Dramatic clouds?

[semperaggie]

The past month I have spent on this site has made me more appreciative of the possibilities of clouds, so I took a few pictures when a storm was rolling out on Saturday. I would appreciate any advice for making clouds look more dramatic.

Also, which, if any, version do you like?

[3n-Out]

pop it into PS and adjust the shadows and highlights. And mess with the color levels for this picture... This will help. Since there really isn't a lot of color in this picture that should do the trick.

[kb5kjn]

Try Duping the layer, setting blend to color doge and bring the op down to 20 to 30%.
Then flatten or alt-ctl-shift-e for a new merged layer.
Then dodge, with a very soft brush with op set to around 10% and mode shadows. Then dodge around the highlights shadows.
Here is what I got for a quick edit here at work (shhh.. I know I should be working).

[CaptainTom]

YOu can get lots of effects from what appear to the eye as normal everyday clouds.
Experiment with them in post processing and change levels, contrasts, etc.

This was a basic cumulonimbus that got some steroids in photoshop.