ken_carriker1

Beautiful photograph. I love the color. It's one of those photographs you only get if you're in the right place and the right time and then know what to do with it. Congratulations on a splendid piece of work.

I don't see why this photograph needs to be "cleaned up" at all. OK, maybe if you're thinking strictly of an art piece to hang on the wall, but I think it is much more powerful just as it is. When you look at it, you know you're seeing the real thing, and the sign helps to put the size, power, and majesty of the tornado in perspective. The added touches make it look phony in my opinion. But, being a midwesterner, I've seen my share of tornados; perhaps someone who has never experienced one wouldn't notice that the touched up photographs just don't look real. I want to commend the photographer on his courage or his insanity, whichever it was, that allowed him to pause long enough to take this photograph.