- really love this beautiful sky - gabriele ragonesi
- el cielo perfecto para cargarse de energia...o para huir - -=¤۩۞۩¤=-M ¥ § t ¥ ç Ã-=¤۩۞۩¤=-
- very impressive !! - a.otge
Lightning in Perhentian Island, Terengganu, Malaysia
This photo was ranked amongst the "World's Best Photo of Nikon"
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This is about 15 minutes before the storm that lasted on and off for a couple of days. The Perhentian Islands has a reputation ranking of electrical storm activity, with or without rain, associated with the monsoon season, which gives some unique opportunities for photos... if you can find a spot that is not in the middle of "action" you'll be quite safe for lightning photograpy.
I really should have used a wide angle on this one instead of the Sigma 30mm f/1.4 Prime, but what actually happened was I was torn between a wide angle for better panorama, and a fast lens considering the frequent lighting strikes in the clouds.
Clouds amaze me
Jun 17th, 2007 by by Don Iannone
Clouds amaze me
how easily they make friends
with other clouds, but
always maintain their independence, and
how they put themselves
at the mercy of the wind, that
keeps them from becoming
too set in their ways like mountains.
Clouds amaze me
how they drift in wisps and billows, and
how they dress up as scowling old men
with stately white beards, or
naughty elephants standing on hind legs, or
even battered pirate ships
on a tumultuous sea.
Clouds amaze me
how they seduce my imagination, and
how they make me want to dance, and
how they make me want to be
something other than I am,
if only long enough
to know what it’s like
to be someone or something else.
Clouds amaze me
because they can be whatever
they want to be, and
finally just like good poems, they
leave the right parts of the story untold.
Note: Don Iannone is the author of two published poetry books. Stilling the Waters was published in 2005 by Medicine Wheel Publishing, and Walks in Life’s Sacred Garden, which was released in May 2007 by BookSurge (an Amazon.com company).
Gears: Nikon D50 and Sigma 30mm f/1.4 EX DC HSM
Location: Perhentian Island, Terengganu, Malaysia
Processing: No processing, and no cropping done on this piece
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motionid (59 months ago | reply)
Wow. Super shot. Exposure is perfect.
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Hankye99 (59 months ago | reply)
Wonderful sky... Great shot...
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Incandenzafied (59 months ago | reply)
those clouds are glorious.
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SteevzStuff (59 months ago | reply)
Worked out just fine with the 30mm...
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this brilliant photo is like a shooting star. Totally inspring. Thanks for brightening my day, shine on!
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o! patric (59 months ago | reply)
professional?
jonaspeterson (59 months ago | reply)
The sky is nice, but the lights from the city are blurry and look a bit overprocessed. And yes, it would have been better wider.
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Xopher Smith (59 months ago | reply)
I'm not a professional, but in my opinion, this photo is pretty average.
Rather, pretty fucking average.
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♥ Nat hamlin (59 months ago | reply)
wonky horizon plus out of focus.
little fringe of palm frond is like a bald man combing a few long locks over his crown--too little and/or not enough.
I really am a professional sappy tourist sunset picture-reviewer of a sort, and this wouldn't make the cut. Sorry.
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☻M€rcỲ☺ (59 months ago | reply)
You need to go wider. You have a nice sky but the blurry ground really incompletes and distracts your picture. If everything was in focus, it would be right on. Right now you should just crop the bottom out as it does nothing for the picture other than being bottom heavy with junk.
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I'm Betty! (59 months ago | reply)
OMG!! I LOVE this!! Oh it's SOOO pretty!!!!
Tee Hee!!
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Riverman1974 (59 months ago | reply)
im with mercy on this one
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iluvpepero (59 months ago | reply)
wow! those clouds are amazing. did you photoshop it?
robinbenito (59 months ago | reply)
gosh... NOW THATS ART!! =) a real stunner
Fadzly @ Shutterhack (59 months ago | reply)
Thank you robinbenito and everyone else for you kind comments
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The leaves looks like begging hands...
Grin and Barrett (58 months ago | reply)
Wonderful shot. The fast lens worked fine. ... And, yes, like Sati says, "begging hands." Very cool.
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ericutxo / Rosa Cobos (58 months ago | reply)
Seems that the sky was in full rage..
and that some kind of angry "god" was coming to take revenge on us.. poor "idiots".
Still..
I think that even we are in the times of the supercomputing and the super everything..
we still..
are like defenceless children.
So this is what this sky is provoking...
but..
there is some great mistery overcoming the emotion...
Awsome moments...
intensity at hand.
Rosa
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showbizinbc (58 months ago | reply)
Great treatment!
DARREN ST0NE (58 months ago | reply)
Great imposing feel to this one.
mantras siva (58 months ago | reply)
your photostream rocks!
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faalifyazai (58 months ago | reply)
one of the best cloud shots ive ever seen :) good usage of noise too. kudos!
Sandmania (58 months ago | reply)
Wow..the clouds here just look so dramatic and awesome. It really sets the mood and atmosphere for this scene. Beautifully captured.
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the clouds look amazing, this is a great job!
pennyzphotolane (58 months ago | reply)
The clouds are very awesome! Nice!
ida und bent (58 months ago | reply)
wow, great atmoshere. it's the perfect ease before the storm...