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Sun-Seeker — Safran's Rainsong
Published: 2006-09-10 13:28:10 +0000 UTC; Views: 1082; Favourites: 34; Downloads: 3
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9 hour drive home but I had to stop for a quick snap... oh that I had all afternoon... comments please.. is this composed OK...I have doubts?Levels crops and sat in PS.
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Wow... What a contrast between the bright, sunny field and the dramatic clouds above!! 
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Thanx Anna. Hope I find some more of these this spring.
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you know, sunny - in the small view the foreground looks too big, but it looks great in full-view.
weird, i know...
i LOVE that sky, old sock!
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tah Rritto.... so in the edit version I lost abit of the foreground.... is it worse for it?
I hope to find skys like that again.. hopefully at the beach... tweed heads south for next wekk and I only work 4 days a week!
Now check the edit [link]
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i think this one is better, old sun.
the sky is darker and more defined too, which i like.
four day weeks over there, hey?
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I'm with you on the Rainsong... They work is long days 8.30 to 8 and weekends all.... 9 to 5... I get Mon Wed and Thursday for photos and I'm near the beach.... where can I buy a cute rubber duckie?
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the rubber duckie shop.
it's a franchise which will be coming to your local area soon enough, i'm sure.
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Terrible urge to say...
"Here comes the rain again!!!"
Great capture!
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Thanks... Nah... sing it!
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Hehehehe - *sings loudly to mercifully empty house*
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Outstanding photo. I can only speak for myself but I think the composition is great.
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Thanx M8... this one is lighter and cropped down a bit on suggestions from my watchers...[link]
Better or worse?
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No and you know I would have... no I wouldn't.....I could have zoomed to 20mm... this was the old canon kit lens at 18mm.
I was going to say I would have had to jump into the paddock and walk 300m to get the shot with the siggy but then I remembered its a zoom? See How fixated I am by being able to see things at 10mm heheh!
did you like my edit after advice from watchers? [link]
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i have never shot at 20mm on the siggy.. its alwayz on 10mm
anything else ill just use another lens...
i cant really tell that much between the edits....
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Well done. Just been on a weekend away myself, and drove past more than 100 canola fields. Spectacular, but the light was never quite right. Luck seemed to be on your side.
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Luck but not time... thanx James
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Love the colour contrast, the light, and the framing. (To me the image is more effective by showing the entire down pour, framing with "clearer" skies either side.)
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Yeah thats what I decided to go with... a tight crop could have wroked for a more concentrated shot but the tree wasn't thats flash as an object... more the graduer.
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i think the composition is great. and the colours are amazing. 2 
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I'll take those two.. thanx
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How much money do you spend on petrol every week! LOL
You must travel all around Australia throughout the year. Those rain clouds look amazing, and well spotted also. Haven't we had some rain this week!
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I didn't know whether to watch the road or the rainstorm while driving.. Thanks for comenting.
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Absolutely awesome sky, you captured there. Very dramatic.
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Thanx Stef... a day off and I had 9 hours to drive 790K and the weather is right for photos.. story of my life!
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The sky is wonderful Seeker. I'd crop half the grassy meadow off That'll take away some issues with the 'brightness' of the green and showcase the stunning clouds. Just my opiniion though.
`lns
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Yeah.. I did some already but the it would become more a sky shot..... its a YELLOW weed BTW but I know the sun on it is overwhelming... I took some vertical comps but 60% yellow weed does not a foreground make.... I think I will recompose and put a second version up and then people can choose... its all edumacation. I just wish I'd been there for an hour... there were oatchwork white and grey ploughed fields and shed I could have used against this sky and also more interesting trees!
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Ahhh, you know I missed a shot somewhat similar last year. Huge tornado like storm drove past a field of yellow weeds, the sky lit up and they just dragged your eye in. Of course I was headed somewhere and I didn't stop. I Kicked myself all the way to the turn off.
`lns
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Been there done that.. I was caught without a cam when a hole in a storm opened up to blue with the sun shining thru and lightning crackling around the edge.. how often are you in that situation? Doh!
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Never. LOL. The odds are astronomical.
`lns
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Composition looks good to me, the empty sky to the left of the frame is balanced by the tree, horizon is at a nice 1/3rd of the way up, and those clouds have some amazing detail in them. The Wizzer of Oz is right about the green being a bit too bright... looks more like a meadow in the late spring that one that's about to be rained upon!
I guess a bit more playing around with curves in PS will fix that!
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Its Yellow flowers you batwings.... stay posted
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Damn it, and I can't even blame my vision on the laptop's monitor cos i first saw this on the mac...
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A lot of people on DA are colourblind.... did you know the background to DA is a smokey blue?
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I would call it smokey grey... but then again, this has more to do with colour perception than colour blindedness... one man's bright green is anotherone's yellow... or another example: how do you explain in words, what the heck sort of colour is "maroon"to a person who doesn't speak very good english...
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it is smokey grey I was teasing!
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You aussie bushwhacker you!
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composed great. green a little too bright and happy maybe. does show the dark storm looming over the unsuspecting field.
all your work is great, but i'm impressed that your really pushing to improve anywhere you can. admirable.
..but other than that i don't have any suggestions.
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Its Yellow flowers you batwings.... stay posted!
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sorry, got a cold, can't smell anything. easy mistake
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Thats OK... cold can't do funny things to your eyes... it may be a canola crop or a weed. I dunno
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This is simply great, who said that blue and green doesn't match? This is a perfect example that both colors can combine in a very smoothly way! Great job, I love it!
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