Tall Trees Big Sky

Posted on Wed, 25 June, 2014 by LensScaper

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19 Responses to Tall Trees Big Sky

oneowner says:

Wed, 25 June, 2014 at 10:42

I haven’t seen the original but I’m guessing the black and white is the best conversion on this. It tends to bring out the drama in the sky.

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- LensScaper says:
  
  Wed, 25 June, 2014 at 16:23
  
  Thanks Ken. The colour original was OK, but the sky – which was what attracted me to this image – just didn’t have the contrast I wanted. Good ol’ B&W obliges. This was processed with an Infra-Ref preset in Topaz B&W effects.
  
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edithlevyphotography says:

Wed, 25 June, 2014 at 12:03

Gorgeous AndyI love the tones.

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- LensScaper says:
  
  Wed, 25 June, 2014 at 16:24
  
  Thanks very much Edith
  
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Jimi Jones (@JimiJones) says:

Wed, 25 June, 2014 at 12:15

Love the contrast in this B&W conversion, Andy. Nicely done!

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- LensScaper says:
  
  Wed, 25 June, 2014 at 16:24
  
  Thanks Jimi – infra-red preset from Topaz gave me the contrast in this one.
  
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  - Jimi Jones (@JimiJones) says:
    
    Thu, 26 June, 2014 at 13:27
    
    I’ll have to try that preset out. Come to think of it, I don’t think I’ve ever used that particular one. Thanks for the tip.
    
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    - LensScaper says:
      
      Thu, 26 June, 2014 at 22:03
      
      It’s well worth a try, Jimi. In Topaz there are four infra-red presets – varying degrees of strength. You will get wonderfully dramatic skies, and lightening of foliage. Not the same as true infra-red, but very often worth trying out. As with all software, one click to ‘do’ and one to ‘undo’.
      
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Melinda Green Harvey says:

Wed, 25 June, 2014 at 14:56

I agree with the others who have commented on the tones in this one. I also like the juxtaposition of the vertical lines of the trees and the horizontal lines of the clouds.

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- LensScaper says:
  
  Wed, 25 June, 2014 at 16:27
  
  Thanks for commenting Melinda. Ideally I would have liked an un-interrupted line of Poplar trees (the foreground tree on the left rather spoils it) but the sky was moving – as it does! – and I would have to have moved some distance to get a clean line of poplars by which time the sky would not have been so well placed.
  
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  - Melinda Green Harvey says:
    
    Thu, 26 June, 2014 at 02:54
    
    You made the right choice to get the shot, in spite of the foreground tree, which wasn’t that much of a distraction to me because of the clouds and the other trees.
    
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Lisa Gordon says:

Wed, 25 June, 2014 at 14:56

What an amazing sky you have captured here, and it is so perfect in black and white.

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- LensScaper says:
  
  Wed, 25 June, 2014 at 16:28
  
  Thanks very much Lisa. An infra-red preset produced this sky for me. It really wasn’t dramatic enough in colour, but the preset really created the drama of dark sky and fluffy white clouds.
  
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shoreacres says:

Wed, 25 June, 2014 at 17:25

I see what you mean about the trees, but, to be quite frank, I didn’t notice the foreground tree until you mentioned it. It was “there,” but didn’t distract at all from the impact of the image. That sky is so dynamic.

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- LensScaper says:
  
  Wed, 25 June, 2014 at 18:07
  
  Thanks for your comment Linda. It’s the sky that grabbed my attentions, and the trees happened to be there
  
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smackedpentax says:

Thu, 26 June, 2014 at 07:12

This is wonderful Andy. Beautiful big skies (I love big skies) and those trees remind me of bottom teeth. Superb 🙂

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- LensScaper says:
  
  Thu, 26 June, 2014 at 07:27
  
  Thanks James. Bottom Teeth! Hadn’t thought of that, but I see what you mean.
  
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Len says:

Mon, 30 June, 2014 at 11:03

Love the tonal contrast here Andy

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- LensScaper says:
  
  Mon, 30 June, 2014 at 16:27
  
  Thanks Len. Ideal shot for the B&W treatment
  
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