Mountain Lake After the Rains Pass
Jul 4, 2018 15:07:06 #
Aloha,
I've found that the sky is the most dramatic just before, during, and after rain showers and storms. It's as though the air is washed clean. And, a certain time when everything becomes still and at rest.
The first is an older one when HDR was popular. The second was more recent. Canon full frame, "L" lenses.
Shots are Adobe RGB so click on download to see the images better.
Enjoy.
Mahalo
jim
I've found that the sky is the most dramatic just before, during, and after rain showers and storms. It's as though the air is washed clean. And, a certain time when everything becomes still and at rest.
The first is an older one when HDR was popular. The second was more recent. Canon full frame, "L" lenses.
Shots are Adobe RGB so click on download to see the images better.
Enjoy.
Mahalo
jim
Jul 4, 2018 15:15:25 #
The downloads are stunning Jim, excellent compositions and beautiful reflections. 
Jul 4, 2018 15:47:19 #
Sylvias wrote:
The downloads are stunning Jim, excellent compositions and beautiful reflections.
Thanks Sylvia,
Really liked your flowers reaching for the sky set.
mahalo,
jim
Jul 4, 2018 15:51:59 #
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Jul 4, 2018 18:00:37 #
AlohaJim wrote:
Thanks Sylvia,
Really liked your flowers reaching for the sky set.
mahalo,
jim
Really liked your flowers reaching for the sky set.
mahalo,
jim
Thank you very much Jim.
Jul 4, 2018 21:50:24 #
Jul 4, 2018 23:38:22 #
Cany143
Loc: SE Utah
AlohaJim wrote:
....and after rain showers and storms. It's as though the air is washed clean..... first is an older one when HDR was popular. The second was more recent.
Really nice stuff, Jim. And where ever you may be in northern AZ, its indeed a fact that the air gets washed clean after a shower, and makes for skies that sing. And which allows for shots like yours. Kudos on everything, in particular, the compositions.
In the first image, green fringing on the left, black (or dark) fringing in center, and purple fringing on the right are likely 'artifacts' of HDR (wouldn't expect chromatic weirdness with L series Canon glass), but could be eliminated to make an image that's already pretty sweet into an image that would floor me. Worth a second look at processing, maybe?
Jul 4, 2018 23:49:18 #
Cany143 wrote:
Really nice stuff, Jim. And where ever you may be... (show quote)
Thanks for the compliments.
Yes. The first image was taken years ago when HDR was "the rage". Could dig up the archives and reprocess but our portfolio is pretty deep so not worth redoing. I was thinking of going to the same spot during the summer monsoon season coming up and retaking the shot. It's a tough one. The wind has to be still so no ripples in the water. Lake water has to be high and right now its low because of the drought. Sun in the right place to bring out the mirror image. And so forth. It's interesting how our craft evolves. We look at "keepers" that are decades old and no longer think they are as good. Especially with equipment and software changes. Anyway.
Thanks again,
jim
Jul 5, 2018 00:17:00 #
Cany143
Loc: SE Utah
AlohaJim wrote:
....so not worth redoing....We look at "keepers" that are decades old and no longer think they are as good.
Silly/dumb/counterintuitive to give advice and all, but why should that stop anybody (a.k.a., me)? Darned well worth re-doing when there's an image at stake. Unless there's a 'proof of life' newspaper headline in the shot that shows the date, something that's timeless is pretty much that: timeless. Figure that 'timelessness' is an equivalent of 'universal,' --crikey! maybe even archetypal!-- so I'd advise you (eh? wot?) to start digging. Don't have to recreate the shot or re-do whatever archaic PP had been inflicted upon it, just have to apply today's software legerdemain to yesterday's antiquated 'keeper.' So far as returning to the place, yeah, sure, conditions will ineviteably be different. So what? Good chance you'll get something just as good or better. <steps off milk crate, stumbles a little, and spits. Oops; into the wind....>
Jul 5, 2018 01:38:36 #
Cany143 wrote:
Silly/dumb/counterintuitive to give advice and all... (show quote)
True true.
I wonder what poetic influence I might lend to a decades old image given the latest post processing programs and studio equipment that would enable me to bring out the original vision beyond the limitations of the old.
At your urging. . .
"Digging". . . . "digging". . . . aha! Folder 2005-10. Oh my. That's long ago in technology terms.
Now you have me curious. What would happen if the original raw file was post processed now?
Hmmmm.
Will keep you posted.
Aloha
jim
Jul 5, 2018 06:25:33 #
AlohaJim wrote:
Aloha, br br I've found that the sky is the most ... (show quote)
Excellent set Jim Mahalo for sharing.
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