OK...I only entered this challenge because I was wanting to figure out things. I'd never tried exposing for 30 secs, so I wanted to see what it was like. Turned out the sky was giving me pretty wierd clouds and I got this.
What I did in PP:
Adjusted contrast, saturation, levels. Then I flattened, NI and USM...There you go.
I don't really expect much as this wasn't really a planned out shoot. Any commets are really welcome!!! Thank you all!!!
Post voting:
Yahoooooo! 19th place is really unexpected and uplifting!
Thank You to all who voted and commented. WOW!!!
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Soothing image of the clouds. The only distractino for me with the image is the color of the trees on the left. Still a nice image though, giving it a bump up.
Must have been a very still night to get such nice detail in the foreground. Nice color processing that makes an interesting composition. The longer exposure time nicely shows movement of the clouds.
I love the look long exposures gives to clouds and this is the best cloud pic in the challenge - and a nice silhouette of the trees in the foreground as well
the color is mesmerizing and the soft rolling clouds enchanting. A beautifully executed shot. If I had one criticism it would be the right side of the photo could be a bit lighter.