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  • in reply to: Black and White Thread #191083
    Hans Stocker avatarHans Stocker
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    Yeah, I imagine a distant see shore…

    When making the picture with the white shadows I found out that making a negative out of a positive often results in “just a negative” , but sometimes it surprises. I come up later with an example I liked.

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    My found sea shell…

    in reply to: New Year's Day Clouds #190761
    Hans Stocker avatarHans Stocker
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    New years day in Holland was like in Devon, Gini. Only one shade of gray. I had to wait for the next day for some contrast and color, or is that cheating on the thread with this name? Anyway I like to contribute, so everybody happy new year  to all!

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    in reply to: Black and White Thread #190599
    Hans Stocker avatarHans Stocker
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    That was a quite mystical one to end the year with Michael. The few lighter spots give it a special feel. Beautiful.

    Unfortunately, the new year starts here (the Netherlands) with stratus and drizzle as in Devon, England. So no picture on your “New Year Day’s Clouds” thread.

    I want to start the new year with a White and Black one in stead of an Black and White one. The negative has so to say the right positive appearance to start with.

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    Happy new year to all who reads this!

    in reply to: Black and White Thread #190249
    Hans Stocker avatarHans Stocker
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    I like to read about your approach of duplicatus Michael. The example you added is very nice. I blew it up as you suggested but when looking from a distance it turns out to be even surprising.

    Thinking about what my approach might be, I come to the conclusion that I am always looking for strange structures or striking compositions whether duplicatus or not, whether abstract or not. All doing by scanning the sky with my camera for parts that looks promising.

    This is one taken with a wide angle (16 mm). Left under a part of the 22 degrees halo could have been seen when I didn’t make it a B&W version.

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    in reply to: Black and White Thread #190192
    Hans Stocker avatarHans Stocker
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    Yeah, he seems to see us too and it looks very serious!

    Thank you Michael for you explanation of the process to come up with the former subtle result. It comforts me in a certain way that it wasn’t easy at all, but the result is even more impressive knowing about the process. Often pictures of an interesting cloud structure turn out to be rather dull and grey at first sight after uploading, but you know for certain it was different when you spotted it and it is the art of getting out of the raw picture what you attracted at first sight.

    You are right, digital photography is the peoples art. It opened a lot of possibilities without the cost of the analogous process. It is true fun. Experimenting, learning, repeating and over again.

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    Strange undulations that aspire to asperitas

    in reply to: Black and White Thread #190027
    Hans Stocker avatarHans Stocker
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    Wow Michael, this picture is very beautiful. I would use the same words to describe it as you did. I am impressed and I am going to study on the way to get these grays while maintaining some sort of sharpness and detail in it. Enchanting.

    It reminded me of a picture I posted to the gallery.

    https://cloudappreciationsociety.org/gallery/photo/photo-n-3592-x-2

    It is not – but almost – black and white in reality. I only deepened the shadows a bit and that gave some extra contrast but it has not the lightness of your example. It is challenging to experiment in the way you showed now. To be continued.

     

    in reply to: Black and White Thread #189849
    Hans Stocker avatarHans Stocker
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    Hello Michael, you inspire me with this undulating asperitas to B&W (as a verb)  more candidates. Aspiritas loves B&W, that’s for sure.  I experimented with some pictures of crepescular rays and it turns out to be really fun. I am surprised ever again what B&W can do with some extra contrast.

    Here is a view on a pond with some reed.

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    Anyone else who wants to jump in?

    in reply to: Black and White Thread #189395
    Hans Stocker avatarHans Stocker
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    Beautiful abstract impressionism Michael.

    I try to make a bridge with this very bad hair day.

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    in reply to: Electricity #189244
    Hans Stocker avatarHans Stocker
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    I am glad you like the picture George.

    What you see is a sundog, right from the sun at 22 degrees. The peculiar distribution of the reflecting cirrus gives it the electric feel.

    in reply to: The "negative" of a horseshoe #189130
    Hans Stocker avatarHans Stocker
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    You must be the very first one to have observed a negative of a horse shoe (vortex). Isabel. Congratulations.

    Very nice.

     

     

    in reply to: Black and White Thread #189066
    Hans Stocker avatarHans Stocker
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    Haha, I love these minions! Very gentle.

    For the next one I did not have a metaphor yet, but now I want to recognize the physiognomy of Scarlet Overkill the minions are looking for.

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    in reply to: A short ladder in the center. #188899
    Hans Stocker avatarHans Stocker
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    Very peculiar. This must be a stairway to heaven Roger.

    in reply to: Black and White Thread #188898
    Hans Stocker avatarHans Stocker
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    Beautiful mountain to climb bare footed Michael.

    Reading about contrail in anther thread I think the next one will be appropriate. I took this picture just a few days ago. The contrail was dissipating rather fast and it also formed some von Karman vortex like patterns before disappearing.

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    Barbed wire

    in reply to: It caught my eye. #188894
    Hans Stocker avatarHans Stocker
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    Contrails, I see a lot of them living in the neighborhood of an airport. Indeed sometimes difficult to separate from cirrus. Here is one on fire (no photoshopping).

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    in reply to: Black and White Thread #188715
    Hans Stocker avatarHans Stocker
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    At curtain call…

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