Clouds

14 September 2014

Personally I don’t photographs clouds as a specific subject for an image. But……….

We were leaving Geraldine before sunrise when we spotted this unusual cloud formation. It reminded me of a big mothership in a sci fi movie. Having never seen anything like this before I decided to set up the tripod and photograph the cloud as the sun rises.

My dilemma in post production was how to present the cloud- preserve the shape and lose the fine detail or crop.

I couldn’t make up my mind so here are a few variations of the scene.

Also in the gallery I have shown how the lighting changed as the sun came up.

1.   10 August 2014   Nikon D800   iso200   50mm   f4.0   1/60sec   Nikon 24-70mm f2.8

2.   Nikon D800   iso200   50mm   f4.0   1/60sec   Nikon 24-70mm f2.8

3.   Nikon D3s   iso200   200mm   f5.6   1/125sec   Nikon 70-200mm f4.0

4.   Nikon D800   iso200   50mm   f5.6   1/125sec   Nikon 24-70mm f2.8