Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Big Cloud

Weber Road near Marine, Illinois
Photograph by Tom Atwood
Summer 2010 was filled with big storms and big clouds. This one never quite reached me, but that didn't matter -- it was much more impressive from a distance. In fact, instead of chasing the storm, I ran away from it, trying to get far enough to see the big cloud. In this picture I used a polarizing filter, which helped saturate the sky, making it appear almost black. Additional contrast was added using processing software (Lightroom 2). Shutter: 1/200; Exposure: f/8.0; ISO: 100; Focal length: 18 mm.

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