings out the drama.

I hadn't thought about that I'll have to give it a try.

Anyway here's the other version, I honestly prefer the first version as I think it more accurately represented what I saw, but seeing as how none of you were actually there I suppose exposing the bottom portion would be more pleasing aesthetically. As far as what I did differently, I adjusted the shadows smoothness slider down, and I also adjusted the luminance slightly as well as the gamma.

My friend and I plan on spending more time at this location as it is very pretty and quite interesting, but due to the storm (and the horrendous onslaught of mosquitoes) we had to leave early. Hopefully we'll get there soon.