Was out shooting indian paintbrushes awaiting a storm in hopes of capturing some nice cloud formations. I did succeed but there is something about this shot that keeps making me take a second look.
I found the emerging cloud to be unique and I quickly positioned myself so that the trees would frame the cloud. These clouds were moving pretty fast so I didn't have much time to compose.
I think the sun in the bottom right corner adds a little touch of flare to a rather uninteresting area. Anyone agree?
Does the fact that the trees are more of a silouhette do anything for the picture or are they more like boring black blotches?
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
As always, just my personal opinions:
... I agree with the sun adding a little extra touch. As for the trees, they don't look like boring blotches and I think make a nice 'frame'. After all, the clouds are the main subject. I like the composition, the way that cloud seems to be moving in from the left to take over the sky.
... I have been looking at this image for awhile, kind of feeling how you have been. There's something that has kept me going 'hmm'. I went through everything I did like about the image and was left with color. The sky color and cloud color seem to be close to each other on the color palette. (It took me awhile to come up with words close to what was in my mind, hope it makes some sense...
) It's a pretty dramatic cloud, but seems to lose a little with the similar tone in the sky. I don't know if I'm explaining this right, but I think it's what I'm seeing.
... It's still a cool photo for me, you can definitely see what you were seeing as described. I don't know if tweaking the sky color a little in PP would be better or not. It seems like something I would try (but not a PP pro here yet).
... Also, in the image, a little more than halfway up, and about a quarter from the left side, there's a speck (in the cloud). I'm not sure if it's on the lens or sensor, or something that happened to be in the air. I bring that up in case you didn't see it, and in a helpful way, in case it is on the sensor or lens.