Partly Cloudy Day

[Sam W]

C&C Welcome

[bnnrcn]

I'm afraid this is a too crowded image Sam.I would crop the image from the line below the hills where the trees end and go for a panoroma

[IzzieK]

Sam -- can do a little bit more exposure on this one? Please...also, crop that little bit of cloud/sky at the very top left hand side..it doesn't contribute much to your image.

[Wavelength]

it could be appealing when it is wall sized; here it looks a bit cluttered

[mknittle]

I played with it in lytebox and to me it looks better cropped on the bottom just so the bight(silo) object is out of the frame.
I like the clouds the way they are. I also think Nandakumar had a good observation on the size.

No matter I like it anyway Sam.

[Geoff F]

Possibly one of those scenes which works well in colour but doesn't transfer well to B&W.

[FootLoose]

This image kind of reminds me of Bruce Barnbaum's 'Basin Mountain, Approaching Storm'. I agree with Mark about cropping bottom off to the top of the silo. The bright foreground area is a problem for me, and it leads to the bright silo, which keeps pulling my eye away from the landscape.

So, try the crop and then try adjusting the lighting.

[Shadowman]

I like it as it works as a series of patterns and lines, however as a landscape the focus is a bit too even from foreground to background and makes it appear too linear or flat.

[bnnrcn]

I changed my mind about my crop suggestion Sam, I agree with Mark and Greg about cropping bottom off to the top of the silo, that one seems to be a better composition

[Sam W]

This image kind of reminds me of Bruce Barnbaum's 'Basin Mountain, Approaching Storm'. I agree with Mark about cropping bottom off to the top of the silo. The bright foreground area is a problem for me, and it leads to the bright silo, which keeps pulling my eye away from the landscape.

So, try the crop and then try adjusting the lighting.

Hi Greg - Thanks for comparing this photo Basin Mountain now if I could only get the same price ($2,500) for mine. The problem with cropping the silo out is simply that I like it in. However, I did try it several times. Perhaps I'll come back to it one day and come around to liking it out.

I did do some slight cropping and lighting adjustments per your and Izzie's recommendation and I like it much better. It was great to get everyone's feedback.

[Rebel]

Its got a lot of potential Sam, the crop works a lot better but to me the sky seems over-processed (which I am too often guilty of doing myself) and overall a bit dark, although that could be my Macbook screen!

[IzzieK]

Yes Sam...better! when I said what I said, I saved your image in my desktop (then deleted it) and loaded it in Photoshop and Nik's. Give and take a bit here and there, this is the same as what came out...so beautiful....I love it...

[Sam W]

Its got a lot of potential Sam, the crop works a lot better but to me the sky seems over-processed (which I am too often guilty of doing myself) and overall a bit dark, although that could be my Macbook screen!

Hi Matt - it not your MacBook, I agree with your comments on the sky.

[Rebel]

Hi Matt - it not your MacBook, I agree with your comments on the sky.

Looking at it again, I actually like the silo in it too

EDIT, ignore me I had a few gin's last night and have just woke up! The silo is still in it...