Rain storm and canola

[RustBeltRaw]

You get strange looks when you call it rapeseed.

As a Yank, I'd be rather suspicious of a product labelled "rape oil."

It'd be interesting to see a version with a close-up of a bloom in the foreground. The enhanced cloud contrast and reduced saturation in the blooms definitely helped.

[davidedric]

As a Yank, I'd be rather suspicious of a product labelled "rape oil."

Yes, that's why it's always sold as "vegetable oil" though it's still always rape when in it's in the ground. I'll get out of Bob's thread now.

[Kathy O]

I think the dark rain cloud in the distance is your focal point! I wouldn't change a thing, I love the colors and the feel of the photo, I think you captured it very well.

Kathy

[SpiderBob]

I like them both, but lean toward the first more. I like to take clouds. I like the balance, but in the first, why did you feel it necessary to add positive exposure compensation.

[tbob]

in the first, why did you feel it necessary to add positive exposure compensation.

With the large variation in light, from the brightly lit cloud tops to the dark shadowed base of the cloud, I increased the exposure compensation to allow me to capture as much detail as possible in the shadows and still not overexpose the highlights. This gives me the maximum amount of information to play with in post processing.

In the second, there was no earthly way I could capture the entire range. So I decided to allow the highlights to blow out. I don't use Photoshop so HDR is not an option. If HDR was, then I could have done multiple exposures to capture the full range. However the clouds were moving fast so who knows if that would have worked anyway? Regrets can be a learning tool but sometimes acceptance is better.

[SpiderBob]

With the large variation in light, from the brightly lit cloud tops to the dark shadowed base of the cloud, I increased the exposure compensation to allow me to capture as much detail as possible in the shadows and still not overexpose the highlights. This gives me the maximum amount of information to play with in post processing.

I'm still playing with this feature, so your explanation helps.
Thank you