Battlefield Antietam - Roulette Farm

[Rob9641]

Taken 2-13-13, just before the snow came in

 

[Lazy Bayou]

Absolutely stunning !!! Thanks for posting this.

 

[GrampieBob47]

Right place at the right time. What an amazing sky.

 

[Rob9641]

I had to manipulate to get the sky to look like this, which is more the way I saw it. First picture just wanted to blur it all together. The problem with photography - relieved somewhat now that we have photoshop, etc. - is that the camera can't see as much as we can see. Used to drive me nuts I couldn't get the photo to see what I saw. Still, you can't have everything. The landscape was a bit browner than this, but I couldn't get it quite there.

 

[Littlestown]

Love it! Wow, wish I had this framed on my wall! Incredible!

 

[JerseyBart]

Beautiful sky and sillohuette. (sp?)

 

[Nathanb1]

Love it. Congratulations!

 

[Floridaman1985]

Nice job!

 

[pamc153PA]

Gorgeous! Congrats!

 

[msimmons]

Fantastic photo. Congratulations.

 

[Union_Buff]

Really nice photo!

 

[Oxkern]

There's a great sense of foreboding in that picture. Really well crafted. Congrats on the win.

 

[reading48]

Great reflection in the water....

 

[Rob9641]

Thanks everybody. BTW, this spot is on the Three Farms and Sunken Road Trails, so if you get to Antietam and want to see it, take the hike. Well worth it.

 

[JerseyBart]

Here is your winner...AND NEW BATTLEFIELD CATEGORY HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION OF THE WORLD...ROB9641!!!

Congratulations.

 

[wilber6150]

I had to manipulate to get the sky to look like this, which is more the way I saw it. First picture just wanted to blur it all together. The problem with photography - relieved somewhat now that we have photoshop, etc. - is that the camera can't see as much as we can see. Used to drive me nuts I couldn't get the photo to see what I saw. Still, you can't have everything. The landscape was a bit browner than this, but I couldn't get it quite there.

great job and Congrats, What process did you use to turn it out this way...It almost looks sketched...

 

[PA-198th-co.N]

Beautiful shot and editing congrats on the win.

 

[ButterNut53]

Outstanding!

 

[Rob9641]

great job and Congrats, What process did you use to turn it out this way...It almost looks sketched...

I used Photomatix Pro - you can buy it online. I just manipulated it until I got the sky looking like I remembered it - the rest went along with that. It was the sky that made me take the photo, all those boiling clouds coming from the same direction that the armies came from in 1862. But the camera would not reproduce the sky that way so I had to have the computer help.

 

[oleslavecatcher]

Very dramatic! Great job. Wish I'd been there to see it the way you did.