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Photo: Rift in the Clouds

By Richard X. Thripp at 2008-07-10T23:01:00Z in Photography, Stock Photos, with these tags: b&w, black, canon rebel xti, clouds, conceptual, contrast, dark, efs 18-55mm, rift in the clouds, sky, sunrays, vignetting, white, 0 Comments. 133 words.

Rift in the Clouds — black sunshine and white clouds in a dramatic sky

A cool-looking sky that crossed my eyes in the yard one evening. I shot this with my wide-angle (a.k.a. kit) lens, zooming in a bit to exclude the surrounding trees. Just sky. It’s like a rift is about to split the clouds from the sky and destroy the planet. It looks like there are sunrays about the clouds, but instead of being brighter, they’re dark, quite interestingly.

Quick and fun post-processing on this one. I switched to black and white, added contrast, then burned in …

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