Clouds in Black & White

[Joanna (Joanna Carter)]

If I may interrupt this conversation to announce that Helen and I may well have to give up cloud photography for good. I stumbled across a certain Mitch Dobrowner

Sheesh!!! Although it might have something to do with the fact that he obviously storm chases in areas that regularly produce such marvels. Anyone got a spare few thousand Euros and a Winnebago for a couple of years?

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But then I watched a video of one of his talks, which I found to be very encouraging, so it looks like I will be around for sometime to come, still learning from the greats and experimenting.

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In the meantime, I have already posted one of Helen’s in another topic…

How I feel after about a year of using PL4 as my go-to image editor

The only limitation to movements on a view camera is the coverage of the lens. But, with the right lens and the right bellows extension, you can duo some pretty weird things. And I wouldn’t be surprised if Ansel didn’t do most of them The difference between Ansel and most digital photographers was not just down to the equipment he used, he used to “previsualise” what the finished print would look like before he even pressed the shutter. Then he would ensure that the exposure would…

And here are two more that she took a few weeks ago less than five kilometres from home…

© Helen Summers 2024

© Helen Summers 2024