An other stormy early morning on Raja Ampat islands

[cocasana]

Raja Ampat islands are N/W of Papua Barat, Indonesia.
Canon 1dmk2, Canon 24-70mm f/2.8.
I would be interested in your opinions, comments, critiques,
Thanks, Carlo

[SirArmstrong]

Wow! That is something else. Lighting and cloud detail is truely awsome.:thumb

[gluwater]

Cool cloud formation and the light is a bonus. The only thing that bugs me about the image is the tree line. I don't know if you lightened it or if it is naturally like that but it looks like a composite. I think it is the contrast between the tree line and the sky.

[cocasana]

Thank you SirAmstrong, thank you gluwater.
It was a strange shadow/reflection, and there I left it.
If the whoòe photo was a composition I would have brushed it away as in the left part

[frg]

Beautifull shot, the detail is great as is the lighting:clap :clap :clap

[DavidS]

Beautiful. The light is awesome.

[mereimage]

Any criticism is niggling but you asked for some. The bottom can be burnt in to keep you eye on the clouds-in the current version i keep switching from the clouds to the water line. I also feel a little more depth can be drawn out from the clouds:

http://www.mereimage.smugmug.com/photos/131338499-L.jpg

This is just my take on it...................Mereimage

[cocasana]

Thanks for stopping and commenting!!!+Thanks mareimage, nice version!

[Jeff Geoghan]

I love it! :clap Having spent some time in the tropics I've seen stuff like this but never had a camera...cool!

[Milan]

That sure is one amazing picture in my book!:thumb

[Marc Muench]

Cool cloud formation and the light is a bonus. The only thing that bugs me about the image is the tree line. I don't know if you lightened it or if it is naturally like that but it looks like a composite. I think it is the contrast between the tree line and the sky.

I see why you might think this is a composite. However, great light is what inspires the composite in the first place. When an image captures that great light in one exposure its integrity sadly becomes questionable now days, because of all the photoshoping. I believe this is one image and could tell that the direction of the light coming down through the clouds would illuminate the trees on the hill. GREAT LIGHT:bow

:clap

[Dee]

Amazing sky, clouds and light. I live along the California coast and have never seen light quite like that. Usually the coastal layers, the one hovering on the horizon, sometimes a middle wispy fog layer and high clouds behind are moving fairly quickly. I once saw some clouds I wanted, turned in the other direction to take some photos, turned back to take the original scene and the clouds had moved on and changed shape in less than 5 minutes.

Not knowing exactly what you saw, I'd suggest lightening the water and the hills -- but not being there when the original was taken, it's hard for me to give advice.

The "halo" of the trees against the sky on the left does bother me also, but if that's what you saw... it's up to you to decide if you want to try to clone in some sky or not.

Do you have other photos of those amazing clouds to share with us?