Cloud Pool
What am I going to do when these little pools or puddles dry up in the late spring? They add so much to the bedrock outcrops on Harling Point, especially at dawn when the light is so nice.
I am more partial to the b&w of this image, mostly because the yellow in the cloud dominates a bit too much in the colour (I don’t have the know-how to soften just that area, gotta get off my backside and invest some time in learning real post-production software). I do like the green and yellow colours of the moss covering.
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Canon EOS 5D MkII, Nikkor-N Auto 24mm/f2.8 lens at ISO 100, ca f-8, 1/125th
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Both are beautiful, but I like the B&W one – the sky looks much more interesting. Easy to tone down the cloud in either Lightroom or Photoshop.
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Thanks Tom, that was my thinking too. Nice to have you back and commenting.
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Stunning shots, b&w photography is rapidly becoming a bit of an obsession with me, and shots like this are why, Thank you for sharing them.
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Thanks so much, and, welcome to my blog. I hope to see you around. Your black and white tiger works very well, it looks as if you are having a lot of fun with the conversions.
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Wonderful pictures throughout your blog. We have the same camera so I have to follow to pick up some tips as I’m not making the most of it yet. These shots are inspirational. Many thanks. John
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Hi John – I have been admiring your blog for some time now so it is a real pleasure to have you coming by and commenting here. I doubt I will ever learn to make the most of my camera. It is very complicated. But fun.
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Beautiful. I like the softness of the black and white – but that bold yellow cloud just sings to me. I like bright colors though. These really show great composition; the layering of earth, water, and sky carries a wonderful harmony. Beautiful as always.
As for post – I’m still using PS3. I found that a tablet and stylus (I use an old, used Wacom) make processing easier – but I might be biased with my pencil and paper background.
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Hi Ryan – thanks for the comment. And if that cloud sings to you, then maybe I should leave it alone.
That is an interesting idea about a tablet. I wonder if it would make a difference to me. I am a lousy drawer (and I find my handwriting is slow and awkward and uglier since I am so out of practice with pens and pencils). But, it is an intriguing idea to totally change it all. I kind of doubt I will though, its more technology to acquire and learn on top of the software.
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Indeed. I think the pen and tablet work because I do so much in old style paper and pencil. I even compose my poetry in handwriting. It’s tedious – but I love it. I am trying to move to writing on the ipad with a stylus. I’m getting there, but its difficult. (And I often wonder if the power consumption isn’t just as awful as my paper consumption – at least that I can recycle!
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Well, you can set up a small solar panel to charge the tablet and that would deal with that concern 🙂 Except all the energy and environmental destruction that goes into making tablets, and solar panels, and paper. That’s a hard line of thought to find a happy solution to.
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Indeed. I keep trying to make my imprint smaller… but alas I’m addicted to these screens. 🙂
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I really like them both. 🙂
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Hi Robin – thank you 🙂
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These each have their strengths. The B&W is bold and gives a wonderful of space and height. The Colour is subtle, deeper somehow and I love that sky the way it is. Just goes to show you can have two images for the price of one. If pressed I’d have to go with the colour version. Beautiful scene
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Hi Andy. Thanks for your thoughts. Its not that the colour one is ‘bad’ to my eyes, its just I feel too much weight in the colour of that cloud pulling me away from the delight of the foreground a bit too fast and hard. But, I am glad you like it, and I know other’s will too, which is one reason I posted it. It’s always the way when I post a colour and its black and white conversion that some prefer the one that I lean away from, usually ever so slightly.
Also, I have found that 2 weeks later, I often feel differently. Why, I am not sure. But it does happen with surprising regularity.
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Great skill…photo is fantastic…awesome post 🙂
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Thanks so much meanamor, you are making me happy too!
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Oh the black and white makes me deliriously happy! The texture is astounding.
LOVE it!
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Oh Karen!! How wonderful 🙂 Thank you so much. I will be smiling for hours now 🙂
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I agree with you, the B&W is much more subtle and the tonality is really very nice. I use Lightroom for most of the editing and right now v4 is selling for $149 (US) at Adobe and Amazon. That is half of what the previous version was selling for and it’s worth every penny. Yes, you can manipulate individual colors in a photo easily.
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Hi Ken – thanks for the comment. $150!! I can get a nice used 300mm nikkor for that much 😉
Seriously, I have CS4 or 5 on my machine thanks to my son, but I just have not found/made the time to learn it. I will be doing that soon. Its a missing piece in my puzzle, and now that I am getting the hang of my camera and getting my eye back into shape, I need to work on post-processing to get the most out of my images. I have been shooting jpegs too and know that I will have to switch to RAW to get the most flexibility. And fill my hard drive all that much faster.
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I agree about the mossy stuff in the colour one and like it better.
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Thanks Mario.
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Ya know…I like both photos and I don’t think there is anything wrong with the color version. But…the B&W has so much drama…you really did a great job with it!!!
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Hey thanks David. I like the quality of the light on the mossy/grassy area and the way it came across in both versions.
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EPIC…………good day Nonoy Manga
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Thank you!
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