An Interesting Treatment of Clouds

Ferrell McCollough is the author of what I consider to be an exceptionally good book about HDR (a venue that has become very crowded). I occasionally visit his blog Before the Coffee -- he posts infrequently-- and was quite taken with this photo, especially the treatment of the clouds.

This is his exclamation of how he achieved the effect:

"A simple composition along the Atlantic coast on a windy stormy day. The sand was blowing so heavily it created the appearance of fog as it whisked along the beach. I wanted to capture the look but wasn’t able, it was too subtle. This is an HDRB&W."

Byron