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Yes Keelin a build up of many layers of color for a soft landing..as perhaps Rothko might have had it..
Arizona Sunset#90
I’ve had the discussion with GWW some years ago. My perspective has not changed. If one needs earth reference points to view clouds, fine. To me, including “land” in a photo with clouds makes the photo a ” Landscape”,,and ought to be viewed and evaluated accordingly. Nothing wrong with that.
A photo of cloud with no earth reference points,besides a sky…is a cloudscape to me. To me, earth reference points act as an anchor to the imagination that wants to soar with the cloud. Earth reference points hold one to the ground and thus hinder the mind from traveling amongst the clouds. Also, for me, after a while earth reference points have so little to do with the cloud. Does a lenticular become less than a lenticular if there are no earth reference points to judge its height width and circumference? Same can be asked about any cloud. A Cumulonimbus is huge compared to a cumulus humilus. I don’t need earth reference points to tell me that. A lot of sunset pics recently demonstrate Earth really isn’t needed to see the beauty of nature in cloud an light.
I have no problem including earth in cloud shots when I have to tho. For crop reasons there may be little other choice. The above lenny shot was taken over a year ago and I decided to not edit out earth because it would be too labor intensive to do so. Nuthin to do with GWW. Funny thing..a recent lenny shot submitted to Gallery from the same shoot, I used earth reference points to draw and direct the eye into the photo…Due to size limitation that part of the photo got edited out. Oh well..
Arizona Color #94
Hans , It was actually some afternoon wisp, wind blown virga, that got interesting. If the winds would just wait for the light to get right as in your photo, I’d be taking alot more shots of them.
Arizona B&W#163
I’m not sure that there is such a thing as a subdued sunset in Arizona. Maybe its the one with no clouds. Every time I tried to rein in #88 it died. The blue band i think was the edge of a anti-crepuscular like below.
Arizona Sunset#89
