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The Gathering Storm

2010-08-26

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Whereas a few of my recent shots (the Endless Instant series) have celebrated minimal processing, this one embraces all the joys of Photoshop!

The original image is another from my recent sailing trip and shows the lighthouse on St Abb's Head, Scottish Borders. It was shot from the sea and I was hoping to capture some sense of the ominous cloud that was looming over us. I didn't feel the original captured my experience of the scene so I decided to have some fun. And fun I had!

As you'll see from the original (under the film strip), the gulls weren't in the original. They are actually posh gulls from Cannes and I included them to add a sinister element. My girlfriend reckons it has a 'Hitchcock' feel to it which is pretty much what I was aiming for. As ever, I'd love to know what you think.

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Camera & Exposure Information

Canon EOS 350D DIGITAL
Focal Length:	31 mm
Aperture:	f/8
Exposure:	1/160 sec
ISO Speed:	100

Categories: [Black and White] [Landscape]

Comments

Loving that 'reveal alternate image' function! Such a great design...enought about that though

Stunning image, works ever so well with the EXTRA processing. Really styriking dramatic scene. Love the bubbling clouds.

ProphecyBlur on 26th August 2010 @ 4:29pm

Striking image ... looks truly Hitchcokian :)

Piyush Garyali on 26th August 2010 @ 6:45pm

Shockingly effective treatment! Excellent.

Cristian Tibirna on 26th August 2010 @ 11:44pm

do you know the work of Bill Brandt? This is moody, foreboding, chilling- My cup of tea!

rhys on 27th August 2010 @ 5:53am

Your girlfriend is right and you did very well on this treatment. I realy like these tones here

veronique on 27th August 2010 @ 7:04am

Thanks all for the thoughts.

@veronique - my girlfriend is usually right about most things although, by her own admission, not always :)

Adrian on 27th August 2010 @ 10:02am

That's a very dramatic photo Adrian....skies are so important in landscape photography (especially B&W landscape photography) and this one is great!

Ian Bramham on 27th August 2010 @ 1:31pm

Dramatic, accomplished and very atmospheric...and the gulls add an inspired touch.

george on 27th August 2010 @ 4:13pm

this must be one of the last days... Such a dark ambiance - great!

grapf on 30th August 2010 @ 8:35am

Love the postprocessing. The gulls fit perfectly.

tom on 31st August 2010 @ 8:27pm

fantastic work!!!! I love the mood here.

kyungmee on 6th September 2010 @ 1:58pm

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