Eye of the Storm

Beautifull and dramatic compo Marc, interaction between land and sky is great, very dinamic and eyecatching B&W, I bet the color version is wonderfull also

I was passing through the seemingly infinite, desolate spaces that

comprise Oregon's remote South-Eastern landscape along the Alkali

flats of Abert lake, as the skies rapidly darkened preceeding an

ominous thunderstorm descending on the far shore. Hail and rain

swirled intensely through the skies within it, backlit dramaticly by

the filtered sunlight. I visulized a B&W rendition to capture the

surreal, powerful mood of the fleeting moment. I hiked a half-mile

onto the flats before finding a long pool stretching towards the

stormy horizon. To control the exposure I used a strong 2-stop hard

grad, intensifying the dramatic sky. I consider it one of my most

powerful and evocative images from nature. Ratings are not

accepted, critiques are welcome.

The slightly surreal level of brightness in the foreground (afforded by the GND), combined with that enormous sky makes this shot transcendent and inspiring. Marc, my sincere compliments.

Marc, B/W, its on his place here, beautyful picture, you where on the right

time at the right place and pressed the button in a good comp., so, good shot.

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I've seen the vertical version in your portofolio some days ago.I think it looks better now.the correspondence between the sky and the road is great.it would have been a 7/7 for me(since I like b&w photos a lot)

Road? Where?

it looked like a road to me.now I see it might be a drained river or something

Yeah, the reflections kind of give it away. What you're looking at is a shallow pool about 2-inches deep leading across a mostly dry lakebed covered in alkili, a salt-like mineral.

Amazing one, Marc! Superb leading line. Great play of light in the clouds. I'm amazed at how the higlights on the road are symmetrical with the highlights in the clouds, in the left part. Great BW. Bravo!

 

I looked through your work, your visual journeys are stunning.

 

Based on your work, I'd be delighted if you could look at mine. My latest submission are the arch of light andthe need to break free. Feel free to rate and comment on them, and if you have the time be my guest and visit/rate/critique my portfolio.

 

Thank you and I'll keep looking at your work as source of inspiration,

--Bogdan

Once again, THIS IS NOT A ROAD. As I just explained, this is a reflection in a shallow pool (thus the "symetrical" highlights).

Patricia and David have already adequately analyzed why this is as wonderful as it it (and it is — I, too, would give it a 7/7, which I don't do casually). I am so impressed with your eye for composition, to have found such beauty and near-symmetry on the alkalai flats, and created such a powerful image from it.

I totaly agree with David, Patricia and Don. This image is amazing... your galery is AMAZING. Keep showing us your beautiful work. Congratulations. Regards. Agus

Fabuolous shot MArc. Nice treatment in B&W vs Color.

This is a very powerful image and differs in this respect from your other compositions in other ways than just being B&W. I am curious as to why you have given it the B&W treatment given that the use of colour has been such a major part of your previous work. I also enjoyed your other 2 landscapes posted more recently but have not left critiques. I will just leave a note to say they have been admired as usual.

WOW what a great road........ Just Kidding. I think the 50/50 works well here to demonstrate the monochrome reflection of sky and earth. great vison ~ GT

very nice photo

If i could, i would give a 8. It?s like a malstrom.

 

Ansell Adams would be satisfied, i think.

 

Regards,

 

Matthias

Nice reflection of shape of the river in the sky. Water to water droplets.

EXCELLENT!!!Best regards.

As with every single one of your images I see, I sit and stare just hoping to learn a thing or two...what makes it so dramatic? What elements did you focus on and use to bring together such an awesome photo? With this, I sat and stared, and stared, and stared. Sometimes, rather than examine, its better to just enjoy...

Fine composition.