Critique Welcomed Road To The Mountains

[Chris Dodkin]

Heading North on Interstate 17 from Phoenix, up over the Mingus Mountains - the late summer sun is pumping up the cumulus clouds - we'll have thunderstorms by days end I think.

Fuji X-Pro1 and 18mm Lens f/8 - Ilford Delta 100 profile in NIK Silver FX with red filter

 

[Aldous Lau]

Heading North on Interstate 17 from Phoenix, up over the Mingus Mountains - the late summer sun is pumping up the cumulus clouds - we'll have thunderstorms by days end I think.

Fuji X-Pro1 and 18mm Lens f/8 - Ilford Delta 100 profile in NIK Silver FX with red filter

Nice shot Chris

 

[Chris Dodkin]

Thanks @Aldous Lau

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Inviting, isn't it? That 18mm is a nice lens.

 

[Glenn Clabo]

Those roads are so straight and boring...but those clouds sure give you something interesting to see. Really nice shot Chris.

 

[Brian Moore]

Gorgeous image, Chris!

The sky is very dark immediately overhead, but curiously light in the distance. A filter effect, perhaps?

 

[Chris Dodkin]

Inviting, isn't it? That 18mm is a nice lens.

Thanks @Rob MacKillop - the 18 is a firm favorite - gets unfair bad press online, but apart from a little chromatic aberration (which can be fixed in PS) it's a lovely piece of glass

 

[Chris Dodkin]

Those roads are so straight and boring...but those clouds sure give you something interesting to see. Really nice shot Chris.

Thanks @Glenn Clabo - The cloud formations were amazing, and did indeed produce rain and thunderstorms later in the afternoon.

Here's an alternative view taken off-road, looking up to the distant mountains from the south

Fuji X-Pro1 and 18mm Lens f/8 - Ilford Delta 100 profile in NIK Silver FX with red filter

 

[Peter McCullough]

Chris;

wOw love the striking clouds -- amazing capture !

 

[Chris Dodkin]

Gorgeous image, Chris!

The sky is very dark immediately overhead, but curiously light in the distance. A filter effect, perhaps?

Thanks @Brian Moore - well spotted, ND grad to help the sky balance with the darker landscape

 

[Chris Dodkin]

Chris;

wOw love the striking clouds -- amazing capture !

Thanks @Peter McCullough - they really did cry out to be photographed

 

[Dave Young]

A couple of wonderful images Chris. Well captured, lovely processing too.