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Mokel hi
as always my taste prefers dramatic skyes than non significant earth. The sky is dramatically lovely, but, if were mine,I should crop off a bit of the bottom.
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Originally Posted by
Valerio Tarone
Mokel hi
as always my taste prefers dramatic skyes than non significant earth. The sky is dramatically lovely, but, if were mine,I should crop off a bit of the bottom.
Valerio, to me the earth below is not bland but then I love the Kalahari for it's vast emptiness. Just a thought: if I crop off the bottom, I will "cut" that plant in half, and that was included for some depth and a foreground anchor.
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Hi Morkel
This looks like the same cloud I had slipping down the coast here in WA.! Impressive and spooky at the same time.. I like your composition with the (baby) 'tree' in the FG, and the image conveys nicely the surrounds. Not sure i would like to be under that cloud with my kids and apparently nowhere to hide from the storm or lightening... and camping in 54C..? you gotta be crazy...have you not heard of spontaneous combustion..?
regards
DON
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I like this very much it is so moody, I think the composition is good and I really like the colours. The fact that the little tree is there is very relevant, although it could hardly be described as beautiful it plays a very significant contribution, without it the image would suffer. I also like to see those columns of rain, probably just as well you were in the car and not the tent eh?
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Another wonderful image from the desert Morkel. Would not crop at all and my only suggestion would be to tone down the sky on the left of the frame as I find it drawing my eye a bit.
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Spot on! That's what the Kalahari veld looks like for real. Don't change a thing.
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Wonderful! Too bad about the lions -- would have been great to be able to get out and get lower to put some of the bush into the sky.
Although it's a pretty complement to the gold in the sky, I'm not in love with the strong blue cast in the UL. Its a little too reminiscent of one of those old colored grad ND filters.
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Hi Morkel - I like the comp and agree that the small tree serves as a good anchor. I find myself agreeing with Diane on the blues. Sounds like brutal weather for camping with or without kids.
TFS,
Rachel
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Thanks for the feedback and suggestions, folks. Will look at toning down the blue clouds.

Originally Posted by
Rachel Hollander
Sounds like brutal weather for camping with or without kids.
It was brutal but awesome. Kids actually didn't phase it too much, just swam a lot and used those little fans with the mist to cool down.
The sightings made up for it ;)
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Beautifully executed Morkel...I love the cloud formations and ominous feel that the storm creates over the entire scene!!!
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