Peter Mannfolk // Photoblog
Seasons can´t last
Posted by Peter Mannfolk (Landskrona, Sweden) on 5 August 2008 in Landscape & Rural and Portfolio.
Or so it seems. After weeks of warm and dry weather, a storm came crashing down today. This one was taken yesterday as the first clouds gathered.
Ana Lúcia from Leiria, Portugal
Really beautiful...your techniques constantly amaze me.
5 Aug 2008 8:30am
Kylie Greenan from Richmond, Australia
Stunning depth of colour, beautiful drama in the sky, great composition, you can almost smell the rain. Well done.
5 Aug 2008 9:41am
onewayphoto / Mark from Essex, United Kingdom
Great seaside still life — very atmospheric
5 Aug 2008 11:55am
Peter Miller from Lichfield, United Kingdom
AS PREVIOUS THE LIGHTING ON THIS IS WONDERFUL
5 Aug 2008 12:46pm
bluechameleon from Vancouver, Canada
Great composition and your colours are always so amazing with depth and light.
5 Aug 2008 1:42pm
lisa v from Gawler, Australia
The light! as if a spotlight were shining down on the bucket, it's wonderful, and the sky, so dark, I love it.
5 Aug 2008 1:43pm
sherri from Little Rock, Arkansas, United States
Extraordinary colors came with your storm. Beautiful capture.
5 Aug 2008 1:47pm
don from spokane, United States
A fine item to shoot on the beach before the storm. Storm clouds look ominous!
5 Aug 2008 3:14pm
zOOm from Paris, France
I like this. Very simple and how effective with this colour and contrast processing.
The work on my image today has been done under Photoshop... I start from a new white document and add layers... and layers...
5 Aug 2008 3:29pm
Camp from Dallas, United States
Spectacular. Nice contrast between dramatic lighting/colors and a simple setting.
5 Aug 2008 3:38pm
Calusarus from St Sorlin en Valloire, France
As everyone, I'm impressed by the light, here. Congratulations.
5 Aug 2008 4:30pm
Sriram from Chennai, India
Awesome work and tones are quite brilliant! Please give us some briefing on the post processing on this image!
5 Aug 2008 5:03pm
@Sriram: This was processed using curves layers - one for the sky and sea, one for the beach and a final one for the bucket and shovel. In this case I didn´t want too much contrast in the background so the curve there is rather shallow whereas the curve for the bucket/shovel is steep to bring out the details. Oh, and the mask for the beach layer is a gradient, making the light more prominent in the foreground. Thanks for your comment! /Peter
Helen from Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
The processing on your photo has enhanced this photo to the point of brilliance! Thank for the briefing Peter. You are quite versatile. I really enjoy popping by. Thanks for sharing.
5 Aug 2008 8:50pm
Jeff from Honolulu, United States
Nice sense of perspective to go with the processing.
6 Aug 2008 4:37am
Bill Jennings from Los Altos (Bay Area Northern Calif), United States
Such a simple subject with a stunning presentation - the selection of colors works fantastically.
28 Apr 2009 9:46pm
Tim Woodward from Devon, United Kingdom
Great work! Thanks for the pp notes posted to Sriram they are inspiring, I am getting so side tracked in Lightroom 2 (now with added local effects brushes , gradients etc) with my old stuff that nothing even remotely new is hitting my blog yet!!! I have just found the negative clarity trick to get that 'glow' look to highlights - haven't been in Photoshop proper for weeks :-) Tim.
12 May 2009 9:00am
Canon EOS 350D
1/1000 second
F/5.0
ISO 100
28 mm