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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
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    ISO 400
    f16 @ 1/80 sec
    Handheld from canoe

    Look forward to comments and suggestions.

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    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...

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    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.

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    Excellent ominous cloud shot. I think I would have missed the shot due to paddling.

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    Awesome clouds here, but i agree with Adhika about a shot with the water included.

    Note: Just by curiosity, how bad was this storm?

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    Nice cloud texture, and lovely greens, I too would have liked to see what the lake looked like.

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    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...
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    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.

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    Wicked clouds well-processed and I like how you used the trees as a frame.

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    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.

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