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... in the Congress of Earth and Sky
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Image Basis: Clouds near/over Lake Michigan
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Locale: North lakefront - Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.
Year & Season: 2018 ; Mid summer
Time of Day: Afternoon
Global Ambient: Mostly cloudy
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Camera: Sony Alpha a7r II Mirrorless
Sensor: Full-frame
IBIS: ON ; OIS: ON
Support: Hand-held
Lens: Sony FE 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 G OSS
Filters: (none)
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Exposure Program: Aperture priority
Metering Mode: Spot
Drive/Focus Mode: Single-shot/Auto focus
Focus Area: Spot
Exposure Quality: Raw (Lightroom DNG)
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Processing: Lightroom Classic 10.0 ; Camera Raw 13.0
LR Presets: (none) ; Processing Plug-Ins: (none)
Original File Aspect & Size: 3:2 ; 42.2MP (7952 x 5304)
Crop: (none)
JPG Size: 9.83MP (2561 x 3840)
JPG Quality: 80 (Lightroom Export Quality setpoint)
File ID: Cldscp19 Extr(2TntNL) V02R00 Mke.LkFr.N 20180729-0104 SShJ80@4K.jpg
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Tech Note: The image consists of a single, highly processed photographic exposure of cloud formations. (There is no superposition of elements from other exposures.) All processing was done within Lightroom (no third-party plug-ins or other tools).
Stratocumulus stratiformis opacus mamma cumulogenitus. This chaotic sky is the result of a rapidly deepening low pressure system over the Wyoming-Nebraska border. Surface winds at the time of this image were 40 mph with gusts to 60 mph. Very light rain showers were on radar about 20 miles away but was most likely virga.
More on stratocumulus clouds: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stratocumulus_cloud
Taken ~2:35PM (MDT) on 6 May with iPhone by stitching 2 dozen wide field frames. In minimizing distortion, use as many wide field frames as you can.
We had cool breezes and beautiful cloudscapes today; alas no rain in the forecast...
My 365-2022: #130 of 365
Saw these clouds on the way home and liked the way the evening sun lit them.
Used 3 raw files and Dynamic Photo HDR then tweaked in CS and resized for here
On this particular morning a few weeks ago, it was cold, very cold if you value your fingers, (-12C/10F), and the air was dead still. At this time shore ice had not yet formed and only slight ice build-up had formed on the piles of the remains of the groynes used to stabilize the beach and minimize erosion. But the sky was filled with some great clouds. I got down low and hand-held the camera just above the wet sand (bubble level attached to help me keep the camera level), shot very wide and this is the result. Along the horizon you can see dark dots. It is a bit hard to see at the posting size but these are very large numbers of Canada Geese that seem to call this area home. A cloudscape at Fifty Point/Kelson Beach at the West boundary of Grimsby, Ontario looking North over Lake Ontario. - JW
Date Taken: 2017-12-28
Tech Details:
Taken using a hand-held Nikon D7100 fitted with an AF Nikkor 12-24mm lense set to 12mm, ISO100, Auto WB, Shutter Priority mode, f/4.0, 1/800 sec with an EV+1.33 exposure bias. PP in free Open Source RAWTherapee from Nikon RAW/NEF source file: set image final dimensions to 9000x6000, adjust exposure to -0.33 stops below (darker than) as-shot, very slightly increase contrast and Chromaticity in L-A-B mode, very lightly increase vibrance, sharpen, save. PP in free Open Source GIMP: very slightly refine overall tonality using the tone curve tool (it was nearly dead-on as-shot so all this was just extremely minor refinement), sharpen, save, scale image to 6000x4000, sharpen, save, add fine black-and-white frame, add bar and text on left, save, scale image to 1800 wide for posting, sharpen slightly, save.
When the wind stops blowing completely, you just have to go for it! I was also fortunate enough to witness some dramatic cloud formations on this pleasant afternoon walk (at where else but Attenborough?). The mono brought out the shapes of the clouds more effectively than in colour.
Stretching from west to east.
Altocumulus stratiformus translucidus
The cloud is an extensive thin sheet (species stratiformis) with merged cloud elements arranged in broadly parallel lines (variety undulatus). The sky is easily visible through the layer, identifying the variety translucidus. The blue of the sky can also be seen in the spaces between the lines of merged elements (variety perlucidus). The colour is predominantly white, with some light grey colouration near the back edge due to the cloud being thicker and to the low angle of the Sun.
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Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mk II
Olympus M.Zuiko 7-14mm f2.8 Pro @ 8mm, f9.0
50 sec exposure
6-stop IRND
3-stop GNDR