Summer Storm and Corn Field, July 2016

There have been some remarkable storm clouds this July. In the evening these come and develop very quickly. I have been lucky to see some of these and get them on film this time. Tmax RS and Acros are a new combination to me. For clouds, I like using replenished developer for the reduced development effect after it's "broke in". I have about 20 rolls of Kodak and Fuji Neopan 120 film processed in this current gallon of developer which is over 1 year old and still going strong. Getting clouds right is a personal journey for me the last 5 years or so, I suspect my posting here show some of that.

I like it. The different layers add to it. Instead of just seeing a field with clouds. Personally, on a frame or two, I would have used a #25 Red filter just to compare contrast. I've been getting clouds like that here too. Only problem is, I live in a dense area of homes etc. The coastline would be awesome, but the beaches are closed to non residents until labor day! So for now, I just watch the clouds fly by.

Damn, I'll have to pick my jaw up from the floor, as soon as I recover my breath.

I love the dark sky and the very detailed clouds. Looks like a painting! The composition, in general, is great... It's just that the clouds kind of steal the scene!

Congrats! That's the kind of work I would like to do!

Cheers,
Flavio

It's an absolutely beautiful picture. The clouds are really great but the corn seems to lack contrast. I just wonder should you have used a higher number filter when printing. But then again it might be your scanner. I still love the photo and is the kind of one that I would love to take.

From the thumbnail, I thought the centered horizon line wasn't the best. After seeing it larger, the top line of the corn helps it be non-centered. As said above, the sky is gorgeous and the detail in the corn is great. I like how you kept the square format - sometimes criticized, but works just fine here. I would be proud to have made this photo.

Having returned last Tuesday from a 5900 mile drive looping through "flyover country," this one certainly caught my eye. It's nicely composed and really captures the cornfields and often dramatic skies.

Stunningly Beautiful !

Just gorgeous.

In regard to Vincent's post above, there is nothing close to a pure black in the scanned image. Since the lack of such a black is usually obvious in a print, it is likely the scan and digital processing that is at fault. Otherwise, it is a fine photograph.

Yes to every previous comment, plus great darkroom work ! You made a great photo from a landscape that is difficult to make dramatic images of ... unless you have clouds like these !