Golden withdrawal

Gallery: LandscapePosted February 22, 2011116 views7 comments

The last remenants of a winter storm that swept through the valley this weekend. The retrieving clouds caught some nice golden light 5 minutes before sunset. They turned pink after the sun went down. I have a shot of that too, but I think I prefer the light and cloud movement in this shot.

Not my best shot, but I think its kinda cool. Let me know what you guys think.

Tech:
Canon 5DII w/ 70-200mm f/2.8L
f/16
159sec
Used a 9stop ND filter and a polarizer to increase the exposure time.

Thank you,
Chikku

Comments

7 comments

Comment posted by Paul Duval on February 22, 2011 at 9:05 AM

Chikku,

The sky and it's motion is the best element in the image, the color could be saturated just a little more for may taste and since there's very little detail in the dark horizon a pano crop emphasizing the dramatic sky might work better.

Paul

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Comment posted by Lon Overacker on February 22, 2011 at 6:04 PM

Chikku,

What a great sky! The clouds are awesome and were rendered beautifully with the very long exposure. Sometimes with cloud blurs I think many images don't go long enough making the perceived cloud movement "jerky" if that makes sense. I think you did well with this one.

Saturation is of course a personal choice, but I think I'll echo Paul's comment.

Lon

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Comment posted by Pam Colander on February 22, 2011 at 6:14 PM

Hard to beat an Arizona sky for clouds! Beautiful color. I'm not crazy about what the long exposure is doing to the clouds but it's different and definitely makes it more dynamic.

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Comment posted by Tom Nevesely on February 22, 2011 at 10:46 PM

That is one crazy looking sky!

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on February 22, 2011 at 10:50 PM

The long exposure did wonders for this, Chikku. The combo of the static mountains and moving clouds makes for a very nice contrast. Colors and textures are good too.

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Comment posted by Steve Sieren on February 23, 2011 at 11:21 AM

Pretty wild skies Chikku!

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Comment posted by Vance Gese on February 23, 2011 at 11:34 PM

Spectacular sky. Really like the pano format to used and the nice silhouette. I might try and bump the sat a bit as the color seems somewhat muted to me, as a viewer anyway. But it is great as presented.

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