Clouds Over MDI

We invited the Lawrence family out for an afternoon cruise on the boat.  Vince suggested going around the Cranberry Islands; he's never seen the other side.  Just as we were rounding Baker Island, I looked back and saw these clouds in the sky. I put the boat in neutral, grabbed my shiny new Fujifilm X100S and snapped a couple of shots. As always, I'll share my post-processing. 

 

Clouds Over Mount Desert Island, Acadia National Park, ME

The original RAW image from the Fujifilm X100S. 

Clouds Over Mount Desert Island, Acadia National Park, Maine.

In Nik Viveza I increased the blue in the sky and added structure to the clouds.

Clouds Over Mount Desert Island, Acadia National Park, Maine.

In Nik Color Efex Pro, I applied the Tonal Contrast filter, the Skylight filter and the Detail Extractor filter. I removed the Detail Extractor from the water area. 

For the final image, I leveled the horizon and cloned out a few distracting foreground buoys in Lightroom.  Then I popped the image into Nik Silver Efex Pro and applied the Full Contrast and Structure filter and darken the blues 10%. I'm loving what I can do with the little X100S! 

Clouds Over Mount Desert Island, Acadia National Park, Maine.