And the next morning the sullen stubborn storminess persisted for a while as we travelled down the SE coast of Tasmania. And this first photograph shows just that, an expectant lull before the storm that never happened. The first image has had nothing done to it. It is, to my mind, rather flat and lifeless, giving little of the feeling of the pent up energy that was the actuality.

But I felt it had potential, so … So I pushed it. Pushed the sharpness and the colour a little. Darkened the sky to bring out the rolling turbulent clouds and then added some different lighting effects; experimenting as I went along and producing many versions along the way. I like this particular version as it has the feel that was closer to the actual day, far more energy than the original and with hints of the blue sky that was to come a few hours later.

Yet I did have some fun and produced the next image from one of the earlier versions. I think I read too much Lovecraft in my youth and this is a rather sinister other worldly strange beings vision. Hope you like the image, but perhaps avoid the books unless you want some sleepless nights … hahahahaheheheaaaaaaaargh!