Larry Swearingen

after I got home I hurried out to the front yard to take a couple of quick shots
of the beautiful Sun going down among the clouds left over from the stormy day.

Upper shot with my Sony RX-100m3 ISO 125, 1/400 sec. at F4 on Auto mode.

Lower shot about 4 minutes later with my Sony A6000 in auto mode again.
ISP 100, F8 at 1/125 sec. with the Sony Kit (18-55mm )lens.

The view was changing fast.

My first post of pics here BTW. I've been following here for a few months now
after deciding that I needed a better backpack camera than my little Nikon
CoolPix with the tiny sensor.
I started out in Junior High School with my Mother's Kodak Brownie Box camera
with 620 film. I made a makeshift darkroom in our basement bathroom by stuffing
towels under the door to keep light out. I had a plastic developing roll up developing
tank for the film and made contact prints with a piece of glass to hold the negative
on the paper.
Photography has come a long way since 1960.

Larry S

ps; I'm fine with the houses being blacked out. They are a distraction from the capture
that I wanted, sky and clouds.

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chuckrem Loc: Katy, Tx

Beautiful!

WIZARDofJOZ Loc: Midwest

My favorite is the first one. Really nice.

Cwilson341 Loc: Central Florida

These are very pretty. I like the color and the lacy clouds are great.

rjaywallace Loc: Wisconsin

I completely agree with your use of silhouettes on these very nice captures. You weren’t asking, but I like the second somewhat less busy photo best of all. Great work! Regards, Ralph

Larry Swearingen

BTW both of those shots were SOOC to .jpg. No Post on them.
I thought about lightening up the foreground for a higher dynamic
range but decided against it.

Larry S

Larry Swearingen

I posted them both because I really can't make up my mind which I like best.
I like the first for the Cloud texture but I also like the second for having some
blue sky showing in the upper part of the shot.
Larry S

J-SPEIGHT Loc: Akron, Ohio

camerapapi Loc: Miami, Fl.

Both are nice images basing my judgment on what you wanted from them. If the shadows are open, I know you did not want that, just a bit to keep the late evening mood in my humble opinion the houses would not cause a distraction. The way you have presented them is the way you want them to be seen.
Your brief explanation of why you wanted the images like they are helps the viewer to understand your artistic part.

Chuckwal Loc: Boynton Beach Florida

Picturesque

photophile Loc: Lakewood, Ohio, USA

Skies in both are attractive.

Paul J. Svetlik Loc: Colorado

Interesting thing is, that both images look about the same quality in spite of such a difference in sensor size?
Did you use a tripod?

Larry Swearingen

No Tripod. Both were hand held for the quick shots needed.
The sky was changing fast.
The RX-100 was at 1/400 sec. and the A6000 shot was at 1/125 sec.
Both caprures were set on Auto mode so I didn't select the exposure.
Just pointed and shot.
Of course both the shots were in .jpg , you might be able to see a
difference if I had shot RAW on them both.
The RX-100 is a 1" Sensor and the A6000 is APS-C Sensor.
Quite a difference in sensor area.
Larry S

NikonGal Loc: Central Oregon

I like your dark houses and interesting clouds in the sky. Also the light on the wet street adds to your storm story. Nicely seen. Bev

Larry Swearingen

In looking at the images again I think the first image is
the better capture with better definition on the wet streets.
It seems to add more depth to the shot.
The difference between the two really shows how fleeting the
moment is doesn't it ?

Larry S