A group of cumulus clouds photographed from approximately 10,000ft. Passing speed was around 63kts IAS. Picture contrast was boosted in Photoshop CS2.
Clouds First – Gabriel Elbert
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Flow Vis Guidebook
- Introduction to the Guidebook
- Overview 1: Phenomena. Why Does It Look Like That?
- Overview 2: Visualization Techniques
- Overview 3: Lighting
- Overview 4 - Photography A: Composition and Studio Workflow
- Overview 4 - Photography B: Cameras
- Overview 4 - Photography C: Lenses - Focal Length
- Overview 4 - Photography C: Lenses - Aperture and DOF
- Overview 4: Photography D: Exposure
- Overview 4 - Photography E - Resolution
- Overview 5 - Post-Processing
- Clouds 1: Names
- Clouds 2: Why Are There Clouds? Lift Mechanism 1: Instability
- Clouds 3: Skew - T and Instability
- Clouds 4: Clouds in Unstable Atmosphere
- Clouds 5: Lift Mechanism 2 - Orographics
- Clouds 6: Lift Mechanism 3 - Weather Systems
- Boundary Techniques - Introduction
- Dye Techniques 1 - Do Not Disturb
- Dye Techniques 2 - High Visibility
- Dye Techniques 3 - Light Emitting Fluids
- Refractive Index Techniques 1: Liquid Surfaces
- Refractive Index Techniques 2: Shadowgraphy and Schlieren
- Particle Physics: Flow and Light
- Dilute Particle Techniques - Under Construction
- Particles 2: Aerosols
- Particles 3: In Water - Under Construction
- Art and Science
- TOC and Zotpress test
- Photons, Wavelength and Color
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Looks like a nice painting
The image is very clean, I like how everything is shades of blue and white. The composition is well done, I like it a lot.
This image feels like it’s moving. The lighting is really subtle – you can’t see specific rays anywhere but it’s still really well lit. Nice work.
Awesome shot! great job putting in the work to get this shot. The clouds seem extremely close in this image.
nice photo! really awesome that you got to capture clouds from an airplane.
Nice image, It would be fun to see the cloud in airplane with real eye.
Very nice close up image. This looks like a quintessential cloud picture you’d find on google images
Great idea to choose to shoot your shot up in the sky flying. It turned out really nice with an up close view. Nice focus.
Good image. The clouds are in focus, and the contrast between the blue and the white is well balanced.
Very simple image but well executed. Classic white clouds on a blue sky
I like the fluffiness of the clouds that you have. The contrast is excellent and your focus looks great as well.
Love how focused this image is, and knowing the height the image was is really cool as well. It’s a lot more unique than just taking the same image far away on the ground!
It’s awesome that you flew to take this image. You can really see the textures and the shapes of the clouds here. Awesome job framing the image and your decision to take a frame with just the right amount of sky to emphasize the cloud forms.
Nice capture. What challenges were associated with taking a photograph out of an airplane?
Beautiful image, love the close up image of the cloud, it looks great.
Nice range of darks to lights.
I like the clouds and the colors too. This might be a cool image in black and white as well. I think the story of how you got this image is really neat too.
I like how you got super close to the clouds, that’s a nice different perspective than most of the other photos. Good detail and color in the image.
Lovely image! I love the different textures of the clouds and the simple colors.
Great clouds, the colors are nice. Overall nice image, nothing I would change.
Cool story on how you captured the shot! Overall, good focus and contrast.