Landscape Wild Skies!

Wild Skies! · 09:46 PM

Went out drivin' today, looking for something to shoot. Happily, the weather cooperated with very unseasonal and un-Californian skies... Mammatus clouds!...

All shot with the 12-24mm f/4 @ 12mm, f/5.6, ISO 100 on the K20D.

This shot's a pano, from seven portrait orientation frames (a lot of overlap)...

Here's a single 12mm landscape shot from the same area - my favorite of the series...

A backlit tree - the mama clouds are behind me in this shot...

**Ash** · 09-29-2009, 09:52 PM

What a surreal, almost harrowing, cloud formation...
Excellently captured. I like the colour version best!
Well done.

Big G · 09-30-2009, 04:21 AM

Very moody, good mammatus clouds! My only CC here would be it looks like the horizontal is off in two of them, maybe worth a tweaked rotation and crop just to straighten them up?

daacon · 09-30-2009, 04:23 AM

Last one is frightening ! Something wicked this way comes. Well done Josh.

MRRiley · 09-30-2009, 04:35 AM

All three are nice but the B&W ones look more forboding. The 3rd is positively brilliant!

Mike

**madmikess** · 09-30-2009, 05:24 AM

Nice shots of the clouds. I'm always fascinated by the weather and cloud formations that I see. Reminds me of the nice little storm that rolled through Harrisburg while we were on vacation this year. Snapped this from the hotel where we were staying:

shaolin95 · 09-30-2009, 05:54 AM

Gorgeous images...great job!

heliphoto · 09-30-2009, 08:58 AM

Originally posted by Ash

What a surreal, almost harrowing, cloud formation...
Excellently captured. I like the colour version best!
Well done.

Thanks Ash!

Originally posted by Big G

Very moody, good mammatus clouds! My only CC here would be it looks like the horizontal is off in two of them, maybe worth a tweaked rotation and crop just to straighten them up?

Glad you like 'em Big G - Thanks for the straightening feedback - I really do appreciate it as sometimes I miss that little detail

... I've looked again at these shots though, and they look level to me - it's tough since I wasn't shooting square to anything at all, and there are few items in the shot which actually represent "level" - in this case, primarily the water's surface (not the waters edge which is convoluted and misleading) - after your comment, I've gone back and forth about .5° CCW on the second shot, but for now, I'm leaving it as is. It could be that I'm calibrated wrong (inner ear problem?

), but that's just how I see it.

Originally posted by daacon

Last one is frightening ! Something wicked this way comes. Well done Josh.

Thanks Dave - glad I scared you

.

Originally posted by MRRiley

All three are nice but the B&W ones look more forboding. The 3rd is positively brilliant!

Mike

Thanks Mike - especially for the feedback on #3, which I felt was the least interesting of the bunch... I did a lot of work on #3 in post to get it just so...

heliphoto · 09-30-2009, 09:01 AM

Originally posted by madmikess

Nice shots of the clouds. I'm always fascinated by the weather and cloud formations that I see. Reminds me of the nice little storm that rolled through Harrisburg while we were on vacation this year. Snapped this from the hotel where we were staying:
(IMG)

Cool shot there - I started out just shooting the clouds, but I wanted to give them more context. Thanks.

Originally posted by shaolin95

Gorgeous images...great job!

Thank you shaolin95

.

JMR · 09-30-2009, 12:54 PM

Great images. Love moody skies and you certainly have captured that!

JMR

heliphoto · 09-30-2009, 04:22 PM

Thank you JMR.

flippedgazelle · 09-30-2009, 05:49 PM

Cool clouds!

#3 looks like Mordor. My fave of a very good series.

Pentax_XTC · 10-01-2009, 12:21 PM

Nice shots! They have that "Wrath of God" feel to them.

dankuno · 10-01-2009, 12:42 PM

The second pic has evil written all over it. Really like # 3.

axl · 10-01-2009, 02:47 PM

beautiful!
can't say more

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Ash Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Toowoomba, Queensland Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 23,920	What a surreal, almost harrowing, cloud formation... Excellently captured. I like the colour version best! Well done.

