The clouds were fantastic (at about 4pm or so).
The problem is, I feel my ability to take a decent lansdcape shot is regressing - I am finding it difficult to convert an image in my mind to one in my memory card.
Either:
1. I am expecting too much when I am shooting directly west in the late afternoon to try to get both foreground exposure and detail in the sunlit clouds.
2. I am not proficient enough in photoshop to be able to use multiple layers to extract detail from both shadow and highlights. All I have been using here are gradient overlay layers.
3. I just need more practice.
The shot of the ferries was taken with a high ISO, hence the noise.
C&C appreciated and welcome.
I call this one "Ferries playing chicken"



The other point is that these photos printed out really dark. Does this sound like a problem with monitor calibration or something else?
Cheers
P