panorams Chasing the Clouds

I was literaly chasing that group of clouds for most of the afternoon

when finaly when going over Causeway, I got perfect shot at the clouds

It's a perfect shot at the clouds, indeed! Very beautiful! 7/7

It IS very nice, but theres a tilt in the horizon.

The scene has fantastic potential, but for me the white clouds are too hot.

Thank you Pitman for you comment. Yes you were right, there is 1/4 degree tilt in the horizon, which I don't think is so bad considering that I was shooting large format camera out of the hand from moving vehicle over the bridge. I'll correct that in my shot.

I hope you were`nt driving too ;0)

Yes I was

Are the blown highlights intentional?

Oh! pretty good then lol!

nice angle like the clouds emanating from the centre of the photograph

If you look at the darker areas, you have to realize that if I wouldn't burn the clouds, those areas would be totaly dark. This is very dynamic shot, when it comes to the exposure values. Please remember that Chrome film ( positive) has shorter range than let's say B/W film as explained by Ansel Adams ( 12 stops, 6 stops up and down from middle gray). I think, but I'm not sure, Chrome film has half of that range, so there is always a compromise. Chrome film is great for color intensity, but don't expect Zone VI type of gradation. ,. Instead, I prefer on whole scene impression, which, I belive, is more important than technical tid bits

Oh, I forgot, one things is how that looks on line and totaly different as a print in real life

I'm quite familiar with the way chromes expose, seeing how that's all I shoot. Velvia has about a +2.5 to -3 stop range. No doubt there is more dynamic range on the transparency. What did you use to scan it?

 

For me, the formal qualities of an image are definately connected with the resulting experience - that's one of the reasons why A.A. was such an exacting technictian in the dark room. I think it would have been even more powerful with a detailed gradation like your eyes probably saw. This is starting to sound like the current POW discussion. It's extremely difficult to achieve in such contrasty situations, I know. Being so blown, my eyes go straight to highlights, more so on the left, and largely stay there.

 

Here's a link to a similar cloud formation:

 

http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2742100

 

cheers,

Aaron

 

I just want to add that I like that you strive for a broad impression in a scene.

Hi Aaron,, Thanx for your comments, I use Imacon 848 scanner, which is as good as it gets,. actually, on the print on the left side you can see the orb of the sun through the clouds but that detail is lost on the screen view of the image.

 

I like to print big, 40" x 80" on canvas and it's lots of fun to see images like that enlarged. I use neg sometimes, I get better range, but color intensity is not there, as it is on Chrome film, so on shots like that I go for overall feel of the shot