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Palouse and Mammatus Clouds

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Posted by Kathryn Engle on August 25, 2013 at 9:25 PM
Palouse and Mammatus Clouds
Semi panoramic of the Palouse at harvest time. I'm wondering if the power line poles are a problem or not. I guess I could content aware them out if they are. Do they hinder the shot? Of course, the rainbow and the mammatus clouds are the highlight of this shot along with the evening light. Thanks for comments.
Nikon D700
1/320 sec at f/7.1 :confused:
Posted by Karl Buiter on August 25, 2013 at 9:54 PM
For me - as pure landscape, maybe the poles are in the way. But I think as a theme piece, they add an interesting feature and guide the eye toward the distant rainbow. I tend to like old structures so I am ok with it. Nice light, nice comp.
Posted by Bret Edge on August 25, 2013 at 10:01 PM
I do think I would prefer this without the poles but even with them it is an outstanding photograph, Kathryn. The light, colors and those beautiful clouds are all so lovely.
Posted by Kane Engelbert on August 25, 2013 at 10:08 PM
Karl, nice reply. I agree. I suppose the nice puffy clouds and the soft, silky and rolling terrain marry one another well. I love the pano style here. Is this a crop or a real pano? If its a crop you may be able to add more foreground and content/aware the poles and you may have a winner here. I'll admit, not a huge fan of man made metal towers in landscape images, but they do add balance to the pano style image here.
Posted by Bill Pelzmann on August 25, 2013 at 11:09 PM
Sweet !
If I were to hang this on my wall, I would get rid of the poles.
Posted by Dan Gerth on August 26, 2013 at 5:54 PM
I would also get rid of the poles. Really a great scene; peaceful.
Posted by Stan Rose on August 26, 2013 at 8:40 PM
I'd leave the poles; they are what they are. The sky's cool! :wavey:
Posted by jack jaeger jr on August 28, 2013 at 9:30 PM
W/O poles for me
Posted by Fred Weymouth on August 30, 2013 at 6:32 PM
Great image! I actually like the poles, as they give a sense of scale to the scene. Very nice.