Overwhelming (revisited)

[Morkel Erasmus]

I posted a shot from this series last year sometime, which was a telephoto landscape of a "cliche" lonely tree against a backdrop of towering cumulus clouds.

I revisited my files, and realised I had actually shot some other shots for panoramic stitching. More details on my latest blog post (http://saffascapes.blogspot.com/2011/07/overwhelming-power-of-panoramic.html).

Would love to know what you think? Obviously 1024px wide just doesn't do this justice. I am contemplating a large print of this for my home...now to find an open wall :w3.

Techs:
Canon 7D with 100-400mm @ 105mm
3 images stitched together, conversion done in Nik Silver Efex.

[D. Robert Franz]

Great cloud formations and the B & W works really well with this image. Love it....

[Lorant Voros]

Love this one. The tree shows how huge the clouds are. Very well done, Morkel.

Lorant

[Rachel Hollander]

Morkel - I like this a lot. The clouds are amazing and the conversion works really well.

TFS,
Rachel

[dankearl]

I would like to see a large image.
Amazing clouds.
I would maybe take a bit off the left side, the rest is so dramatic, it seems kind of placid.
Excellent photo.

[Roman Kurywczak]

Hey Morkel,
This one is stronger than the OP......I remember......might tweak the MG .......just above the base a bit more to bring out the last bits of depth......but very nicely done reprocessing!

[John Ippolito]

A very nice conversion, composition/crop choice for the amazing clouds. Excellent, Morkel.

[Jay Gould]

Bingo!

I too would trim the LHS to bring the tree, so important to this story, to a stronger position.

IMHO, you really need to make your watermark smaller; at least make the symbol the size of your website font even if you want the larger signature.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Way to go, Morkel...stunning shot. the size perspective is excellent because of the tree.

[Morkel Erasmus]

Thanks so much for the kind comments folks.

Here is a slightly cropped version...smaller signature for you Jay...:w3

[Jay Gould]

I like the cropped version; at least on my monitor the © is the same size in both postings. :e3

[Morkel Erasmus]

I thought I'd made it smaller :2. Anyway.....

[Andrew McLachlan]

Morkel, this is very nicely done. Awesome clouds and I love the blackened foreground.

[Maureen Allen]

This is a very powerful image, Morkel. The clouds are amazing, particularly with the tree for size comparison. I like the original comp, but prefer the cropped version which does give more perspective. Really very nice.

[Morkel Erasmus]

Thanks for your comments Maureen & Andrew...