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Caught Up Under
Caught Up Under
dacrazyrn


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Challenge: Hidden Gem -- 1,000th Challenge! (Advanced Editing VII*)
Camera: Nikon Coolpix 5700
Location: Northeast of Yuma, Colorado
Date: Nov 9, 2002
Aperture: 5
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/24
Galleries: Sky, Rural
Date Uploaded: Mar 5, 2009

 Large, intense storm cloud, with mammatous formations, hovering over my boyhood hometown of Yuma, Colorado.
This recieved an Honorable Mention in The Everyman Contest
There was NO dodging or burning done on this photo. All done in levels, sharpening, NN, and saturation. Redone photo (different original) of a similar print I already have available and purposely oversharpened the clouds a little more on this one.

[Mar. 14th, 2009 06:23:14 PM]

This is the lay of the land...not every horizon is FLAT and straight. I can hear it already.

Statistics
Place: 401 out of 1129
Avg (all users): 5.8004
Avg (commenters): 6.2623
Avg (participants): 5.7576
Avg (non-participants): 6.0125
Views since voting: 874
Views during voting: 634
Votes: 476
Comments: 64
Favorites: 1 (view)

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/17/2009 08:44:05 PM
Interesting patterns in the sky! Very dramatic!
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 03/17/2009 08:34:40 PM
Wow. This is an amazing shot.
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 03/17/2009 12:12:23 PM
I think this lacks a clarity that would really make it pop but it still has a very powerful feeling.
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 03/17/2009 10:57:57 AM
So.... So cool... what a eye opening shot... U get a 8 m friend....
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 03/17/2009 08:45:53 AM
What a thunderstorm's touching down. Great capture!
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 03/17/2009 01:24:04 AM
Whoa... those are some threatening skies. You did well to enhance the texture.
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 03/17/2009 12:44:49 AM
Fantastic sky, and light. Beautiful. 10
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 03/16/2009 10:18:15 PM
i like this, but the horizen is crooked and the clouds are a bit grainy.
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 03/16/2009 09:49:20 PM
Beautifully captured cloud formation. Processed well. Nice capture.
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 03/16/2009 06:48:07 PM
Extraordinary sky ... good enough to be among best of class, but ordinary foreground. If I were being picky I'd deduct a point for tilted horizon.
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 03/16/2009 03:12:45 PM
Wow - very imposing looking clouds!
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 03/16/2009 03:57:14 AM
Wow what a dramatic sky.
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 03/15/2009 11:12:22 PM
Eerie sky. Would have liked to see a level horizon but still an impressive shot.
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 03/15/2009 10:44:03 PM
Wow! That sky does not look friendly. Great capture.
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 03/15/2009 05:57:07 PM
Lovely sky. Looks a little grainy though.
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 03/15/2009 04:47:54 PM
Amazing sky. Well photographed.

Not voting yet.
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 03/15/2009 04:09:46 PM
this sky is so unbeliveable - stunning capture - poor image quality
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 03/15/2009 01:36:56 PM
What a dramati sky, really impressive!
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 03/15/2009 12:44:39 PM
Wow look at that sky. Great timing.
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 03/15/2009 11:55:06 AM
Oh boy that is a dramatic, interesting and menacing sky. I've never seen anything like it. I wish your horizon was straight.
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 03/15/2009 11:46:31 AM
amazing clouds, , just a little over sharpened though?
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 03/15/2009 10:21:12 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 08:55:28 AM
wow , the cloudscape here is unique, nice contrast and details in the shot. 7
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 03/15/2009 06:07:51 AM
ghastly amount of sharpening in this shot, I can understand you wanted to accentuate the amazing clouds, but it has killed the shot in my opinion.
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 03/15/2009 05:44:56 AM
oh amazing storm but the quality is not so good
5
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 03/14/2009 11:07:49 PM
tilt of the horizon spoils it a little
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 03/14/2009 10:03:31 PM
Good cloud formation. Nice pic.
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 03/14/2009 05:54:31 PM
Ominous looking weather!
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 03/14/2009 05:30:17 PM
Incredible sky.
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 03/14/2009 05:07:08 PM
That is one humbling sky.
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 03/14/2009 04:36:09 PM
amazing cloud well captured.
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 03/14/2009 03:53:40 PM
Cool mammatus clouds!
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 03/14/2009 02:43:23 PM
Now those are some dramatic looking clouds. Interesting. Horizon looks a bit tilted though.
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 03/14/2009 02:41:29 AM
Very impressive sky. Not sure what's going on here with the weather, but it doesn't look good.
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 03/13/2009 10:18:32 PM
Like the clouds
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 03/13/2009 07:41:47 PM
Great clouds!!
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 03/13/2009 06:48:09 PM
Amazing image...looks like a great thundering wall of water rushing onwards. I presume they must be clouds but they have the most incredible shape and patterns. I have never seen anything like it. Is this an occurrence you have witnessed before? Beautiful shot. 8
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 03/13/2009 06:18:34 PM
Cool effect the clouds have in this photo. Visually interesting.
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 03/13/2009 09:55:42 AM
the textures from the sky are awesome
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 03/13/2009 09:33:29 AM
looks dramatic but very false.
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 03/13/2009 01:36:13 AM
Awesome sky.
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 03/12/2009 07:07:24 PM
Amazing sky !!!
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 03/12/2009 06:03:14 PM
Ahh, rather noisy. I wish the image were a bit sharper and cleaner because the sky looks absolutely amazing.
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 03/12/2009 05:29:01 PM
appocalyptic tidal wave?
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 03/12/2009 05:24:21 PM
Hell of a sky! I saw one just like that once in Nebraska, scared me witless, it did.. :-)
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 03/12/2009 01:30:23 PM
that's cool
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 03/12/2009 12:13:49 PM
To over sharpened but a great dramatic sky!
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 03/12/2009 11:29:36 AM
Wonderful clouds, really translates the feel of the moment.
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 03/12/2009 10:05:03 AM
A very impressive sky but I think the horizon should have been levelled even if this was its natural gradient
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 03/12/2009 12:48:59 AM
cloud texture is spectacular, the horizon could be straighter though, and it is a little over sharpened.
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 03/12/2009 12:30:12 AM
wow, that looks amazing. Great capture.
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 03/11/2009 10:03:56 PM
WOW
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 03/11/2009 08:26:28 PM
Beautiful movement of the sky.
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 03/11/2009 05:41:32 PM
The image might benefit from some sharpness.
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 03/11/2009 05:27:27 PM
Holy cow, that is one scary, scary sky! An amazing capture.
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 03/11/2009 03:17:25 PM
Nice capture of mamatas clouds.
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 03/11/2009 12:10:28 PM
Beautiful
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 03/11/2009 11:47:41 AM
Seems pretty pixeled and/or grainy. But sure interesting clouds a'comin'!
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 03/11/2009 10:26:22 AM
Unbelievable
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 03/11/2009 09:08:18 AM
What an incredible sky, imposing.
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 03/11/2009 05:27:05 AM
Awesome sky! Storm approaching? Or storm all ready there? Hope you found some shelter!
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 03/11/2009 03:47:59 AM
A bit overprocessed in my opinion (oversharpened?). This could also use some straightening.
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 03/11/2009 02:10:41 AM
killer looking clouds
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 03/11/2009 12:52:29 AM
such a storm...wow...will be interested in your PP notes, really like the colors and tones of your shot
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