Corn-y (w/repost)

I've been doing some fieldwork in Weld County and I snapped this today while taking a break. What draws me to this image are the competing greens and blues and of course, the dramatic cumulo-building cloud detail. This is a personal example of make-it-work scenario that I often force myself to do occasionally when I have a limited scene to work with. Although it may not be a winner in my book, it is a good lesson in envisioning how effective photographs can be made in an otherwise undesirable location. Not necessarily looking for a critique here, but just sharing with you a lesson I have learned that makes me a more effective photographer.

Shot with a Lumix LX3 handheld ISO 80, f/4.0, 1/640s metered off sky, 16:9 format with slight crop.

Love the perspective and the format choice. It seems pretty blue to me, though. Otherwise, great!

Justin, I was just looking at that, it's very blue! Here's a repost with a slight warming... and alot more noise, grrr... Oh well!

I actually like the cooler blue version. The greens and blues pop a little more. And my critique whether you like it or not ( ) is that it is an excellent shot. You did extremely well and show a photographer's eye to compose and capture such a simple but good photo. So there!

it is a good lesson in envisioning how effective photographs can be made in an otherwise undesirable location.

And I appreciate the lesson and example.
It's a good reminder to me to look deeper than I normally do.

I like Morris prefer the bluer version, or perhaps something in between the two!. This is nicely composed, and the clouds work well in capturing the often storm plains. If I were to make one suggestion, it would be to tweak levels/curves a little more, I think the clouds could do with a bit more white to them and more contrast against the blue.

I prefer version 2. Agree with Nick on the clouds - levels/curves suggestion.

I vote for version 1; the clouds in 2 seem to have a green cast in the darker areas (could be my monitor) I also would do a little work on the contrast to make the cloud structure stand out a little more. Maybe setting the neutral grey point on part of the cloud, masking out the rest would help. Cool shot though.

Good eye to catch this. A little underexposed, perhaps?

My first reaction to #2 was white balnce or color cast but I agree with comments on the vision excersise. Pretty cool.