We were outside Kanchanaburi, on our way from the last waterfall to the famous Bridge Over the River Kwai when the light suddenly became amazing. And it started to rain. Since we were in the back of a songtaew, which has uncovered sides, our driver got out and started to roll down the rain flaps.Spurred by Evan's encouragement, I hopped out of the songtaew and grabbed a couple of shots. This doesn't even do justice to how beautiful the light was for that 15 minutes before the rain started to pour down in buckets.
As the sky was a lot lighter than the grass, I lightened the grass in Lightroom, but I think it is too noisy to make a print of. Wish I had an ND grad filter!
(Evan would like me to ask you all a little question. He also took a stab at processing the image in Lightroom, and he thinks he did a better job. For your viewing pleasure, here is the original where you can see how dark the grass initially was, hence the noise, and Evan's version, which is certainly more dramatic than mine. Feel free to tell me which one you like best, and if it isn't mine, I won't hate you. I would like to add that the sky was really quite orange, and both Evan and my versions are closer to the what we saw than the raw file is.)
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That is one stunning sky! I like the processing of this!
ReplyDeleteI think the second one is quite a bit more dramatic, but looks a little too processed for my tastes. I'd vote for the top version (despite the noise).
ReplyDeleteI think the second one is quite a bit more dramatic, but looks a little too processed for my tastes. I'd vote for the top version (despite the noise).
ReplyDeleteI like the top, yours better. I think Eva added more blacks (or contrast), and although the mountain in the back is better visible, but overall effect is rather overdone. But you both made the sky just great!
ReplyDeleteCan you combine the bottom picture sky and the middle picture foreground? I think I might like that the best...
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