Window in the Sky | Germany | 2017
This photo of some distant cumulonimbus clouds visible between two cloud layers I took with my Olympus PEN-F with the mZuiko14-150mm travel zoom. Image specs are 1/320 sec @ f/6.3, ISO 200 and 135mm focal length.
Raw conversion in Lightroom CC. I cropped the image to 16×9 format. After increasing the dynamic range by manual setting of the white and black points I reduced the highlights and opened up the shadows. After increasing saturation and contrast a tad I played with the tone curves, further bringing out the details in the thunderstorm clouds. Finally I increased the luminance of the reds and oranges in the HSL panel.
I’m thinking of getting a large print from this. Haven’t made up my mind yet.
Have a good week!
Marcus
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This is a beautiful shot Marcus! I love how you are peering between the cloud layers. 🙂
Thanks, Amy, highly appreciated! Marcus
Absolutely love it Marcus! Get the print 😉
Thanks, Chloe, really appreciate your comment! Will go for the print, just haven’t decided if on alu-dibond, acryl or paper 😉
It’s a lovely image – I really like the colours
Thanks, appreciate your comment vey much!
That’s gorgeous. Great photo!
Thanks, Matt, much appreciated! Marcus
Beautiful Marcus 🙂 We are getting the same type of weather, we are used to the rain, but this rain comes with great gusts of wind and thunder storms, horrible 🙁
Thanks, Lynne, with this summer we are partners in pain 😉
Yes, very painful lol 🙂
Marcus, this is a breathtaking image and so surreal! I love it so much. Thank you for sharing your editing process. It’s very helpful.
Thank you so much for your kind words! Marcus
Same here and many wildfires 😔
It has a very artistic feel to it
Thank you Arv! As always so much appreciated! Marcus
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Nice picture Marcus, and also an interesting insight in the way you processed this picture. My ‘workflow’ as it’s mostly called in Youtube vids (oder Arbeitsflüsse? 🙂 ) is about the same. Playing with light and colours (or the lack of it) – I hardly never find that boring.
Thanks so much for your kind comment and sharing your thoughts, Peter! Working in the digital darkroom is as fun as shooting. After all, this is also what the masters did….
Looks and feels very spiritual to me – love it Marcus!
Thanks, Elizabeth 🙂 !