Storm at Rock Point-web

Dusk, with heavy rain and high seas at Rock Point, Lyme Regis,

Dorset. All comments very welcome, thank you.

Moody and well-composed! Looks like an image from an old B&W film.

Best regards,

Alain

Ken, your Leica has a character that is different from most of what I see. It adds a feel that is old-time-filmy, if that makes any sense. This image is very well composed and executed. Well done.

Hi Alain & David, thanks for your very kind and constructive comments. Best regards Ken.

It surely conveys the tempestuous water. I dodged the waves a bit to provide a symmetrical balance to the bright light and to emphasize the power of the water. Strictly an artistic change on a very good original. Beethoven's Sonata piano  in D minor "The Tempest" comes to mind.

Hi Tony. Thank you for the very kind comment and your time. Great piece of editing and yes can see how it improves my original. Your advice and help will hopefully improve my editing and future images. Best regards Ken.

Both versions are nice. I do like how my eye is drawn to the lamp in the original

Ken - you are welcome. Some purist would not approve of my change but I figure if it is good enough for Ansel Adams, I am willing to give it a go.

There is no such thing as a "pure" or "original" image, whether in digital or film. Back in the day we used to refer to the un-printed or un-developoed image as the "latent" image. This was the title of an ongoing column in a photo magazine. Since neither digital nor film media perfectly duplicates the human eye (and no two eyes see identically anyway), every display or print of the latent image must be adjusted to show what the photographer saw, or wants the rest of us to see. So, bravo, Ansel Adams, and all the rest of us.

FYI: This is an endorsement, not an argument.

All these great comments and interesting views make being a member of Photo.net very rewarding and adds so much to a great hobby. Best regards and happy New Year, Ken.

This has got to be my favorite of your recent work Ken.  Love the power of the sea, the sullen sky, and the unusual lighted globe.

Best, David

I don't wand to repeat  myself. . . . Over all, you  have a nice  portfolio here,  mostly of  architecture, and as I  all ready mentioned, a very jet black  processing stile. As is  suggested,  you my have a very  light  adjusted  monitor  and  you  processing  the image  accordingly, unknown of  the fact.

This  image  can  be  "very  nice"  with a proper  processing.

-BLM.

Unfortunately  it  is  from a screen shot  with extreme limited  data,  so  it  is  not  the quality  it  is an idea of a proper  processing if  you view it on a good  calibrated monitor. IMHO.

-BLM.