to Sky - or not to Sky

Eia

Work in progress...C&C would be appreciated. Keep the sky, loose the sky? :dunno









Thanks Much

Darren Troy C

Personally, I don't think it (the sky) is strong enough in this image to have such a broad presence. The clouds don't have nearly the impact they need to make it stand out. The lighting is much too diffused instead of a nice crisp sunset/sunrise type effect. I would crop just above the bottom-most cloud and turn this into a semi-pano type shot. It def. has potential....maybe even better as a B&W.

wfeller

I'd keep the sky in and crop off some on the right, maybe just about to the shadow on the right side of the little butte to the right. That would keep it to more of a normal print ratio rather than pano.

I'm hoping you live in that country, because you know how to catch the light and I'd like to see more of your work, but maybe a little tighter on the composition.

Richard

Either way would work, I think, but what is not working for me is the equal division of land and sky, especially in the first. There should either be a little sky or a lot of sky. I agree that a panoramic aspect would work well here. You might try mostly sky with #1 and a little sky with #2. One nit: you have a dust spot on your sensor that is visible in both shots. Heal it out.

hawkeye978

One method to try on the sky would be to select the sky and duplicate the layer. Then do a blending mode with Multiply or Color Burn and reduce the opacity to your liking. That would allow you to bring out the sky detail.

But I agree you need to pick the subject. The cactus in the front can be interesting as well as a horizon view.

saltydog

Short of going panoramic here, I'd definitely crop off some at the right. I'd also warm it up a little while darkening the sky some to bring out it's ominous coloring.

Here's an attempt from image #1. Forgive, I just love playing with things that aren't mine :

Eia

wfeller wrote:

I'd keep the sky in and crop off some on the right, maybe just about to the shadow on the right side of the little butte to the right. That would keep it to more of a normal print ratio rather than pano.

I'm hoping you live in that country, because you know how to catch the light and I'd like to see more of your work, but maybe a little tighter on the composition.

Thanks for the suggestion. I'm re-working the photo now.
Yes, I do live in this country and I thank you for the compliment. As you know we have a 'magical' magic hour particularly during monsoon season! Im practicing with landscape, usually I like up close photos.

Eia

saltydog wrote:

Short of going panoramic here, I'd definitely crop off some at the right. I'd also warm it up a little while darkening the sky some to bring out it's ominous coloring.

Here's an attempt from image #1. Forgive, I just love playing with things that aren't mine :

I LOVE IT! Wow... Thanks for the 'viewable' suggestion. It certainly brings pop to the foreground over the less dramatic sky.