Altostratus and Stratus clouds outside Boulder on Highway 36
Steve Rothbart – Clouds 1
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- Introduction to the Guidebook
- Overview 1: Phenomena. Why Does It Look Like That?
- Overview 2: Visualization Techniques
- Overview 3: Lighting
- Overview 4 - Photography A: Composition and Studio Workflow
- Overview 4 - Photography B: Cameras
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- Clouds 1: Names
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- Clouds 3: Skew - T and Instability
- Clouds 4: Clouds in Unstable Atmosphere
- Clouds 5: Lift Mechanism 2 - Orographics
- Clouds 6: Lift Mechanism 3 - Weather Systems
- Boundary Techniques - Introduction
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Very nice post processing and the clouds are captivating
I like how you made this image black and white – focuses on clouds and eliminates distracting foreground.
It’s interesting to see the boundary between the more stratified clouds and the puffier clouds.
I can see what you intended by turning the bottom quarter of the image into a silhouette. The contrast between the bottom quarter and the top is striking and intriguing.
Good open view of the front range. Black and white add a nice touch.
The mountain outline is great, it could be darker to make more of a silhouette. The clouds are captured pretty well.
I think your cloud classification is pretty spot on. Nice silhouette, but I think I would have cropped the lower quarter or so out of the frame.
I like seeing the mountains in the background and the greyscale that you added to the image. Might want to go darker with the foreground though.
Great image, I love the impact that the greyscale has on the aesthetic; it evokes an old photo. The cloud detail can be seen, but you may want to increase the contrast or adjust the levels to make the foreground completely dark or make the detail in the sky more clear.
The gray scale is good. The could layers are well defined but the foreground contrast might need to be increased.
The contrast in this image is….off. I think you should should either completely black out the foreground, or bring the details more into focus.
Nice photo, the grayscale helps bring out the layers in the clouds.
I like the details in the shadows but the sky could be a little darker for seeing what the clouds are really doing. The foreground being a complete silhouette would be nice.
Nice image. I think the original might look good too. They greyscale seems a bit hard to see all the details.
Beautiful clouds! I think the photo would have benefited from being taken at a higher angle, leaving less of the foreground. I like the black and white, but I think the highlights of the clouds on the right side of the image are a little overpowering, maybe consider working with the highlights and shadows a bit more.
I really like the photo overall, though the details are a little hard to see in the clouds.
I think the contrast between the ground versus the sky looks pretty good. It might look good to look at the clouds versus the blue sky instead though.
Great scenic view. I like the way that the clouds are clustered in the center.
Nice image, it looks very dramatic. you might want to lighten up the mountains, but it looks good otherwise.
Beautiful picture, but the greys blend together.
I like the grayscale in this image, however, I would up the contrast or whites and blacks to enhance the cloud shapes.
Really nice. I like the layers.