Winter or spring, somedays it’s hard to tell. Mountain snow, valley flowers and full leaved trees under cirrus cloud filled skies.
Converted to black and white. With black and white points set I rendered a gray base to warm highlight graduate.
Secluded Paradise / Vernal Cusp, Owen’s Valley
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Ed, I don't know how to take that ... they were natural ...
Take it as a positive compliment as it’s meant. I like the way the clouds showed up to my eye. It takes a level of skill to make that conversion. The clouds caught my eye. The fact that they are natural means that you “skillfully” left them alone.
Thanks for the compliment! The following quote might be applied to works of art:
”Leave it as Is. The ages have been at work on it and man can only mar it.” - Theodore Roosevelt
So true….., I see a lot of over processed images out here. When you handle things in the camera, processing is about fine tuning…..
Ed Sanford
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Totally! Well said and practiced as I see in your work too.
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Great job on the soft wispy clouds…,