Greetings from Shropshire

[Ralph Turner]

Just a quick couple of snaps on my phone (edited on my iPad) taken down the lane from where we’re staying at the mo. Such beautiful clouds this morning.

 

[Brian Moore]

The green the blue and the white are so complimentary. The clouds are magnificent.

 

[Ralph Turner]

Many thanks, Brian.

 

[Pete Askew]

Both very nice, but I especially like the slight mirroring of the tree by the clouds in the first.

 

[Ralph Turner]

Thanks Pete. I took a load of pics on my 6D in b+w with an orange filter on the lens. Won’t know for sure how they’ll shape up until we get home again.

 

[Ralph Turner]

Shropshire scene revisited. Now back home, I’ve had a look at the b+w image of this view that I took on my 6D with the diminutive but capable 40mm f2.8 pancake and orange filter. Can’t really decide which I prefer…

 

[Pete Askew]

They are quite different in feel aren't they? The B&W image is striking, but I find the field and the sky are somewhat disconnected by the dark band of cloud just above the crown of the tree. Maybe lightening that a touch with reconnect the two parts.

 

[Ralph Turner]

Thanks Pete. I see what you mean and now I can’t un-see it lol. I had a play with it but felt it perhaps lost a little in the dramatic feel of the cloud forms . Probably in an ideal world I’d have got a little closer to the tree so that it reached up a little further into the sky (mind you, I’m not sure the farmer would have appreciated me tramping on his crop, though )

 

[Brian Moore]

Don't listen to Pete, Ralph. Next he'll be convincing you there's a bin in that tree line that he loves. (@Pete Askew: )

Seriously, though, the B&W for me.

 

[Ralph Turner]

Don't listen to Pete, Ralph. Next he'll be convincing you there's a bin in that tree line that he loves. (@Pete Askew: )

Seriously, though, the B&W for me.

Cheers, Brian. Bin fetish, eh? Curious

 

[Pete Askew]

Don't be silly @Brian Moore , why would there be a bin in the middle of a field? It's over next to that house on the right, and gorgeous it is too!

 

[Ralph Turner]

Don't be silly @Brian Moore , why would there be a bin in the middle of a field? It's over next to that house on the right, and gorgeous it is too!

Which house is that, then, Pete? Can’t quite see it… hold on, I’ll get me binoculars

 

[Brian Moore]

Don't be silly @Brian Moore , why would there be a bin in the middle of a field? It's over next to that house on the right, and gorgeous it is too!

Silly me.

 

[Stevenson Gawen]

Bins aside.... I like the b&w one very much. The colour ones are ok but I find the monochrome version much more captivating.

 

[Ralph Turner]

Thanks @Stevenson Gawen