Storms Coming

[hershy314]

Started on this around 5 am, still not done. What is something I could do to make this better. I know it could use some help, I'm just at a loss.

 

[iDad]

Just a suggestion but I was suggest that you work on the perspective of the desert floor

 

[hershy314]

I could try that, but that is the angle the original photo was shot at. I guess I could try to bring it up a little or something.

 

[hershy314]

I changed the perspective of the ground, but even looking at the new and old images side by side I can't tell much difference.

 

[iDad]

I guess it's all one's subjective perspective

 

[ibclare]

Consider making the cliff/butte more abstract. The sky and the rain (if that's what it is?) have an otherworldly feel and the rock just sits there. Feels very heavy. Maybe a hue/sat adjustment, even some way to make it look slightly more transparent or something. Also the rain over the ground virtually disappears. Maybe an outer glow. And I don't think it has to extend to the foreground. There are often abrupt stops to rainfall, curtains of rain. I've seen it.

 

[ibclare]

To illustrate the direction I'm talking about, here is a slight change. I selected the rock and brightened it with the gamma slider in levels. Then I selected the rock and foreground and made a hue/sat change. If I had the layered psd, I would try making those raindrops stand out more, like I suggested maybe using a glow, inner or outer. (in a random pattern which might not be so easy to do)

 

[hershy314]

OK listened to ya'lls ideas and came up with something slightly different. This one has a different feel to it.

 

[Fatboy73]

For me Andrew, It always helps to have a story behind an image. Ask your self, why am I looking at a mountain sitting in the middle of a desert in the middle of a rainstorm. Is because there is cool lightning in the background? Is it because maybe there is an interesting animal/animals coming out of hiding to bask in the rain and rehydrate themselves. is it because you or a group are trying to get through the desert to or past the mountain because there is something amazing there.

The possibilities are only limited by your imagination. (Cue inspirational music)

Also, when working with landscapes always remember atmospheric perspective. (ask yourself if the mountain would be that crisp in a rainstorm.)

 

[hershy314]

I get what your saying, and totally agree. But sometimes I just get these random ideas from absolutely no where and have to do something with them or else I go crazy. I know that the first image had a few mistakes, but the last one I did was hopefully better. Oh well....forever a newbie lol.

 

[ibclare]

Actually hershy, I wasn't going to say anything, but I think the first image was better. The amount of blur on this last one seems excessive since the cliff is a focal point. I also liked the rain, for what it's worth.