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Andrew McLachlan
07-10-2016, 07:20 PM
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While out canoeing at my cottage on Horseshoe Lake, near Parry Sound, Ontario in search of Common Loons this past weekend I found myself in the middle of the lake as a severe thunderstorm was brewing. Using my 18-35mm lens I grabbed a few images of the cloud formations before paddling back to shore just in the nick-of-time. Here is one my favorite images of the sky on the night of July 8th.

Nikon D800
Nikon 18-35mm lens @ 35mm
ISO 400
f16 @ 1/80 sec
Handheld from canoe

Look forward to comments and suggestions.
Don Railton
07-10-2016, 11:14 PM
Hi Andrew.. Hmmm, not sure I would be trading any paddeling time for shooting time with this one... I do like the clouds and the dynamics captured, It looks very ominious...

DON
Adhika Lie
07-11-2016, 12:41 AM
Andrew, ominous is the right word. I love this shot and I would be very interested to see an image of this with the water included but no sweat there is a lot of drama on this one that keeps me looking.
John Hackney
07-11-2016, 12:52 PM
Excellent ominous cloud shot. I think I would have missed the shot due to paddling.
Luis Patacao
07-11-2016, 03:39 PM
Awesome clouds here, but i agree with Adhika about a shot with the water included.

Note: Just by curiosity, how bad was this storm?
Michael Thompson
07-12-2016, 09:17 PM
Nice cloud texture, and lovely greens, I too would have liked to see what the lake looked like.
Morkel Erasmus
07-15-2016, 01:42 AM
Looks really ominous!
Did you get any with some of the water at the base?
I do find myself wanting a little more at the bottom...
Rachel Hollander
07-16-2016, 07:28 AM
Hi Andrew - A bit late to this one. You've brought out nice detail in the clouds. My thoughts were the same as the others, I wish there was a little more context to the image e.g. a bit of the lake.

TFS,
Rachel
Arthur Morris
07-16-2016, 06:38 PM
Wicked clouds well-processed and I like how you used the trees as a frame.

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Andrew McLachlan
07-25-2016, 07:35 PM
Thanks so much for the comments folks, they are much appreciated. The tree tops were chosen to frame the bottom edge here rather than the lake's shoreline due to too many cottages that would have created unpleasant distractions.