Sunset Storm - Yorketown South Australia

Mel Brackstone, about 1 year ago

Impressive work, Craig!

Craig Watson, about 1 year ago

Thanks Mel… I have a few more images from the same “photo session” that I intend to upload as individual images and some as a double or tripple image. They should have a similar feel and look as this triptych… I hope!

PhySpi, about 1 year ago

The top one is my fav for sure. I love the scud clouds rolling in from the left, being sucked into that updraft thats building the main body of the storm, and then the jet stream at the top that is pulling the whole storm accross back accross itself and to the left again. The lighting is just right for good cloud textures too.

Nice!

Craig Watson, about 1 year ago

Thanks PhySpi

Dot Radley, about 1 year ago

This is fabulous. I like the way you’ve done this. Links them together nicely.

Craig Watson, about 1 year ago

Thanks very much Dot

Craig Shillington, about 1 year ago

Awesome montage (or is that Stack) Craig!!! Really really nicely done, the photos are awesome by themselves, but you have presented them so well here too :) :)

Craig Watson, about 1 year ago

Thanks Craig

Caro, about 1 year ago

Hi Craig, amazing images

Kylie Campbell, about 1 year ago

I love the set-out of this work

Craig Watson, about 1 year ago

Thanks Caro and Kylie

helmutk, about 1 year ago

Great well photographed

Craig Watson, about 1 year ago

Thanks helmut!

Graeme Pettit ..., about 1 year ago

I like the layout too. Nice rest after going through your recent patterns…....my eyes have gone all wobbly trying to take them in. LOL
The newer patterns are almost tribal – was that your inspiration for some of them Craig? For my tastes, I prefer the photos, but the foliage patterns (Kalaidescope?) really work well and bridge the differences by combining the best of both in my opinion. Cheers for now. G

Bluetiger, about 1 year ago

Wow..this is beautiful..my hat’s off to a job well done!

Craig Watson, about 1 year ago

Thanks very much for the comments Graeme and Bluetiger… they really are appreciated.

As for the patterns Graeme, there is no real inspiration for them… they just happen…sort of! I try to get some contrasting colours by capturing a a very small bit of a photo and playing around with it. They were faily simple to start with, but have become more detailed recently. They are done in a very simple bit of software called “Microsoft Paint”... I am not in a position to have Photoshop or other software at present and have not got the time to learn how to use them at the moment anyway… one of these days… hopefully I will be able to do so.

The foliage pattern kaleidoscopes are just a composition of one blurred photo with a simple horizontal and vertical mirrored effect… they seem to come up pretty well and present some interesting colours and patterns.

Thanks again for your comments and question.

Lulybelle, about 1 year ago

Great concept for this beautiful work.

Halcyon007, about 1 year ago

Very impressive and excellently executed

Jennifer Mayo, about 1 year ago

Well done!!

Suzanne Forbes..., about 1 year ago

I love your trio of images, each individual image has so much intensity about it put together it is fantastic.

Michelle Shoos..., about 1 year ago

I like this such a great collection of images

Craig Watson, about 1 year ago

Thanks very much to all of you for the comments…

HOOK STUDIO, 11 months ago

A Great Combo of Images.

Jeff Burns, 11 months ago

incredible work this is fantastic

Andriy Portyanko, 11 months ago

Excellent! Very nice Craig!

StacyLee, 11 months ago

Very nicely put together!!

Tom Newman, 11 months ago

An amazing triptych Craig, capturing the grandeur of the storm in your neck of the woods :-)

susan davies, 11 months ago

love the way you have linked these photos togethe, great idea

Michelle Shoos..., 10 months ago

Another stunner well done

Kirsty Semple, 10 months ago

Stunning images.

Olly Jones, 10 months ago

Impressive skies craig. i especially like the top one of the triptych

studiofascino, 10 months ago

beautiful work!

Betts, 10 months ago

Beautiful composite…I’m favoriting this for Betts…jewd

Christine Wilson, 10 months ago

great idea great composition for the 3 shots nicely done

Stacey Hatton, 10 months ago

That middle image in particular is stunning. I love the way you’ve laid this out. Brilliant clouds.

Charl045, 10 months ago

Beautiful collage

Janice Kho, 10 months ago

amazing shots. Love the dramatic feeling the photos portray

Scott Ruhs, 9 months ago

Excellent collage, Craig!

Rod Adams, 9 months ago

Great!!

Geri Bragg, 9 months ago

wow this is really good, i’ve never seen anything like it !!

Barssel, 9 months ago

Great concept…...well done.

Arzu, 9 months ago

Spectacular…Well done

Shane Smart, 9 months ago

This looks amazing – I imagine it would look even better printed huge and put on the wall!

joolz, 8 months ago

Amazing clouds…...well done

Andrew Edgar, 8 months ago

great work Craig, very interesting and cool idea

Frank McDonald, 8 months ago

Beautifully conceived and executed. I don’t see many horizontal triptychs but this really works for the story it tells. Impressive stuff you have here.

Craig Watson, 8 months ago

Thanks to everyone for the comments… really makes me feel good to know that so many are inspired by this work…

If only I could get many compositions with such an impact as this!!!

