Today’s Warm Up: Ominous Storms Photographed in Black and White

http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2016/09/ominous-storms-photographed-in-black-and-white-by-mitch-dobrowner/

After viewing the photos contained in the link above, answer the following questions using complete sentences.

What sort of mood is created in these images? What role does scale and proportion play in these images? What do you get in the texture contained in the clouds.? What ideas do you get for your own work?

34 Replies to “Today’s Warm Up: Ominous Storms Photographed in Black and White”

  1. The images show the raw power of nature and how dangerously beautiful it can be. The images are well balanced and show both sky and land. The clouds are smooth around the edges. I get the idea of balance and I could probably use a black and white filter.

  2. As for mood, I get a sense of impending doom. The scale and proportion makes normally large things (like fields) seem small compared to the massive size of the storm clouds, making it even more ominous. The texture in the clouds (which not only makes the photos better) also makes the whole thing both surreal and real. As for ideas in my own work, using scale, I want to try and create a similar apocalyptic feeling.

  3. The mood that these images are giving is more of scary feel, like you don’t want to be put in that situation. The clouds are huge vs the lightning that is much smaller. The texture in the image makes it look more real and like your’e actually there. I can add texture to the images.

  4. What sort of mood is created in these images?
    The mood is like a darkness with the storms and all.

    What role does scale and proportion play in these images?
    As the storms are formed and shot.

    What do you get in the texture contained in the clouds.?
    very puffy and most likely to rain.

    What ideas do you get for your own work?
    I could use more of a background with like buildings falling down.

  5. What sort of mood is created in these images? Darkness
    What role does scale and proportion play in these images? The tornadoes and lightnings are in the center of the pictures.
    What do you get in the texture contained in the clouds.? You can see the texture, patterns and details of the tornadoes, lightnings and clouds.

  6. The mood that adds to these images are destruction and an Unhappy mood. it plays a big factor of this photo because the mood seems so dark and grey. Some ideas that i will be making towards photo’s will be trying to make some photo’s dark and grey so it seems like that whole mood is a devastation.

  7. The mood that is created in these images is a mysterious and powerful mood. Scale and proportion make the tornados and clouds seem even bigger than they are and the fields look smaller. The texture in the clouds adds interest to the image and makes it more powerful. I get the idea to add interesting texture and play with balance in my own work.

  8. It’s almost a horror type mood. The tornados almost overwhelm the image consuming you in them and the clouds. The texture is amazing in these images. Its makes me think of using things around me more.

  9. the mood is distructive on this. On the scale wise it differs, all the photos are different. The way the clouds have all the texture is because they could have sharpened the photo.

  10. What sort of mood is created in these images? very depressing/ eerie. What role does scale and proportion play in these images? captures the whole storm. What do you get in the texture contained in the clouds.? very fluffy and rough simultaneously. What ideas do you get for your own work? to change the filter on my photo to change the mood.

  11. What sort of mood is created in these images? What role does scale and proportion play in these images? What do you get in the texture contained in the clouds.? What ideas do you get for your own work?

    The mood created in these pictures are very dark and depressing from the clouds and the lightening, the scale and proportion is very zoomed out. The texture of the photos are very smooth but rugged. to shoot more clouds and naturalistic things.

  12. These photos are very depressing and bright. It captures the whole storm. The clouds seems very fluffy and smooth. This motivates me into doing something very calm and slow.

  13. What sort of mood is created in these images? What role does scale and proportion play in these images? What do you get in the texture contained in the clouds.? What ideas do you get for your own work?

    The mood is sad. The proportion mainly consists of the storm. The texture looks rough

  14. What sort of mood is created in these images? What role does scale and proportion play in these images? What do you get in the texture contained in the clouds.? What ideas do you get for your own work?

    The mood that these pictures are giving is more of a depressing feel to it. You don’t want to be put in that situation. The clouds are very big verses the lightning that is much smaller. The texture in the picture makes it look more realistic, like you’re actually there. I can add texture to the images.

  15. a mood that it looks like is destruction and depressing. This makes the clouds and the storm huge but the rest so small. The texture in the clouds. i get no ideas.

  16. These photos create an ominous mood, scary and dark. Scale and proportion plays a large role in these images, the scale of the storm compared to everyday objects is almost shocking. The textures in the clouds remind me of the sea, very unrelenting. We get some crazy clouds here an Vancouver, it would be cool to show this when the clouds get dark.

  17. What sort of mood is created in these images? It has a sad mood to it, definitely not anything happy. What role does scale and proportion play in these images? Far away shot to let the whole storm fit in and look a little small even though it is huge. What do you get in the texture contained in the clouds.? The texture is smooth and thick. What ideas do you get for your own work? take pictures that make the moving objects look milky and smooth that caught mid fall.

  18. The sort of mood these images give me is a scary type of feel. The clouds are much larger than the amount light which makes these images more scary some what. The ideas i get for my own work are to use less light to bring out a scary effect to photographs.

  19. theses pictures give of a depression sad vibe when the photo graphs are gray and black . the picture is mainly focusing on the clouds and the big storm .

  20. What sort of mood is created in these images?
    Desperation
    What role does scale and proportion play in these images?
    The black and white filter, shutter speed
    What do you get in the texture contained in the clouds.?
    Cloud and smoke and clear light from lightening
    What ideas do you get for your own work?
    Using black and white for affect

  21. It puts me in the mood of darkness and it feels scary.
    And the role that the scale plays is that it captures the images very well.
    Texture looks fluffy, soft and smooth.
    It motivates me to do something that is moving and/or capture something that i feel nobody would want to do.

  22. What sort of mood is created in these images?
    Its very depressing to see things getting destroyed.
    What role does scale and proportion play in these images?
    You can see the whole entire storm.
    What do you get in the texture contained in the clouds.?
    Clouds look smooth and fluffy.
    What ideas do you get for your own work?
    Make photos that affects peoples mood, whether sad or happy.

  23. The mood, I get the feeling doom. The scale and proportion makes normally the large fields seem small compared to the massive size of the tornadoes, The texture in the clouds also makes the whole thing both scary and doomsday. As for ideas in my own work, using scale, I want to try to recreate a photo with that type of feeling

  24. What sort of mood is created in these images? What role does scale and proportion play in these images? What do you get in the texture contained in the clouds.? What ideas do you get for your own work?

    The mood created in these images seems like its dark or gloomy but creative. i love the texture in the photos and i get ideas to take photos with clouds because i think that it looks cool.

  25. What sort of mood is created in these images?
    dark and dangerous.
    What role does scale and proportion play in these images?
    it plays a huge scale and proportion. the photographer probably had to do a lot to get the perfect picture.
    What do you get in the texture contained in the clouds.?
    What ideas do you get for your own work?
    use less light in your pictures and make it darker in some areas to get a better affect.

  26. What ideas do you get for your own work?

    The mood in these photos are kinda depressing, not anything happy. The texture is smooth and thick. It gives me the idea to give more depth to my photo

  27. Since the images are in black in white, the photos give off a kind of gloomy mood because of the storms that are happening. In a lot of the photos, the clouds seem to be completely smooth but in others, they are kind of rocky looking. The clouds are a big part of the picture, if all you look at is the ground and bottom half of the photo then you won’t get the full image or the full meaning of what the images are saying. Black and white images tend to give off a more ominous mood which is good to have in your photos where you don’t want it to be a happy and up beat photo.

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