God's Palette

At times one comes across the most beautiful light, where one least expects it, and

then for a photographer it becomes a big problem. How to capture that beautiful

light and also get a nice composition. It had happened to me. Driving back with

fellow photographers one evening from an outing, we find this awesome view on

the Shillong-Jowai Highway (Meghalaya, India), with clouds banking in the valley

below, while the clouds above us are beautifully lit. I get my photographer friend

who was driving to stop, and manage to set up my tripod. Trees obscure most of

my view, and I find it very difficult to get in a composition I would be satisfied with.

Right beside the highway, it was pretty difficult. As the light conditions rapidly

change with the setting sun, I decided against walking around to see if a better

view was possible and decided to do the best that I could, and at least capture that

light in my sensor. Hope I did a decent job.

nice shot

Reds tend to bleed when they are blown out.  Could you not pull back the exposure compensation in raw?

 

Otherwise, just about right.

 

--Lannie

Overall a nice shot but a little over saturated for my taste. Decreasing the saturation in the clouds would produce, IMO, a beautiful interaction of colors.