Thanks again.

coffeebean, 8 months ago

This is awesome work, love it

Karen Crozier, 8 months ago

Hey Craig, This is pretty friggin’ AWESOME!!!!

Michael Gatch, 8 months ago

very nicely done!

Craig Watson in reply to Karen Crozier’s comment, 8 months ago

Thanks very much for your comment Karyn!

Paul Thompson, 8 months ago

A triptych of panos is not often done. Love the presentation Craig.

midnight08, 8 months ago

Awesome place and wonderful work

Craig Watson, 8 months ago

Thanks again to all of you who have visited, commented on or faved this piece of work. It is really appreciated.

K.D. Hemi, 8 months ago

awesome work….i love the layers….

Kharma, 8 months ago

superb artwork …
beautiful captures

Darren Burdell, 8 months ago

These are amazing!

Nicole Weil T., 7 months ago

I absolutely love these images.

Craig Watson in reply to K.D. Hemi’s comment, 7 months ago

Thanks Karl… I have stepped a little outside the square and created numerous works in the horizontal style… seems a little different to many others out there. I have also purposefully made the middle one “taller” than the top and bottom ones in this to emphasise that “mirrored” effect in the middle photo.

The top and bottom images were taken with some 4 to 5 minutes in time between them and some 1km or so distance apart. I was driving around to capitalise on the unbelievable sky-scapes that were there after the storm went through shortly before sunset. The two top and bottom shots are looking to the northeast and the middle one is to the east.

I significantly cropped the top and bottom ones to emphasis a panoramic view which I think has the desired effect.

It certainly has generated a lot of interest and comments which I find very humbling.

Thanks Again,

Craig

Craig Watson in reply to Kharma’s comment, 7 months ago

Hello Kharma,

Sorry I can not reply in detail to everyone, but have a look at the response I have added to Karl Hemi’s comment and “add” your name to it too!

Regards,

Craig

Craig Watson in reply to Darren Burdell’s comment, 7 months ago

Hello Darren,

Sorry I can not reply in detail to everyone, but have a look at the response I have added to Karl Hemi’s comment and “add” your name to it too!

Regards,

Craig

Craig Watson in reply to Nicole Weil T.’s comment, 7 months ago

Hello Nichole, glad to see you love these images…

Sorry I can not reply in detail to everyone, but have a look at the response I have added to Karl Hemi’s comment and “add” your name to it too!

Regards,

Craig

Kathryn Potempski, 7 months ago

This is beautiful. Love it excellent capture Graig and well presented

Rosina Lamberti, 7 months ago

Awesome! Great work, Craig!

Colin Hollywood, 7 months ago

Great work Craig!

microshutter, 6 months ago

Wonderful, love your work

Gaurav Dhup, 6 months ago

lovely work ! :)

fatfatin, 5 months ago

this is beautiful!

Kathryn Potempski, 5 months ago

oh! I do love what you have done here, excellent work Craig

caroline ellis, 5 months ago

nice work, very effective

Travis Easton, 4 months ago

All three are awesome, great work Craig

Craig Watson in reply to microshutter’s comment, 4 months ago

Glad to see that you like my work on “the bubble”!!! Hope you can gain something from my work and other “bubblemaniacs” to take on board!

Regards,

Craig

Craig Watson, 4 months ago

Thanks to everyone who has added a comment… too many to specifically say so individually!

Craig Watson, 4 months ago

Just realised… it is a year and a day since I took this photo!!! Wow… how time flies!!!

Today… 18th May 2008

Photo taken 17th May 2007!!!

Stephen Chapple, 4 months ago

Stunning work, really like each of the images and they work so well together in the Tri….

Jonicool, 4 months ago

very creative display of some amazing skies…love this!

Craig Watson in reply to Stephen Chapple’s comment, 4 months ago

Thanks Stephen for your comments.

Craig Watson in reply to Jonicool’s comment, 4 months ago

Thanks very much for the comment Jonicool… glad you “love” it!

Tom Vaughan, 4 months ago

you the triptych king! very nice.

Craig Watson in reply to Tom Vaughan’s comment, 4 months ago

Thanks Tom… haven’t been given that sort of label before!!! LOL

Glad you like the shots!

SueAnne, 4 months ago

Nicely put together, I think the middle one is my favorite.

Craig Watson, 3 months ago

Yes SueAnne… you are not alone in saying that!... but it is the compilation of the three that really influences that in my opinion. Thanks for the comment… I appreciate it!

Rebecca Barker, 2 months ago

nice work well done

Craig Watson in reply to Rebecca Barker’s comment, 2 months ago

Thanks for paying a visit and for leaving the comment… really appreciate it!!!

thelotuspress, 2 months ago

this is wonderful, I read your earlier reply, the middle one with the reflections works so well, draws it all together, beautiful work

nemirna, 2 months ago

Fabulous work! I love those clouds. Brilliant!

JuliaWright, 2 months ago

Beautiful image!!!

Lion Amazing, 2 months ago

beautiful capture….....beautiful artwork…..absolutely glorious, love the soft focus round the edges,bravo..

solareclips, about 1 month ago

F A B U L O U S!!!!!!!!!!!!! Craig, I just love what you have done here! Very creative and oh so original!!!!