Leaden Sky

[hminx]

High grey overcast and some fast moving cumulus clouds gave the sky this texture yesterday

[n8]

nice scene, but it looks over sharpend

[hminx]

Thanks N8 , I get that comment a bit , perhaps a trip to the optician is over due ....

[Avalanche]

yea way to sharpened for me. great shot though

[LeeIs]

Did you use high bypass thing in photoshop? If so, no need to use it to sharpen photos. just do the unsharp mask. slightly. I agree it's a bit too much.

I love the scene though. I wish we can see a bit more of the fence, less sky and more normal look.

[hminx]

Thanks Av and Liban, guess I've seriously over cooked this one I was trying to get the snow covered volcano in the back to stand out a little more.

[GB1]

Pete -

More than oversharpening, seems like one to many effects were added? Regardless, the pic looks a bit flat to me and it doesn't appear that any amt of processing could save it.

But yes, I do think the snow-covered mtn, country foreground and clouds are nice actors in the scene. I wish I could suggest how one could pull them all together to make this one even better than it is, but I run into the same challenge when I am shooting: a lot of potential, but the angle, lighting and everything else just isn't ideal. If I figure it all out, I will share the secret

G

[hminx]

Thanks for your thoughts Greg, I guess photoshop is not really some sort of photographic philosophers stone...

[Tumber]

How does it look without the "HDR" effect? I don't know if that is the effect, but it almost looks like an HDR photo.

[GB1]

Pete - It isn't a bad shot, though I think my earlier critique made it appear to be. It's just compressed, maybe because you used a telephoto lens? Hey, just realized what this one reminded me of: a quilt design of a traditional countryside. Maybe it's that time of the year.

[armando_m]

I like the scene, maybe I may just have pointed the camera a touch lower

I agree on the over processed look