Sunshine after the Storm (repost)

Gallery: LandscapePosted January 23, 2012218 views7 comments

Taken after a local and sudden summer hail storm several miles to the West (David Thomson Highway in Alberta). No hail here, but the storm had cleaned the air and the colors were vibrant.

Taken in 2005 and found in the archives. Post-processing in PS5 and LR3.

Olympus C8080WZ, 1/160 sec at f/3.5, ISO 80, 20.6 mm.

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7 comments

Comment posted by Dean Sauskojus on January 23, 2012 at 1:46 AM

Love the contrast of colors Roger. Nice work.

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Comment posted by Barbara Graham on January 23, 2012 at 8:34 AM

I would love to see a larger version of this. The colors and light are beautiful.

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Comment posted by Cristina Strudthof on January 23, 2012 at 1:40 PM

That's intense, really nice work. Though I like rainbows well enough, this one of the two you've done recently is my favorite and it all has to do with the colors.

Registered on January 14, 2011, 53 Posts, 363 Comments

Comment posted by Mark Seaver on January 23, 2012 at 5:11 PM

The lighting, colors, and your framing really show, the "calm after the storm". This is a beautiful picture. It seems slightly over saturated to me, but I wasn't there.

Registered on January 23, 2011, 1103 Posts, 17270 Comments

Comment posted by Roger Kirchen on January 23, 2012 at 8:31 PM

Thanks for your comments. That's much appreciated. I did forget the large version. I tried to upload it now but I could not find how to do this. Is it possible to add a large photo after posting?

I may well have overdone the saturation as I use a non-calibrated monitor for now. Plus I often like saturated colors. Perhaps a dangerous combination! The colors on location were quite intense (that's the way I remember), but as I say, I may well have overdone it. The saturation was reduced in the repost. All editing was done in LR3. Any suggestions for a monitor calibration kit? Thanks.

Registered on March 6, 2011, 95 Posts, 847 Comments

Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on January 24, 2012 at 9:36 PM

Nice light and framing with the trees on the side. Could maybe see including more of the one on the right to balance better with the one on the left. I like the saturation here.

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Comment posted by Genny K. on January 25, 2012 at 2:58 AM

OK, I'll be the picky one!

I think that if you could have gotten on the other side of the tree, and gotten just the field and sky, that it would have been simpler and yet spectaculer. That bit of pinkish color in the clouds is nice, and really shows up.

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