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Abra


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Challenge: Clouds II (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/4.0L IS USM
Location: Sydney Airport, Australia
Date: Mar 20, 2014
Aperture: 11.0
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/1000
Date Uploaded: Mar 20, 2014

 I tried to make the shot as much about the clouds as possible. There was a storm off the coast with the sun breaking through from the opposite direction to give them some light on the clouds and the plane. So off to the airport to try and get a shot. I was very lucky that the planes were taking off towards the storm but unlucky that only two planes did before they changed to a different runway. This was the other plane:



Statistics
Place: 8 out of 93
Avg (all users): 6.6837
Avg (commenters): 8.0000
Avg (participants): 6.6053
Avg (non-participants): 6.7333
Views since voting: 803
Views during voting: 229
Votes: 98
Comments: 15
Favorites: 1 (view)

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 04/02/2014 05:14:08 PM
WHAT is this doing down here so low at 8th??
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
04/01/2014 11:04:50 PM
Pretty daring. Glad that I'm not in the plane
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 04/01/2014 10:35:23 PM
that's quite awesome... geez.
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 04/01/2014 05:11:41 PM
Great minimalistic effect, it sort of puts everything into perspective.
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 03/31/2014 04:00:58 AM
I think this would have been amazing in colour!
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 03/30/2014 08:09:37 PM
Scary.
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 03/29/2014 01:47:00 PM
Dang! Amazing shot! 10 (one of only two)
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 03/27/2014 10:42:18 PM
The plane feels just a little too crowded to the bottom of the frame but I love the feeling of movement I get from this image!
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 03/27/2014 02:30:01 PM
Great cloud work here and is perfectly in line with the challenge. 8
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 03/26/2014 09:43:44 PM
excellent the plane gives nice touch
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 03/26/2014 03:42:23 PM
wow!

shot by superman?
10!
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 03/26/2014 02:19:46 PM
The composition is excellent.
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 03/26/2014 03:27:27 AM
I'm glad the clouds still look fluffy :)
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 03/26/2014 12:32:33 AM
Perfect
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 03/26/2014 12:31:40 AM
What a fascinating image! Not what one would expect at all. I'm very drawn to this each time I view it.
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