This was my last cloud shot of the day. It was late in the evening and I was shooting near a surfing competition. The wind had dropped of significantly and there were a bunch of low hanging clouds all along the horizon.
Because the clouds were moving so slow I decided to try a few long exposures. I was shooting away from the sun and the pastel blues and pinks were starting to intensify.
I was taking a shot just to the right of this cloud, when I noticed it was starting to take on a nice shape and get some separation from the pack. Just then one of the surfers came up to me and wanted to chat. I remember fumbling , between chatting, recomposing the shot, and trying to decide if I should take off the filter since it was getting darker.
The shot came out better than I anticipated and I only had to remove a dark shadow on the bottom right from a bunch of seaweed.
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Since it was so late in the evening there wasn’t much light and the contrast was low.
I wanted to keep this soft feel and upbeat emotion in my edit.
It took me a while to find a WB I was happy with.
I wanted to keep it warm but I found that with too much yellow it became dingy looking.
Adding more blue, cleaned it up but it started to feel too cool and unnatural.
All critiques are welcome.
I love the soft clouds and their interesting shape. The colors are gorgeous with the pink-blue-pink horizontal areas. (Why does someone always want to visit when a wonderful and fleeting moment comes along?)
This is a mighty dreamscape Andre! Like Lon said, unicorns and rainbows and pinky blue clouds that are in reality sky ships travelling to places unknown and unknowable. For me, the colors work in great unison and really enhance this photo’s dreamlike quality. Wow!
Wow, what an image! I love this one. The colors and the dreamy feeling are just wonderful. And the composition is just perfect. Nothing to improve here. Please post more images like this:)
Andrea, this is beautiful and very peaceful! Yes, using when you expand a low contrast image with Adobe’s tools you get some astonishing colors. (I’ve done that with some regularity with ice photos.) The currently weekly challenge topic is pinned to the page, with this week’s being 1048 Sky Phenomena. We’ll get that tag changed for you so your post will be eligible for the weekly editor’s pick.