Manglesphoto Loc: 70 miles south of St.Louis

Fantastic image!!!!!

Blair Shaw Jr Loc: Dunnellon,Florida

LOVE IT.......more of that please !!!! Very dramatic and sized so nicely. Wonderful Job. Thanx.

Wingpilot Loc: Wasilla. Ak

Gorgeous photo, moody and dramatic. Well done. Thanks for sharing.

johngault007 Loc: Florida Panhandle

Thank you all!

I figured this post had aged off and came back to all these great responses! I'm glad it was so well received and it conveyed the mood I wanted it to.

johngault007 Loc: Florida Panhandle

Hey William, thank you for a very detailed explanation. All edits were made in darktable so everything is non-destructive and can be modified or changed.

You are correct about the ND filter, this was a 3-shot bracketed exposure. Another member had asked about the exposure time(s), so I went back and checked, they were .5, 1, and 2 seconds respectively.

I did take some creative license in post process and created a horizontal GND just below the trees on the horizon to darken the mood a little. I tried keeping the sky lighter than the final image, but it was more of a creative decision as opposed to capturing the brighter sky. But I did wrestle with this for a while before settling on the darker version.

What really sold me on the darker sky was when I applied a second 45 degree angled GND (yes, probably too much) along the bottom right part of the water. Again, at this point I was really out of my comfort zone, because I tend to stick very close to how I interpreted the original landscape. After seeing that "channel" of light coming from the sky in the top right that followed through to the bottom left and the pilings, I knew that the sky would need to stay dark.



I might have overdone the blue overcast a bit. The original colors didn't really fit everything I set up in with the GND filters I applied, so I tried using split-toning. I might have overdone it a bit and brought out more shadow than detail. I will go back in and play with this more to see if I can cut back on some of the shadow toning.

Again, thank you all, I will have another go at it from a different approach and see if I can make it work with the suggestions made.

PhotogHobbyist Loc: Bradford, PA

A photo of ominous clouds which tells of an impending storm. I like it.

samantha90 Loc: Fort Worth,Texas

Well done looks ominous out there.

rockdog Loc: Berkeley, Ca.

Very nice!

Dr J Loc: NE Florida

Ugly and wonderful - great shot!

willaim Loc: Sunny Southern California

A sunset picture without the sunset. Excellent composition. Just an all around great picture.

John from gpwmi Loc: Michigan

Wow! What an ominous sight for a boater. Very nicely photographed, John

KoniOmegaflex Loc: Central KY

johngault007 Loc: Florida Panhandle

Thank you all!

Earnest Botello Loc: Hockley, Texas

Great shot, Tony.

al13

Really nice