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Storm Energy
Storm Energy
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Power (Basic Editing)
Camera: Nikon D70
Lens: Tamron AF 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6 Aspherical for Nikon
Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico
Date: Aug 29, 2007
Galleries: Sky, Landscape
Date Uploaded: Sep 1, 2007

The storm began west of Albuquerque, so I drove west on I-40 several miles at approx 6P.M. and stayed until 10 P.M. shooting lightning, mammatus clouds, ugly/scary clouds, sunset rainbows, rainy sunsets.



They I went to Rudy's BBQ to celebrate. It was a great evening and now my highest score.

Statistics
Place: 5 out of 151
Avg (all users): 6.8252
Avg (commenters): 8.0000
Avg (participants): 6.7209
Avg (non-participants): 6.8528
Views since voting: 3311
Views during voting: 348
Votes: 206
Comments: 25
Favorites: 2 (view)

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 09/14/2007 09:03:56 AM
All the power and fury typical of western storms...congratulations on the HM!
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 09/13/2007 10:51:07 PM
vrtuan=wicked sky shots :)
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 09/13/2007 10:47:36 PM
What a great shot! I am so happy for you.
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 09/13/2007 09:01:47 AM
Beautiful work, this sky/landscape is excellent...
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 09/13/2007 08:49:01 AM
Congratulations on your personal best and high finish. Looks great!
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 09/12/2007 03:24:37 PM
Great Job Van! Almost got that ribbon.Good contrast to this one. I was working the fair up our way so I wasn't able to enter this challenge.
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 09/12/2007 09:33:04 AM
Yes. . .this is an amazing display of power. Congratulations on a front page finish!

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 09/12/2007 07:36:27 AM
great shot. Amazing that three "sky" shots ended up in the top 6. Nice work.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
09/11/2007 02:39:26 PM
Gorgeous! One of my 10s! I love these kinds of photos!
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 09/11/2007 12:13:46 AM
I LOVE IT! Storms are my softside! I LOVE the clouds! AND the Lighting! AND the lighting! AND the rain!! And EVERYTHING!! It has got alot of power in it, and its got some great art it in! You get a 7 my friend!
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 09/10/2007 04:44:18 PM
good picture taken of nature
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 09/10/2007 04:39:13 PM
wow this is an incredible photo. i like that you can see most of the landscape but it is pure almost.
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 09/09/2007 08:43:39 PM
Striking! Looks like a bearded face coming down from the clouds on the right.
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 09/09/2007 12:21:55 AM
Beautiful
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 09/07/2007 06:37:39 PM
I love images of incoming/outgoing storms....the colors seem a bit washed out, i dunno tho, maybe you intended it to be darker? Reminds me kind of "The Dark Crystal" or something.
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 09/07/2007 02:37:26 PM
this is a really cool picture
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 09/07/2007 03:50:58 AM
The power here seems weak to me. a crop might have helped a little bit.
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 09/06/2007 07:06:04 PM
Awesome. Very powerful indeed - this is just glorious. :) I love the colors and the deep contrasts.
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 09/06/2007 01:32:29 PM
I like the feel of this shot a lot! Best one yet.
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 09/05/2007 07:21:35 PM
Great shot! But the highlights may be a bit distracting.
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 09/05/2007 07:19:16 PM
Beautiful shot. I will see a ribbon next to this shot soon.
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 09/05/2007 06:09:52 PM
Holy Cow! Awesome color in the clouds and the light 'swishes (that's a technical term) in the grass make it even more interesting.
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 09/05/2007 10:02:48 AM
Wow. This is nice. Perfect timing.
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 09/05/2007 09:50:05 AM
Menacing and dramatic clouds, good lightning bolt, a bit dark on the left
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 09/05/2007 04:42:59 AM
Thats a really nice lightning photo.. Blue tones work very well with the yellow/green ground.
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