OCOLOY Day 2: Just before the storm... by vignouse

OCOLOY Day 2: Just before the storm...

... the farm just across the field at the bottom of our garden, pictured here in that haunting light quality that you get just before the heavens open. This is SOOC.

Best viewed on black, as this whole series is likely to be!

(You can find an explanation of OCOLOY in my yesterday's post and in my profile.)
super!
January 2nd, 2016  
Love the light!
January 2nd, 2016  
The light is great Richard.
January 2nd, 2016  
Looks ominous! Great shot
January 2nd, 2016  
thanks for the suggestion for viewing on black, it really helps the contrast and lighting - fav
January 2nd, 2016  
I love the mood in this one.
January 2nd, 2016  
Excellent, quite moody
January 2nd, 2016  
Nice. The B&W is straight from the camera? Fav.
January 2nd, 2016  
Lee
Wonderful shot, it looks great on black Richard. The light has provided you with a great clarity. Fav
January 2nd, 2016  
The sky is grey so why shouldn't everything be one shade of grey too! Lovely scene with this wide field in front!
January 2nd, 2016  
@frankhymus Yes Frank. it's sooc. This was taken with an in-camera simulated yellow filter (didn't think to try a red one - it would have made the sky even more dramatic); highlight detail boosted by 2 stops; shadow detail boosted by one stop and increased in-camera sharpening. These are my standard settings for B&W JPEGs with this camera.
January 2nd, 2016  
Beautiful tones and details.
January 2nd, 2016  
Great composition and lighting.
January 3rd, 2016  
I do love the haunting quality created here
January 3rd, 2016  
haunting is the perfect word
January 3rd, 2016  
wonderfullly moody
reading your comments to Frank, I realize I have a lot to learn about my camera!
January 3rd, 2016  
very atmospheric... love the creamy greys... but my, aren't you the masochist! i don't think i could restrict myself for a month, let alone a year! (although, i am told that camera is "da bomb" so maybe for that reason alone it would be worth trying)... enjoy!!!!
January 3rd, 2016  
Very nice black&white. ( I may take it up again this winter...)
January 3rd, 2016  
looks like such clear air.
January 3rd, 2016  
It's wonderful!
January 3rd, 2016  
Wonderful shot and the great light really shows on black
January 3rd, 2016  
Wonderful greys Richard. Love that tree on the right too.
January 3rd, 2016  
Such an amazing work!
January 3rd, 2016  
Gorgeous shot and especially impressive with no processing. I love your composition
January 3rd, 2016  
On black you can really see the light on the house and the feel of the impending storm, great capture!
January 3rd, 2016  
Bleak House? Excellent in every respect.
January 3rd, 2016  
Like the sharpness of the house against the softness of the sky and fields. Did you think of more sky and less grass? @snaggy
January 3rd, 2016  
Is the light behind you. It seems to be shining on the house particularly in the windows. Wonderful capture.
January 3rd, 2016  
@pasttheirprime Oh, yes - I had a fight with myself about that! Had I been editing, I would have cropped this as a panorama... but I'm not, so I couldn't! The only way to have got more sky and less grass (actually winter wheat) would have been to tilt the camera up but then the perspective went to hell. Had I been editing, I could have dealt with that but....

I'm expecting to get much smarter at noticing these things in the viewfinder and finding in-camera workarounds... which is the whole point of the project of course. Your comments are helpful Kev, keep'em coming.
January 3rd, 2016  
You're starting strongly and I can tell you'll be getting better and better at this OCOLOY lark.
January 3rd, 2016  
Tom
This has a wonderful moodiness, great light and tonal range. Fantastic Richard
January 3rd, 2016  
I've been following you for quite some time now, and finally got brave enough to start posting my own photo's. I love your work. Thanks for the inspiration!
January 3rd, 2016  
@vignouse You're absolutely right when it comes to perspective of course. You've aso described the reason why I couldnt do what youre doing - I just wouldnt be able to keep my mits from the Develop Module in Lightroom!
January 3rd, 2016  
@sstcowan Shari, what a wonderful message you've sent me... I shall be smiling to myself for the rest of the day! You'll get lots of inspiration on here and, as a bonus, it's the nicest place on the Internet.
January 3rd, 2016  
@pasttheirprime I've cut myself off from temptation - I'm uploading from the memory card directly into my project folder and then viewing the images in Windows Photo Viewer. It is going to be a long year!
January 3rd, 2016  
@vignouse But potentially a very rewarding one! @snaggy
January 3rd, 2016  
Brilliant and a fav!
January 8th, 2016  
you live in a beautiful part of the world...thanks for sharing it
January 9th, 2016  
How many beautiful places you have around you. On the other side, this one could be a perfect example of Ansel Adam's zone system exposure. :)
January 23rd, 2016  
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