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Posted by Scott Hussey on July 25, 2006 at 6:50 PM
I've hardly picked up my camera in the last week, so this is a little over a week old. This is the storm clearing from the beach in Glen Arbor, MI last Monday.
Posted by THEORYBLUE on July 25, 2006 at 8:40 PM
Very nice shot Scott! I would like to see a bit more color there but then again the storm was just clearing so that may have been impossible.
Posted by Jack Graham on July 25, 2006 at 10:17 PM
Scott, I did one of these a few years ago in the rim country in AZ, about this time of year. The only difference is I thought it was clearing, but it was just coming in. Lightning struck no more than 500' away in about 2-3 minutes---love & learn.

I like the shot. Try & add some contrast & color to the clouds.

I've sold a lot of these kind of pics to the religious publications!

JG
Posted by Robert Helms on July 26, 2006 at 10:36 PM
Scott, I agree with Jack on the contrast. There is always a market for these heavenly sky images. This is a nice shot and since the foreground looks weak composing it, or cropping it, with very little showing was a good idea.

Thanks for sharing
Posted by Scott Hussey on July 27, 2006 at 6:51 AM
I was a little nervous about really pushing the contrast. There's already a pretty big range of tones, just not adjacent to each other so parts do look a little washed out. I'll play around with it and see how it looks though. Thanks.