Mojave Skies

Gallery: LandscapePosted March 22, 2011137 views7 comments

Some pretty great clouds after the storm passed through the Mojave National Preserve on Monday. This was taken about 8-10 miles south of the Kelso Dunes along Kelbaker Road. Fused 3 images in LREnfuse before importing into PSCS4 for some adjustment layers.

1/200, 1/60, 1/20 @ f/22; 16mm; ISO 100; 16-35 f/2.8L; tripod, CP. Canon EOS 5DMk2.

Comments

7 comments

Comment posted by Paul Duval on March 22, 2011 at 8:33 AM

Craig,

Wild sunlit breaking storm sky. I'm a sky fanatic so I really like the image, I know where this spot is but have never been there, surprised there's no Joshua's trees but the other Yucca are nice wonder when they bloom? Just a ramblim' like those clouds, bet they were really movin'

Paul

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Comment posted by Robert Dayton on March 22, 2011 at 3:26 PM

Aptly titled and composed, Craig. That's a great sky.
Your post-processing is also appropriate.

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Comment posted by Harley Goldman on March 22, 2011 at 6:22 PM

Great sky with a nicely lit foreground. I bet this would also look real nice in B&W. BTW, you have some pretty big dust chunks in the sky.

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Comment posted by Craig Myers on March 22, 2011 at 11:27 PM

Thanks for the feedback, everyone.

Harley, Thanks for the heads up on my sloppy QC. I've cleaned up the sky on the files that matter most. In the future, I'll allow more time between the capture and the posting of images. I am working on a B-W version of this (w/o the dust spots) that I'll post soon.

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Comment posted by Jason Kim on March 23, 2011 at 12:58 AM

This is a really nice one, Craig. I really like how the clouds and sky dominates the view. There's something about the processing that gives it a faintly surreal look to me (which I like).

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Comment posted by Preston Birdwell on March 24, 2011 at 7:48 PM

Very nice, Craig. I love that sky! I like the different cloud types. It looks like a lonsome and quiet place. I like how the plants help to balance the foreground and give it more substance.

--P

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Comment posted by Michael R Reynolds on April 9, 2011 at 7:00 PM

Wow Craig,
Very intense and wonderful clouds! Nicely composed. Best Regards.

Registered on February 26, 2008, 54 Posts, 812 Comments