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Late Afternoon Storm, Lake Ellis, Marysville, Ca
Late Afternoon Storm, Lake Ellis, Marysville, Ca
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Best of 2007 (Advanced Editing VII*)
Camera: Nikon D70s
Lens: Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED
Location: Marysville, Ca
Date: Apr 11, 2007
Aperture: f 5.6
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/750
Galleries: Landscape
Date Uploaded: Jan 20, 2008

 The sun popped out just before sunset and just as this amazing cloud rolled over the scene. Just lucky I happened to be there.

pp:
Open in Raw (2 exposures, one darker for the sky)
Blended two backgrounds with layer mask
Selective Color to enhance and/or reduce colors
Color fill to reduce white areas
Levels for black and white points
Hue/Sat to reduce saturation in foreground buildings
Cloned out minor telephone lines and cell tower
Resize
Noise Ninja
Rotate Canvas
Crop
Save for Web




Statistics
Place: 227 out of 484
Avg (all users): 5.8644
Avg (commenters): 6.4286
Avg (participants): 5.7560
Avg (non-participants): 6.1324
Views since voting: 3937
Views during voting: 350
Votes: 236
Comments: 19
Favorites: 2 (view)

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 12/20/2008 11:04:45 PM
Serious drama in those clouds.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/27/2008 08:51:16 PM
Amazing sky...
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 01/27/2008 05:26:31 PM
Wow! What a striking image!! I cant fault it, one of my favorites, thanks for sharing :D
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 01/27/2008 12:11:44 AM
Cool clouds!
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 01/26/2008 08:01:15 PM
Good job with the horizon to emphasize the stormy clouds. Processing is a little much in some spots but okay. There seems to be a fake qualitiy along the tops of the trees. Good Luck. 5.
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 01/24/2008 07:58:09 PM
What a crazy sky, hope you didn't take this shot from a boat. lol
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 01/24/2008 05:23:49 PM
The skyline looks cut & pasted, very unnatural.
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 01/23/2008 12:45:14 PM
The dark sky with the sunny buildings confuses me a little... :)
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 01/22/2008 10:02:05 PM
Great perspective!
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 01/22/2008 01:10:24 PM
Dramatic sky, I also like the reflections in the water. What I don't like is that the trees seem cut and pasted, I guess this is where you processed the sky separately from the rest of the image?
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 01/22/2008 05:31:14 AM
wow, that's a scary storm!!!
the sun in the foreground adds to the drama
7
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 01/22/2008 12:17:11 AM
What a dramatic sky! Beautiful picture.
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 01/21/2008 10:46:20 PM
great capture of the clouds.
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 01/21/2008 06:31:02 PM
very nice
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 01/21/2008 01:26:03 PM
Beautiful shot
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 01/21/2008 12:56:25 PM
Marysville! Now I know that City! I used to live in Yuba City. Nice job on capturing the beauty of this special place.
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 01/21/2008 02:49:11 AM
wow! Great dramatic scenery and beautiful composition!
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 01/21/2008 01:58:53 AM
I simply love the light here!! And the sky is so dramatic it just makes this picture a cut above! 10
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 01/21/2008 12:25:25 AM
Neat!
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