Cloudscape

[Christopher Miller]

I took this cloudscape back behind our house a while back. Nothing fancy, just stitched together four images in PS and converted to B&W. Any comments and suggestions would be most appreciated.

Olympus SP-550 UZ
f8 @ 1/100, ISO 100
Manual mode, pattern metering

[Tim Munsey]

Hi Chris,
Cracking clouds, like the contrast with the trees, nice one.

Tim

[Jay Sheinfield]

Cool cloud pattern. Looks great against the tree line silhouette. nice work............

[Dave Mills]

Hi Christopher,The comp works well as a pano with just enough silhouette framing the bottom. I also like the slant upwards of the silhouette on each end. The clouds have enough interest to command that much attention and are nicely detailed. Good conversion and well handled!

[Christopher Miller]

Thanks Tim, Jay, and Dave. I appreciate the comments!

[Roman Kurywczak]

Hey Christopher,
I too like the framing silhouette! The conversion looks great and you have intresting clouds. I do wonder if you have room up top.....to include the entire curve of the cloud......although the ones above may not add to the overall composition. Just a thought as this was very nicely done!

[Christopher Miller]

Thanks very much, Roman! I see your point on including the whole curve of the cloud, but unfortunately I don't have any more room on top.

[Andrew McLachlan]

Christopher, I too like this pano and converting it to B&W was a good choice. Cloudscape is nicely framed within the pan. Well thought out and executed!

[Christopher Miller]

Thanks Andrew! :)

[Jay Gould]

Quite cool; I think with a bit of play you could make the clouds very angry looking. I am reacting to a sunny pretty day converted to B&W instead of a stormy angry day. What was it?

[Christopher Miller]

It was a sunny day, Jay. These aren't the kind of clouds you would get on a stormy day. Thanks for commenting!

[Robert Amoruso]

Chris

Dave Mills captured my thoughts perfectly. You took an ordinary scene, created a well thought out composition, used B&W to create a dramatic looking sky and created an excellent cloud study. Well done.

[Christopher Miller]

Thanks Robert! Much appreciated! :)