Etosha Stormscape


Posted by Morkel Erasmus on Sun Aug 17, 2014 2:02 pm

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The famous Okaukuejo waterhole in Etosha National Park, Namibia. 
The rains brought some nice clouds and colours to this sunset, unfortunately the rains also ensured no animals needed to come for a sunset drink .

Single exposure, love the D800 sensor's dynamic range, usually this would have required at least 2 exposures blended with my other cameras. Slight crop from top only for presentation (not much going on there but blue hour clouds without form and structure).

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Nikon D800
Nikkor 24-70mm f2.8 @ 27mm
Kenko Pro CPL
f8.0 | 1.3s | ISO-100
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by E.J. Peiker on Sun Aug 17, 2014 2:36 pm
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Gorgeous color in the sky. Very nice shot.
 

by John Labrenz on Mon Aug 18, 2014 12:10 am
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This is sweet Morkel...love the colors.
 

by joergbonner on Mon Aug 18, 2014 2:44 pm
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sweet light and sky, morkel! two things that come to my mind: a) the foreground looks a bit warmer then the rest (i guess that's due to the artificial light at the waterhole. you might wanna cool that down b) the clouds look a wee bit overcooked (as in too much sharpening) - there's also some unnaturally looking banding going on at the transition from the magenta to the blue tones in the sky.
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by Morkel Erasmus on Thu Aug 21, 2014 12:24 pm
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Thanks guys, and thanks for the suggestions Joerg!
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by jerryb on Thu Aug 21, 2014 12:59 pm
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Peaceful spot to observe the storm.
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