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From The Clouds Came A Thunderous Sound
From The Clouds Came A Thunderous Sound
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Hidden Gem -- 1,000th Challenge! (Advanced Editing VII*)
Camera: Pentax *ist DS
Lens: Pentax DA 50-200 ED
Location: Dayton, Ohio
Date: Jun 29, 2007
Aperture: f 32
ISO: 800
Shutter: 1/350 sec
Galleries: Landscape
Date Uploaded: Mar 5, 2009

I think this is a C-47. Taken at a fly-in at Wright-Patterson Airforce Base in Dayton, Ohio. This is one of those images that I'll never be able to duplicate again in my lifetime. I brought my camera hoping to get great images of the planes as they flew by. But the lighting was really bad. Then, for a 5 minutes time span the lighting changed to something wonderful and I was observant enough to realize it.

Raw Conversion: RawShooter Essentials 2006
- Expusure +1.23
- Shadow Contrast + 28

Post Processing: Paint Shop Pro X (If done on a single layer, this is legal for Basic editing)
- Clone 4 dust specs
- One Step Noise Reduction
- Levels Adjustment (0 - 1.10 - 244)
- Clarify 4
- USM [radius 50 - strength 15 - clip 3]
- USM [radius 0.3 - strength 300 - clip 3]
- Curves Layer
- Hue/Saturation Layer (Saturation +11)
- Merge All Layers
- Resize
- USM [radius .75 - strength 75 - clip 3]

Statistics
Place: 211 out of 1129
Avg (all users): 6.1081
Avg (commenters): 7.0448
Avg (participants): 6.1244
Avg (non-participants): 6.0133
Views since voting: 970
Views during voting: 745
Votes: 509
Comments: 70
Favorites: 8 (view)


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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/17/2009 10:15:11 PM
Great shot. Nice use of sepia. Nice blur on the propellers.
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03/17/2009 05:09:48 PM
Simply 10
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03/17/2009 05:04:10 PM
Nice backlit capture! Good color.
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03/17/2009 03:45:16 PM
Beautiful tone throughout this shot. The border created by the dark clouds is good as well as the placement and size of the plane. Great work.
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03/17/2009 12:06:28 PM
A gorgeous capture!
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03/17/2009 06:11:02 AM
A lovely image I particularly like the blurred props, very effective
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03/17/2009 04:09:10 AM
beautifully processed shot, the colours and drama in the clouds are awesome. Very nice composition as well
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03/17/2009 02:14:19 AM
Beautiful shot.
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03/16/2009 03:40:10 PM
like your tones...very nice
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03/16/2009 03:00:32 PM
Good shot and silhoette.
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03/16/2009 01:29:01 PM
a bit too dark
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03/16/2009 11:25:41 AM
Has a feel of the period of the plane, dramatic image
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03/16/2009 11:13:51 AM
nice one, five from me ;D
brano
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03/16/2009 10:21:46 AM
beautiful sky!!!
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03/16/2009 03:56:15 AM
Awesome capture and presentation. Gorgeous. Very strong silhouette forms.
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03/15/2009 11:38:37 PM
Great drama, love the deep blacks.
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03/15/2009 09:57:14 PM
Very nice mood, harkens back to another age...
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03/15/2009 06:37:36 PM
Reminds me of scene from a vintage Hollywood classic...quite dramatic sky.
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03/15/2009 04:46:40 PM
Dramatic image of this airplane roaring through the clouds. I like the processing. 7
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03/15/2009 02:34:29 PM
The swoop of the clouds behind the plane is subtle, but interesting against those ominous clouds.
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03/15/2009 02:24:03 PM
excellent drama, the silhouette works well too
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03/15/2009 12:26:29 PM
Nicely done.
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03/15/2009 11:57:00 AM
After a second look I am bumping this up two points
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03/15/2009 10:19:09 AM
Very nice image. It's good to see a few "great" images. This is a perfect reflection of your abilities as a photographer.
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03/15/2009 09:25:00 AM
Such an atmospheric shot. You can almost hear the roar of the engines and feel like your back in 1944. Well done and good luck for the rest of the challenge.
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03/15/2009 01:28:44 AM
I really like the title here. Works well with the image but there are some strange little specs in the frame, not sure what they are. I like the color treatment.
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03/14/2009 10:54:56 PM
Dramatic, makes me think of Casablanca.
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03/14/2009 10:18:13 PM
Interpretation of Topic: Good Selection
Photography: Sharp, very nice.
Viewers Reaction: Great Job! This is different.
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03/14/2009 08:10:47 PM
Angle is gerat. Dramatic.
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03/14/2009 06:06:34 PM
I love the sepia in this image.
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03/14/2009 04:55:25 PM
Right out of pearl harbor.
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03/14/2009 01:22:12 PM
Nice shot
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03/14/2009 09:25:27 AM
Straight out of the movies! Love that you can see the props, or at least I think I can.
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03/14/2009 09:04:39 AM
Well taken. The clouds enhance the shot nicely.
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03/14/2009 03:23:51 AM
Nice processing. The plane fits so well in this sky!
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03/14/2009 12:02:11 AM
amazing capture.
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03/13/2009 09:02:20 PM
dramatic, reminds me of the movie flight of the phoenix, 6
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03/13/2009 08:11:28 PM
either the plane or the coloring leaves a great 50s feel. :)
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03/13/2009 01:55:14 PM
Wow, the colors in this are perfect, golden. The silhouette is sharp. The darker clouds frame the light middle. This is wonderful.
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03/13/2009 12:51:26 PM
I love the frame of the clouds and then... whoosh!
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03/13/2009 10:36:35 AM
Gorgeous sky and a gorgeous silhouette. The title is wonderful too.
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03/13/2009 09:48:09 AM
Excellent!
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03/13/2009 04:53:56 AM
Love this capture!! Beautiful tones and perfect composition.
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03/13/2009 04:06:13 AM
excellent processing. The plane has a 1950's classic feel. Enjoyable pic.
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03/12/2009 05:05:47 PM
awesome image nice
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03/12/2009 04:23:54 PM
really like this 8
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03/12/2009 02:57:05 PM
Amazing shot! Very well done!
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03/12/2009 12:55:55 PM
Nice title with the picture. Tells a great story. Love the silhouette and coloring.
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03/12/2009 11:13:16 AM
cool colors
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03/12/2009 09:53:24 AM
great tone
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03/12/2009 08:39:28 AM
Beautiful shot! Really sets a mood.
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03/12/2009 07:15:32 AM
This is a great picture, good composition, silhouette and skies, well done! 9
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03/12/2009 06:07:08 AM
fantastic tones, very nice pp work
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03/12/2009 04:45:35 AM
Like a WW2 movie still
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03/11/2009 10:43:13 PM
I love that you can see the propellers on the plane. I also like the composition, and the color treatment.
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03/11/2009 09:01:49 PM
Perfectly done. Timing is everything. :) Ok, and photography skills... which you've shown are good. :)

