Warped+repost

Gallery: LandscapePosted September 18, 2011248 views16 comments

Another image from cappadocia, this was taken on a truly uninspriring day with nothing but cloud cover and soft rain which dampend the mood for some in our group greatly. Luckily the landscape itself was great and clouded skies can be very dramatic so I decided to shoot several exposures of the same scene. When I finally got to processing this I had a lot of trouble getting it to work, but after several days of processing and coming back to process some more I finally had something I liked!

I seem to have posted jpg's without doing noise reduction, for a noise free version check under the purchase print button!

Tech: Canon 7d, 8mm several exposures for the sky and fg

Comments

16 comments

Comment posted by Alex Mody on September 18, 2011 at 6:52 AM

I love the textures and darkness in this tasteful B+W conversion.

Registered on December 25, 2007, 163 Posts, 1896 Comments

Comment posted by Larry Fischer on September 18, 2011 at 11:12 AM

Nice photo.
On my monitor there is quite a bit of "noise".
Not sure if this is from exposure or overprocessing.
the fisch

Registered on July 28, 2008, 155 Posts, 874 Comments

Comment posted by Karsten Wrobel on September 18, 2011 at 11:43 AM

like the placement of the clouds, looks somewhat threatening...

Registered on November 1, 2008, 117 Posts, 851 Comments

Comment posted by Nancy Lea Sandy on September 18, 2011 at 11:57 AM

This has a softness to it (not in a technical sense but in a mood sense) I'm trying to remember if I've ever seen another b&w that seemed to have warm tones. You might be on to something unique here.

Registered on January 24, 2011, 576 Posts, 6942 Comments

Comment posted by Scott Smorra on September 18, 2011 at 12:13 PM

The composition and sky are amazing. This works very well as b/w. My only nit is the noise in the sky. I'm not sure if it is intentional or not, but I can see horizontal lines of noise in the sky.

Registered on November 2, 2009, 161 Posts, 2143 Comments

Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on September 18, 2011 at 12:28 PM

Dramatic image, well worth all the work. But there IS a high degree of noise that I don't think you intended.
Sandy

Registered on November 24, 2003, 3937 Posts, 12909 Comments

Comment posted by Andreas Resch on September 18, 2011 at 1:34 PM

Wonderful, Jorne. Can't think of any improvements (except the noise in the sky maybe).

Registered on November 14, 2007, 322 Posts, 6101 Comments

Comment posted by Jorne de Bruin on September 18, 2011 at 2:12 PM

Thanks everyone! Yes the noise is an unfortunate side effect of me forgetting to clean the jpg's. For a noise free version see the purchase print link

Registered on June 26, 2008, 178 Posts, 2136 Comments

Comment posted by Jorne de Bruin on September 18, 2011 at 2:17 PM

And I did a quick (but not perfect) noiseremoval on this repost. The one under purchase print is still better however!

Registered on June 26, 2008, 178 Posts, 2136 Comments

Comment posted by Nick Bristol on September 18, 2011 at 2:35 PM

This is very nice. Quite an interesting shot and the b/w works very well with it. The clouds work great with the foreground. Yes, the image under purchase print is really nice.

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

Registered on February 1, 2004, 752 Posts, 14140 Comments

Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on September 18, 2011 at 4:39 PM

What a strong comp, Jorne. I can just feel myself getting sucked into the clouds. Shapes and textures here are very eye-catching and B&W enhances it all very nicely.

Registered on November 1, 2003, 364 Posts, 22328 Comments

Comment posted by Morris McClung on September 18, 2011 at 4:41 PM

It is better, but there is still banding on the one on your site. Still, a dramatic image and excellent conversion.

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Comment posted by Mark Metternich on September 18, 2011 at 5:45 PM

Cool shot all things considered. I too would try to clobber the noise.

Registered on June 19, 2009, 276 Posts, 6240 Comments

Comment posted by Rick Goldwasser on September 18, 2011 at 9:49 PM

Very dramtic shapes and textures throughout, godd choice for a b&w.

Registered on May 10, 2009, 127 Posts, 970 Comments

Comment posted by Sarah Marino on September 19, 2011 at 1:07 AM

The shapes, colors and textures here are wonderful. That radiating cloud is fantastic, as well. Everything comes together very nicely and I am really enjoying this image. I agree with the comments about the noise reduction, but otherwise find this to be excellent.

Registered on November 10, 2008, 23 Posts, 393 Comments

Comment posted by Jesse Estes on September 19, 2011 at 10:38 PM

Love the way the clouds sort of mimic the foreground. Excellent image here!

Registered on April 13, 2011, 20 Posts, 174 Comments