There's a dark cloud rising from the desert floor...

[Radtech1]

Hey, Its back to Lyrics for the post title! Bonus points for song and singer! Granted, it is not exactly the desert, but it is the best I could find on short notice. AND I love the song.

I got a nasty root canal done yesterday so I had the day home from work. I was too bushed to go shooting, to I had time to PS some shots "I've been meaning to get to." I used Fred Miranda's B&W Workflow Pro. Final and orignal posted here. I used a combination of Red Filter (sky) and Yellow Filter (ground) to get this result. Please Critique.

Rad


http://home.ripway.com/2004-2/78486/Canon/StormCouds.jpg

http://home.ripway.com/2004-2/78486/Canon/StormCoudsSource.jpg

[sparker1]

Both are nice, but the B & W is dynamite. Great work. Speaking of which, if you were able to work on this, why not your job? :twisted: :twisted:

[izzypizzy]

I'm such a sucker for b&w, awesome photo:)

[digitaleye]

the BW is just awesome! nice post job!

[c0ntr0lz]

i agree^^^

[SeanH]

Sweet.
:D
Is that a plug in or separate software?

[Radtech1]

Both are nice, but the B & W is dynamite. Great work. Speaking of which, if you were able to work on this, why not your job? :twisted: :twisted:

Would YOU want to be injected with a radioactive pharmaceutical by a guy who is sluring his words and drooling out of the right side of his mouth?

Sweet. Is that a plug in or separate software?

It is a Plug-In BUT, it only works with PhotoShop - NOT with Elements, because it uses Channels. It is a good piece though. www.fredmiranda.com

[skifly]

The black and white one is really nice.
I like how the road meets that high contrast cloudless patch.
As for the color one..... focus your energies on the black and white one. :)

[jacob]

Turn the sky an orange or blood red. That would be really cool.

[lomond]

The composition looks good to me, however I have to say the sky looks a bit over cooked compare to the foreground in the B&W, the reverse in the colour.
On the plus side I do like the leading line and also the overall composition.
Sorry to be so negative Radtech.

Cameron

[SeanH]

Personally I like the high contrast landscapes in B&W. And I think I remember some other guy that had some landscapes a bit on the contrasty side.........I think his initials were AA :wink:

[tim]

The B&W job turned an ordinary photo into something really good.

[JCK]

The promised land.

[KO_300D]

Bonus points to JCK!

Do I get a half point for naming Bruce Springsteen?

The second pic does look quite ordinary but you've done a fantastic job with the filters and turned it into a really great shot!

Quite inspirational - I think I'm gonna go look through some of my 'ordinary shots' now :wink: :wink:

[msc]

I agree, the B&W shot is GREAT. The second one is also good though.

[sameerb]

B&W looks great
you can sell this b&w as wallpaper :)

[CDickinson]

Rad - I really like the b/w....forces me to look at the landscape and how low and extraodinary the cloud/sky seem in country like that...

C