Wide Angled Clouds

gman172 · Mar 15, 2008

taken on a great session at kirklees, oldham UK

light hdr processing and i used canon 40d and sigma 10-20mm lens - i love the effect the lens has on clouds

massive rocks and large clouds curling around

great distant views

please give feedback :thumbdown: or :thumbup:

andrew

guppyman · Mar 15, 2008

Stunning.

MissMia · Mar 15, 2008

guppyman said:
Stunning.

Agree!

LaFoto · Mar 15, 2008

I'm not sure they aren't too busy with the horizon dividing them into the sky half and the landscape half. Both halves show so much, and I don't know what it is that really counts for you here: the clouds, dramatic as they are, and more dramatic as they come out with the mild HDR treatment, or the vast moors, the countryside? You haven't decided, obviously, and try to show both in one photo. To my mind, this is getting too much.

Sw1tchFX · Mar 15, 2008

The split horizon doesn't really bother me as much as the tilted horizon and lack of subject.

I know it's supposed to be a landscape, and supposed to encompass the whole scene, but there's nothing really acting as the subject.

They seem more like images from location scouting than anything else.

gman172 · Mar 16, 2008

Sw1tchFX said:
The split horizon doesn't really bother me as much as the tilted horizon and lack of subject.

I know it's supposed to be a landscape, and supposed to encompass the whole scene, but there's nothing really acting as the subject.

They seem more like images from location scouting than anything else.

great point

we were scouting and i was not framing these 2 particularly - just shooting and i liked the look they gave when processed

thanks

what is your avatar - looks sweet - can you post it here full size pleeease?

DPW2007 · Mar 18, 2008

Number one is amazing, clouds look good enough to touch on that

David

kevinblahh · Mar 18, 2008

awesome shots

gman172 · Mar 18, 2008

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chantal7 · Mar 18, 2008

Stunning, indeed! Very nice photos!

DragonHeart · Mar 19, 2008

lovely HDR. I have to try My hand at doing some HDR.

gman172 · Mar 27, 2008

give hdr a go - it easily throws out great results with a minimum effort

cheating? ...nah!!

kevinblahh · Mar 27, 2008

hdrs are awesome.

i want a sigma 10-20!!!

Trenton Romulox · Mar 27, 2008

gman172 said:
give hdr a go - it easily throws out great results with a minimum effort

cheating? ...nah!!

I don't think that's true. HDR takes a certain level of effort, at least to get a good HDR without any large extremes in the range. And HDR is great at first, but the appeal of it usually wears down after a while. You know?

In regards to these two shots: I personally prefer the first one. And the second one, I sort of agree with Switch on. But I think the first one has a subject in its atmosphere, you know?