09-30-2009, 04:21 AM	#3
Big G Veteran Member Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 581	Very moody, good mammatus clouds! My only CC here would be it looks like the horizontal is off in two of them, maybe worth a tweaked rotation and crop just to straighten them up?

09-30-2009, 04:23 AM	#4
daacon Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Alberta,Canada Photos: Gallery Posts: 20,914	Last one is frightening ! Something wicked this way comes. Well done Josh.

09-30-2009, 04:35 AM	#5
MRRiley Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Sterling, VA, USA Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 6,275	All three are nice but the B&W ones look more forboding. The 3rd is positively brilliant! Mike

09-30-2009, 05:24 AM	#6
madmikess Site Supporter Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Kenmore, NY Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 482	Nice shots of the clouds. I'm always fascinated by the weather and cloud formations that I see. Reminds me of the nice little storm that rolled through Harrisburg while we were on vacation this year. Snapped this from the hotel where we were staying:

09-30-2009, 05:54 AM	#7
shaolin95 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 201	Gorgeous images...great job!

09-30-2009, 08:58 AM	#8
heliphoto Veteran Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Region 5 Photos: Gallery Posts: 2,539 Original Poster	Originally posted by Ash What a surreal, almost harrowing, cloud formation... Excellently captured. I like the colour version best! Well done. Thanks Ash! Originally posted by Big G Very moody, good mammatus clouds! My only CC here would be it looks like the horizontal is off in two of them, maybe worth a tweaked rotation and crop just to straighten them up? Glad you like 'em Big G - Thanks for the straightening feedback - I really do appreciate it as sometimes I miss that little detail ... I've looked again at these shots though, and they look level to me - it's tough since I wasn't shooting square to anything at all, and there are few items in the shot which actually represent "level" - in this case, primarily the water's surface (not the waters edge which is convoluted and misleading) - after your comment, I've gone back and forth about .5° CCW on the second shot, but for now, I'm leaving it as is. It could be that I'm calibrated wrong (inner ear problem? ), but that's just how I see it. Originally posted by daacon Last one is frightening ! Something wicked this way comes. Well done Josh. Thanks Dave - glad I scared you . Originally posted by MRRiley All three are nice but the B&W ones look more forboding. The 3rd is positively brilliant! Mike Thanks Mike - especially for the feedback on #3, which I felt was the least interesting of the bunch... I did a lot of work on #3 in post to get it just so...

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heliphoto Veteran Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Region 5 Photos: Gallery Posts: 2,539 Original Poster	Originally posted by madmikess Nice shots of the clouds. I'm always fascinated by the weather and cloud formations that I see. Reminds me of the nice little storm that rolled through Harrisburg while we were on vacation this year. Snapped this from the hotel where we were staying: (IMG) Cool shot there - I started out just shooting the clouds, but I wanted to give them more context. Thanks. Originally posted by shaolin95 Gorgeous images...great job! Thank you shaolin95 .

09-30-2009, 12:54 PM	#10
JMR Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 3,332	Great images. Love moody skies and you certainly have captured that! JMR

09-30-2009, 04:22 PM	#11
heliphoto Veteran Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Region 5 Photos: Gallery Posts: 2,539 Original Poster	Thank you JMR.

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flippedgazelle Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: NJ, USA Photos: Albums Posts: 1,270	Cool clouds! #3 looks like Mordor. My fave of a very good series.

10-01-2009, 12:21 PM	#13
Pentax_XTC Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Duluth, GA Posts: 365	Nice shots! They have that "Wrath of God" feel to them.

10-01-2009, 12:42 PM	#14
dankuno Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Boise, Idaho Posts: 173	The second pic has evil written all over it. Really like # 3.

10-01-2009, 02:47 PM	#15
axl Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Nove Zamky, Slovakia Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 7,183	beautiful! can't say more