Spring conditions in the Alps. Snow’s good, sun’s bright, cold enough up high, warm like a Spring day in the village. A stunning sky caught my eye.
Processing on a small screen with Elements is not my favourite occupation. But this just looked dramatic in B&W.
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It is dramatic. Great shot, Andy. I used Elements for years and enjoyed workig with it.
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Thanks Ken. The trouble is that I use Elements so little that I’m never quite comfortable with it
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Amazing sky Andy!
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Thanks James. I had watched this sky developing for a little while. This was grabbed with the Canon G10. I had my dSLR in my back back – lens and body separate – and thought, I’ll get that out at the next sensible opportunity. Too late! That remarkable sky had not completely gone but had dissipated within a few minutes.
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Looks like you’ve cut and pasted some sand from the surf line Andy and pasted it into your sky. A very interesting and dramatic shot.
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I’ve seen a lot of skies rather like this – close to a Mackerel sky – I think it’s a type of Cirrus. But I’ve never seen one where the waves at the centre were as a sharply defined as in this image. Your description is very apt, Adrian.
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Very nice shot and well processed. I think there’s a bit of a Mackerel sky going on there.
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Thanks Frank. I’m not entirely happy with the processing but it’s the best I can do achieve on a small laptop. My opinion was that it was a version of Mackerel. Nice to have your confirmation.
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as x Chillbrook says it looks just like sand .. amazing
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Thanks Helen – that thought hadn’t occurred to me at the time, but you are absolutely right.
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You wanted dramatic, you were able to achieve it Andy. Nicely processed.
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Thanks Len
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It surely does Andy!
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it’s both dramatic and beautiful… but I have to admit that I can’t help trying to picture it in color…
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Maybe I will post the original version when I get back home and can work on a big screen
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