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Challenge: Smoke III (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-50D
Lens: Canon EF-S 15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
Date: Mar 2, 2013
Aperture: 11
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/1600
Date Uploaded: Mar 2, 2013

 Got incredibly lucky. Most of the time, these stacks aren't operating on the weekend. And I can't get to an area with stacks in during the week, so I went out hoping for some good luck. Well, not only were they operating, but they were pouring out tons of smoke and the sun was in a great position to create dramatic lighting.

Last winter about this time I caught a similar scene near here with a different smoke stack. I am glad I stopped my car and took the photo, as when I returned a few weeks later (when the sky was appropriate again), the scene was much less dramatic due to the higher sun.

This is just what I was hoping to catch when the challenge was announced! I would give this image a 7 or an 8, and am hoping it finishes mid 6s. Let's see what happens.

Statistics
Place: 11 out of 38
Avg (all users): 6.1743
Avg (commenters): 6.8571
Avg (participants): 6.1176
Avg (non-participants): 6.1848
Views since voting: 558
Views during voting: 235
Votes: 109
Comments: 16
Favorites: 0

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 03/15/2013 12:24:16 AM
wow 6.17 bit low I reckon, pfft~
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/14/2013 10:03:22 PM
ha! sad!
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 03/14/2013 01:02:55 PM
Does the job.
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 03/14/2013 12:14:50 PM
Timely reminder.
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 03/11/2013 12:25:11 AM
Top 3
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 03/10/2013 07:56:12 PM
This is excellent! I love the composition and that smoke!!!
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 03/09/2013 05:34:14 PM
Abstract and intriguing...I like it.
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 03/09/2013 02:19:27 AM
Should be up near the top, clever title, cool image,.
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 03/08/2013 08:41:36 PM
Lots of smoke for sure -- ugh, pollution. Wish the crop wasnt so tight though, and you got more of the building in.
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 03/08/2013 07:21:35 PM
My wife would probably be ticked at this image and its relation to smoke. If its from a power plant then this is more likely steam. I wish you had more of the stacks in the image. Maybe there were too many distractions below. ETA - so I showed it to my wife and she wasn't familiar with the type of stack but she did correct me in that it wouldn't be steam but water vapor. ;) water vapor, steam or smoke, did t impact my vote.
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 03/08/2013 12:31:52 PM
Very powerful image. What a solid looking cloud
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 03/08/2013 12:15:04 PM
Interesting take and good timing and capture.
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 03/08/2013 11:28:06 AM
some thick smoke to block the sun...
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 03/08/2013 10:18:52 AM
I really love this :)
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 03/08/2013 03:37:19 AM
great tones and details; banding in the sky and sensor dust could have been avoided
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 03/08/2013 01:57:21 AM
Wow this is terrific you are my 4th 10, but if I could give you an 11 I would, this is the moodiest of them all, and you know I love them like that!
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