I like the feeling of a storm coming in this photo. I don't thik I can offer any suggestions to alter it, the closest I got was wondering if a ship in the right hand side mightadd a bit more detailed interest, but I can see a case for leaving it simple.

I'm always curious about your mono conversion process, so I've been trying to reproduce it in Affinity, as I suspect you use Photoshop. I tried previously but didn't succeed, but have found the way now. Affinity's not quite the same, but I can add a fill layer and fill it black, then alter the blend mode of that layer to "Hue", which gives a mono, it doesn't have a colour blending mode. Then to adjust the light and dark tones I can add a curves adjustment layer, and tweak that as usual, and it does work. I can work the dodge and burn brushes on the background layer and I see the usual effect. I can add an HSL layer and tweak the mapping of the colours to grey. Indeed, it works "normally", much like a mono conversion adjustment layer, and if anything is a little more versatile. I'll have to try it on a new image.   Posted: 01/06/2025 15:27:06

Hi Stuart. Yes I do use photoshop and both their 'colour' & 'saturation' blend modes can be used. I find it is quick & easy with good results so it has become my go to method. The best part is it is a quick way to check if a colour image will look good in mono. If it does not then you only have to press EDIT- undo twice to get back to the colour version. Anyway I am glad your tried it and hope you get something out of that.   Posted: 01/07/2025 22:08:04

Great clouds and time to seek shelter!   Posted: 01/14/2025 16:02:55

You captured a special weather-dominated scene and your description of the processing is detailed and clear. In my imagination it appears that the mountain could stop the clouds. Although this could never happen in reality, it's fun to think about.   Posted: 01/18/2025 14:56:15