"Fire In The Desert"

Here is a shot where I was able to preserve the detail in the

forground. Let me know what you think...

Beautifuly done...

Nicely captured colors.

Man, this shot could have been fantastic - the combination of the lightning strikes with the lovely sunset colours. Unfortunately, IMHO, the foreground is boring and detracts from the picture.

Why do I like this - well many storm photos make me feel uneasy as the storm becomes threatening to the viewer. Here the excellent use of foreground detail gives us enough depth to feel "safe"

Great capature! The colors in the sky are great! You may want to consider using the burn tool in the foreground to darken it a bit and add a little more interest/silouette to it.

Much better. The sky color is interesting (sort of unnatural but doesn't mean bad) Very nice photo

A near miss, but a good near miss. Aside from the lack of control of the foreground, I see the horizon as tilting down on the left. The tilt can be fixed but I don't see a crop helping a much with the foreground.

I don`t know why,but I think you guys are being a little bit hard on this one.I like this shot foreground and all!I`m not even going to pick out any problems with it.It`s a good idea with an interesting result,(And by the looks of the viewing numbers a lot of people would agree)

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The camera was level, according to the level I used, but the terrain was not. I may be in the desert, but it's not all flat and level. The visual clue to level here is the saguaros which grow VERY close to verticle.