Black on White

Gallery: LandscapePosted August 8, 2010186 views13 comments

This is another in the "Prairie Storm" series that I've been compiling over the summer. We are into the severe weather season here in the Canadian Prairies and on any given day, anything is possible.

Thanks again for taking the time to stop by to take a look.

As always your thoughts and comments are welcome and appreciated.

Nikon D5000
f/5.6 @ 1/800 sec
ISO-200
2 Images merged in PS
on Manfrotto Tripod

Comments

13 comments

Comment posted by Dean Sauskojus on August 8, 2010 at 1:48 AM

Great one Mark. The sky is incredible and the field of Canola provides a nice contrast in color. Well done.

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Comment posted by Andrew Finlayson on August 8, 2010 at 5:42 AM

Lovely shot, has great contrast and great mood.

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Comment posted by Greg Cope on August 8, 2010 at 11:07 AM

This is very nice! What a dramatic sky, and I like the compo placing the two major clouds on the thirds.

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Comment posted by Bill Fach on August 8, 2010 at 1:29 PM

Mark: Fantastic scene and comp. This looks about 2/3 of a stop underexposed at least. On the histogram there are few pixels above 205. Just bringing the white point there brightens the field and the clouds and makes an already dramatic scene even more so. >=))>

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Comment posted by David W. Kelly on August 8, 2010 at 2:57 PM

Great sky and overall mood to this image.

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Comment posted by Lon Overacker on August 8, 2010 at 4:36 PM

Mark,

Fantastic prairie storm image - great panoramic presentation too. I'm loving this. Now I'm not sure if this is natural grasslands, or a cultivated field, but I can't see any "rows" or anything that makes me think other than natural. In any case, this is just a grand and dramatic image on the plains!

Lon

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on August 8, 2010 at 5:43 PM

It's strictly a personal preference, but I would bring more contrast in this. Brighter brights and darker darks. I really like the comp and the strong drama you bring with it.

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Comment posted by Roman Kurywczak on August 8, 2010 at 7:33 PM

Hey Mark,
Love the colors and storm skies.....larger version show it off nicely. I was concerned originally with the balance.....but the big cloud balances teh RH side very effectively! Very well done!

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Comment posted by Mark Metternich on August 8, 2010 at 9:40 PM

Nice job Mike.

As I type we are having a major lightning thunder storm hit Vegas! Love 'em!

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Comment posted by Chad Merrell on August 8, 2010 at 11:43 PM

I love the colors and the dramatic sky. I would like to see it with a slightly lighter field just for cmparison but perhaps it wouldn't match the the mood in the sky and I might not like it as much.

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Comment posted by Vance Gese on August 9, 2010 at 1:53 AM

Incredible clouds Mark and love the light and color of the field. Powerful image.

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Comment posted by Mark Shephard on August 9, 2010 at 2:12 AM

Thanks very much all, it was something to see in person. I waited for about an hour while this storm was unfolding as I was really hoping to try and catch a nice bolt of lightning on the right side just to finish off this image. There was lots of lightning but not while i had my finger on the trigger so to speak. Also there was a fine line in maintaining a nice yellow while i tried to bring out the black in the cloud in PS. Also Lon...this is a field of Canola which covers the whole field...a sea of yellow really and sometimes spectacular when being compared to a nice black sky. I'm really happy that this one went over so well.

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on August 9, 2010 at 11:19 PM

That is amazing. Very strong and spectacular image.

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