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Hans, nice capture of your rarity. Fortunately my work place is close to the beginnings of increased elevation at the north eastern edge of the valley, so Lennies aren’t rare but most of the time they aren’t spectacular. Most are one cloud bean pods as the pic above illustrates. Yet when they conspire to be spectacular, they are ,as a recent contribution to the gallery demonstrates,,imho anyway. Yes, on the edge of systems or in between seems their popular place yet when monsoon season arrives they can be right next to cumulus. But for predictability..places like Andy Kirk’s Owen’s Valley in California tops out in foreseeable. I always take time to photograph lennies no matter where or when. Haa!,maybe a night shot of a lenny could happen…?
anyway,
Dropping The Veil
Shooting Up Thru The Clouds Exposes The Tumult of Their Passing. Keelin nice capture! And Welcome D Thwaites! Great Title For The Cloud Shot, ” Dream Trees”!
So Allow Me To Turn Everything On Its Head With a Recent Shot Of Lennies , for the heck of it!.
I’ve always liked Paul Klee’s work. I think He noticed the clouds. You’ve got the idea Keelin. If You open your mind to any possibility, the Clouds will provide.
The color on the above is manipulated for contrast. Slow and small increments of changing, is the key to working Adobe lightroom color. . Clarity, vibrancy and saturation do the general work along with contrast. You can spend time adjusting every hue if you want. Lots to get lost in. One neat feature is white balance..You know the yellow browns you get when shooting around approaching sun set? White Balance correction can get rid of the browns for whites and blues.
The picture below thought it was going to be a Mona Lisa but The Winds had a different idea.. Taken during the same event it shows a warmer atmosphere than those above. For contrast ,I manipulated the above forWhite balance. Its easy enough to learn. As in all digital..its just a matter of..click and dragging..After you get that right then punch it up with Clarity, Vibrancy Saturation etc. Color is like BW but a lot more consequential..No adjustment is free..Adjust one element and another reacts…For every adjustment there seems a opposite adjustment somewhere else. So I make slow and small incremental adjustments with color.
Kristy, You’re Welcome. The two lenses I have mentioned are Canon ” L ” lenses. IMHO using top of line lenses on a APS-C ( 3/4 size) is not getting the full potential of the lens.
True, a Telephoto lens will always out perform a Zoom Telephoto. Compromises have to be made since there is no perfect lens. A Zoom Telephoto is a very good compromise imho. 99.9% of the shots posted here at this CAS site by me in the last two years or so,,have been shot using the Full Size 6d Canon Body with the 28-300 Zoom Telephoto L Lens. I have not used the Sony or Nikon but, as mentioned , the Sony full size and Nikon full sized cameras come highly rated. I believe Nikon has a 28-300 tele zoom that is well rated, not sure tho. I have thought of making the switch to Nikon. My 6 d Canon is starting to show the wear and tare.
The idea of approaching cloud photography prepared for the ” anything can happen, and happens fast” heavily suggests a zoom telephoto. I like the 28 -300 because its starts at 28 which is a wide angle. The 300 side is about as far as one wants to reach due to all the things that stand between you and the object you’re trying to capture at 300mm.,as in atmosphere, ( but if a child’s face or a Still life on a table top etc, thats different). Compressing all that air does create problems. Most Zoom lenses have a ” sweet” spot. You learn where any lenses best zones are. Thats the thing about top of line lenses,,even if you’re not using the extremes of a Zoom..you can crop the picture and still get very high quality picture. You will Never regret investing in a top quality lens.
Read up is all I can suggest. Plenty of reviews both camera body and lenses..Renting b4 buying is smart. .And Do your self a BIG Favor..get that Adobe Lightroom downloaded yesterday. Its easy and quick to download and not much to organize,
Full Size CMOS Camera + Top Quality Lens + Adobe Lightroom or Photoshoppe= Digital Photography Fulfillment…imho..Oh!a good tripod is a wise investment also, essential for low light, movies, and spliced panoramas.
I spent two weeks in Seattle once. I saw the Sun for 1 and 1/2 days.
Have fun and am looking forward to see some pics from You!
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