Mountains and Clouds
Dec 28, 2018 12:04:46 #
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Dec 28, 2018 12:06:30 #
I love your masterful B&W work, Bob! I just marvel at the scenes you find.
Dec 28, 2018 12:11:58 #
Paul, if you lived in the desert where these clouds are not an everyday event, I think you'd probably want to feature them as well. Thanks for stopping by.
--Bob
--Bob
CHG_CANON wrote:
More clouds than mountains 
Wonderful!
Wonderful!
Dec 28, 2018 12:16:06 #
Mike, thanks for the visit and comment. These types of scenes occur a couple of times during the year. We have months where there is nothing but clear skies. Scenes like these occur quite often in July and August. Nothing like going out in late afternoon heat to photograph. In this particular case, the rewards far outweigh price of working in 100+ degree heat.
--Bob
--Bob
UTMike wrote:
I love your masterful B&W work, Bob! I just marvel at the scenes you find.
Dec 28, 2018 12:22:26 #
Great use of low horizon to emphasize beautiful light in clouds!
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Dec 28, 2018 12:58:10 #
Would love to see a tutorial on how you achieve such dramatic and contrast-balanced b&w images. Have you one?
Dec 28, 2018 12:59:40 #
Well composed Bob, love the bit of mountains at the bottom with their texture. But, those clouds.........beautiful. Bev
Dec 28, 2018 13:09:07 #
rmalarz wrote:
--Bob
Nice Bob! and it has a bit of the South West in it for pixel peepers. Localized downpours, desert and saguaros
Dec 28, 2018 13:16:07 #
Wham, as I mentioned earlier, clouds like these don't occur year round. So, when they do, I'm more than happy to do what I can to photograph these scenes. Thanks for stopping in and commenting.
--Bob
--Bob
wham121736 wrote:
[/quote]Great use of low horizon to emphasize beautiful light in clouds!
quote=rmalarz]--Bob
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Dec 28, 2018 13:17:17 #
Tommy, thanks for the visit. A tutorial is somewhat in the works. Stay tuned. The big trick is knowing one's camera's capabilities and spot metering.
--Bob
--Bob
tommystrat wrote:
Would love to see a tutorial on how you achieve such dramatic and contrast-balanced b&w images. Have you one?
Dec 28, 2018 13:19:02 #
Thanks, Bev. Your visits are always appreciated. Oh, and this was done with a Nikon.
--Bob
--Bob
NikonGal wrote:
Well composed Bob, love the bit of mountains at the bottom with their texture. But, those clouds.........beautiful. Bev
Dec 28, 2018 13:19:49 #
Hi, Rich. Yup, this one had a good bit of everything. Stay tuned for more.
--Bob
--Bob
Rich1939 wrote:
Nice Bob! and it has a bit of the South West in it for pixel peepers. Localized downpours, desert and saguaros
Dec 28, 2018 13:38:17 #
Hi Bob,
Another spectacular desert image, and with an unusual focal point.
The clouds are certainly the entrée, but the appetizer is the placement of the high values on the hills - looks on my monitor like you're placing them about on Zone VIII? That almost "sparkly" texture contrasts beautifully with the clouds, especially downloaded and enlarged. Great pre-visualization, as usual.
Andy
Another spectacular desert image, and with an unusual focal point.
The clouds are certainly the entrée, but the appetizer is the placement of the high values on the hills - looks on my monitor like you're placing them about on Zone VIII? That almost "sparkly" texture contrasts beautifully with the clouds, especially downloaded and enlarged. Great pre-visualization, as usual.
Andy
Dec 28, 2018 13:57:53 #
Andy, thanks very much for stopping by and commenting. Though there was rain somewhere in this scene, the location from which I was photographing had seen any yet. So, the brighter desert dirt and rock were used to "echo" the brighter portions of the clouds.
--Bob
--Bob
AndyH wrote:
Hi Bob,
Another spectacular desert image, and with an unusual focal point.
The clouds are certainly the entrée, but the appetizer is the placement of the high values on the hills - looks on my monitor like you're placing them about on Zone VIII? That almost "sparkly" texture contrasts beautifully with the clouds, especially downloaded and enlarged. Great pre-visualization, as usual.
Andy
Another spectacular desert image, and with an unusual focal point.
The clouds are certainly the entrée, but the appetizer is the placement of the high values on the hills - looks on my monitor like you're placing them about on Zone VIII? That almost "sparkly" texture contrasts beautifully with the clouds, especially downloaded and enlarged. Great pre-visualization, as usual.
Andy
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