Not voting yet.
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03/11/2009 07:49:58 PM
great silohuette, love the sky, I could see this as a poster 9
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03/11/2009 07:02:23 PM
I like how the clouds seem to frame this in the sky. Nice shot.
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03/11/2009 04:33:33 PM
Great nostalgic shot. Love the golden tones of the sky, and the plane is perfectly silhouetted.
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03/11/2009 02:00:13 PM
Cool timing, the lighting is prefect.
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03/11/2009 12:56:33 PM
Love the warm gold orange hues that not only add warmth to the scene but the colors and silhouette of the plane adds to a sense of nostalgia. Akin to old travel posters or faded color of a well worn map the twin prop plane against the golden sky speaks of adventure. Like some of those old 40's films of 'seek adventure!' or even Indiana Jones era/films or Charles Lindbergh, the plane taking flight speaks of an era or time when the sky was the limit and there were many uncharted territories to explore and discover. It also speaks to me as a reminder that there still are - we just have to look for and appreciate them. Wonderfully captured and well presented imagery in this composition.
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03/11/2009 12:25:04 PM
Beautiful cinematic quality clouds.
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03/11/2009 12:18:47 PM
great shot
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03/11/2009 10:49:35 AM
Cool shot. I like the color and the exposure. Very cool to see a bit of motion blur on the propellers, too. I think the shot would benefit from the removal of a few little spots (sensor dust?), and I wish you would have given us a 720 version.
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03/11/2009 08:25:35 AM
well composed; the dramatic contrasts and the toning reminds of a WWII movie. You oughta have cloned out the sensor dust, though.
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03/11/2009 07:52:04 AM
nostalgia
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03/11/2009 04:27:32 AM
Looks like something out of a Movie.. wonderful!
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03/11/2009 02:39:49 AM
Fantastic composition and colours!
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03/11/2009 01:03:31 AM
great shot and I love the color of the sky
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03/11/2009 12:59:42 AM
This is super. I love the rich warm tones. Terrific stop action with the propellers of the airplane. NICE.
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