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Clouds over farmland


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Artist: Timothy W Zeipekis;
Exposure Date: 2011:04:26 20:42:55;
ImageDescription: OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA;
Copyright: Tim Zeipekis 2010;
Make: OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP.;
Model: E-500;
Exposure Time: 0.5 seconds s;
FNumber: f/22.0;
ISOSpeedRatings: ISO 100;
ExposureProgram: Other;
ExposureBiasValue: +20/6
MeteringMode: Other;
Flash: Flash did not fire, auto mode;
FocalLength: 34.0 mm mm;
Software: Adobe Photoshop CS3 Windows;


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Kind of dramatic in a way, but not frightening! On the contrary, it is cheerful for me! Nice shot anyway!

Warm regards Tim!

PDE

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I was driving frantically, driving to find an interesting foreground element for a better shot, but the clouds and the light were dissipating so quickly, I just grabbed what I could get.

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I think there's a lot of suggestion of motion here, which is great. Not just depth, and the clouds themselves don't feel as if they are moving as much as I feel like I am moving into them. Nice contrast of the white against the gray tones. Nice catch of the darker (trees) horizon line.

A couple of things I'm unsure of. The predominant gray tone (that sort of lower than mid-level gray that pervades much of the cloud cover and the ground) gets a bit much after a while. If there were some variation within that tonality, I think it would become a richer photo. More importantly to me is that I think the ground could play a greater role. It has an incredible sense of movement to it as well (almost like the runway feels as the plane is taking off or landing. The landscape here has a great linearity to it which suggests that movement and seems to expand as we move to the right of the picture. Yet it's really getting lost to me. Not sure what you think, but I think the ground holds much potential here.

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Thanks Fred, 

Although I want to feature the clouds, I agree about the ground. I do wish to convey a sense of space and openness and I think the ground really helps portray that especially with the small size of the houses and barns way off in the distance. The darkness really just comes down to how it's appearing on PN. In lightroom on my computer, as well as facebook, etc, where I've posted this picture, it's appears lighter (as intended) and those tonal variations you mention are much more evident. I noticed the darker results here with some of my other recent posts here as well. Not sure why it's happening. 

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Tim...  Viewing larger makes a huge difference and brings out more detail.  Cloud systems like this are always beautiful, but carry with them the dangerous possibility of tornadoes.  Regardless, very dramatic and well presented... Mike

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Ever since that tornado passed through our hometown, my 9 yr old is fascinated with weather and storm chasing. This was taken during a recent "storm chase" with him. He was disappointed we didn't run into any tornadoes. LOL

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As a relocated midwesterner, I can appreciate how you've celebrated the war between the flat farmland and the texture of the sky.  The clouds appear to be rushing in, assaulting the treeline.  The vignetting is nice, trapping the cumulus clouds and penning them in.  I spent my childhood seeing these scenes, watching the storms blow in from across the prairie and cornfields.  Like your son, I found them exciting and frightening all at once.  I remember tornado drills at school, ducking and covering in the hallways and basements while the tornado siren went off.  Beauty terrifies.

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Jeff, we had those drills in New York City. They were called shelter drills. Of course, we weren't concerned much with tornadoes but were protecting ourselves from Russian nuclear bombs by silently and quickly heading into the hallways or getting under our desks and putting our coats over our heads. I imagine these actions would have worked a little more efficiently against tornadoes (though we've witnessed their incredible power of destruction lately) than against nuclear bombs. There's nothing like seeming safe.

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funny all those drills in school.................when that F2 missed my house by 50 yards last summer...........none of those drills came to mind. Just Panic! lol

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