In the previous post I began exploring mountain portraits. Chinese Landscape Art often includes fog or clouds. Clouds offer a means to isolate: foreground elements from background; peer elements from each other. Clouds can have a simplifying effect by increasing the empty space, hiding complexity or breaking a larger possibly complex subject into smaller possibly simpler ones. The clouds can be used to provide paths for the eye to follow or skip. Clouds can add mystery.
In creating this picture I used:
- Lightroom: to establish the exposure
- Nik Silver Efex: to convert to black and white
- Adobe Photoshop Elements: to add my seal
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