Rural Landscapes

Rain clouds threatening...

I'd posted a similar picture a couple of weeks ago but like this one much better so I removed the first one. There's a fair bit of grain in either iteration but that's intentional. I ran the file through DxO's FilmPack 5 analog simulation programme. I started taking pictures decades ago with an old Zeiss Ikon Contaflex Beta and have digitized many files from that and from a Canon AE-1. I like the look, including the grain. This was reinforced for me recently when I looked at some pictures my granddaughter took with her old Pentax 645 medium format film camera (she doesn't do any digital even though she's only 17). I suppose doing analog simulation on a digital file seems a bit anachronistic, even pointless, but I sometimes like replicating the look. As far as this picture is concerned, I think I like the black and white one better but I like them both.
 

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Cloudy day @ Quail Hill, Irvine, California
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Not sure if this is rural or suburban. It is near my home where acres of forest are being flattened for new homes.

Shot with EOS-M and EF-M 11-22mm. I typically don't do much post-processing but this one is an exception. A new experiment.
 

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