POTN G-series Speed Challenge #379 ... It's Raining!

[teekay]

Congratulations, Linda, and all the rest who managed such wet looking shots!

Marie, I really liked the girls' expressions and posture in your shot, and they definitely looked rained upon, but I, too, had doubts that the rain looked entirely natural, so I'm glad you explained.

Of course it never rained here the entire week, and I don't have archive shots of miserable weather, so I had to process the heck out of an old storm cloudscape to get an entry anywhere near rainy looking.

[Raven]

Originally Posted by pwdieter

I don't like to go to my archives for entries but Raven apparently has the ability to stop the Seattle drizzle. So I went back and pulled this shot from Escure Ranch and re worked it in Topaz. I pushed it right to what I thought was the edge and then when compressed and stored online it seemed to topple over the edge (I hate that).

I loves me the Channeled Scablands, I'm sure there's not a member of this forum that wouldn't enjoy a weekend out shooting in these environs.
http://gallery.me.com/riverwader#100...lack&view=grid

I liked the window shots and Plover's really caught me..I think there might be a tighter crop there. Congrats to Linda looking forward to what she comes up with for this week.

Ha! If only, Paul.....
If I could stop the drizzle we probably wouldn't be able to lay claim to "The Emerald City" name anymore. Something tells me "the Smoky Topaz" city just wouldn't catch on.

[Raven]

Originally Posted by mrshobden

Thank you Raven for a being a great host to this week's challenge & you did very well being a newcomer!

Congratulations to my fellow winners - Marie & Paul ....I loved both of your entries!

Well, I think the rain must've lost its bearings - it feels like it's been constantly raining here & we are actually a very dry part of the country & was issued with a hosepipe ban a few weeks ago as we are in a "drought" ..... do you want your rain back? ! LOL It was extremely wet when I visited Bath last weekend and I did seek refuge in the warmth of the tourist coach for the city tour! A beautiful city, very photogenic....despite the rain!

Thank you, Linda and Marie, for the votes of confidence. I've been into photography for quite some time and I have to admit that taking photos may just be a bit easier than judging them.

[Raven]

Originally Posted by BobsYourUncle

Congrats all on some excellent entries.

When I saw this topic I thought yahoo! I can get some good shots for this one. I live about 150 miles north of Seattle at the Wet Coast in the Lower Rainland and it ALWAYS rains here.

Well gee whiz, whats up? We haven't had a drop of rain here since this topic was posted. Nothing! It has been beautiful sunshine and mostly clear skies.

In retrospect, I find it humorously ironic that I chose a topic around rain. It hasn't rained a drop here either since I posted the contest.

Jim

[polver]

Thanks for the kind words and welcome people I've looked at these challenge things before and thought "nah whats the point" but having finally "done it" I can see a great benefit in doing so as it made me go out and purposely take a picture and think about it ( lucky it rained that week). I should add that it was fun too and I quite enjoyed waiting and looking at the others pics.

Cheers, Peter

[mrshobden]

Originally Posted by polver

Thanks for the kind words and welcome people I've looked at these challenge things before and thought "nah whats the point" but having finally "done it" I can see a great benefit in doing so as it made me go out and purposely take a picture and think about it ( lucky it rained that week). I should add that it was fun too and I quite enjoyed waiting and looking at the others pics.

Cheers, Peter

Welcome Peter to the challenge "family" ....it can get addictive, these challenges, but it is great fun and as they say, practice makes perfect - I know that I have learnt an awful lot over the last couple of years by doing them.

I expect to see a photo in the next challenge, Peter!

[Michael Wells]

^^^What she said!^^^

They are a great deal of fun, and you can learn a lot by participating...I know I have. I wasn't able to participate in this one...too much going on at the moment...but I always enjoy seeing what gets posted even when I can't play!

[Kevan]

Hasn't done anything to improve my personality, but I know now what to do with a camera. I owe it to these folks.

[Maureen Souza]

Yay!!! Linda's was my fave photo as well& really thought all the entries were great!! Congrats to Marie & Paul as well.
We are on the road across the USA for 12 days & I actually brought my Pro 1. Tomorrow we will be at Mt. Rushmore.

[Maureen Souza]

Originally Posted by polver

Thanks for the kind words and welcome people I've looked at these challenge things before and thought "nah whats the point" but having finally "done it" I can see a great benefit in doing so as it made me go out and purposely take a picture and think about it ( lucky it rained that week). I should add that it was fun too and I quite enjoyed waiting and looking at the others pics.

Cheers, Peter

Welcome Peter! This is a fun challenge & the folks who participate are wonderful. Hope to see you back each week!

[marie]

Originally Posted by Northants Rob

G12

unbelievable difference when its raining, or even cloudy in Sydney. my brother and his family have lived there for many ,many years and when I was over I noticed that it really needs the sunshine.
one might think everywhere does, but not necessarily so.
this island somehow suits all kinds of weather.
maybe its in the country's 'genes'

Originally Posted by BobsYourUncle

And I don't have any rain pics in my archives. At least none I could think of. Don't like getting my G wet

lol

Originally Posted by pwdieter

I loves me the Channeled Scablands, I'm sure there's not a member of this forum that wouldn't enjoy a weekend out shooting in these environs.
http://gallery.me.com/riverwader#100...lack&view=grid

smashing pictures on the site. lovely countryside and great catches ( huge fish)
when clicked on some of the smaller sized pictures jumped back to the site's full page and didn't open up any larger
but all are really lovely anyway

Originally Posted by mrshobden

Congratulations to my fellow winners - Marie & Paul ....I loved both of your entries!

thanks Linda

Originally Posted by Kevan

What..and risk my camera getting wet? Are you mad?!?
A slap on the back too to Marie and Paul for their wonderful entries. Both..wonderful entries.

lol
the camera might shrink if it gets wet
(Bob may have had that worry too)

thanks Kevan

Originally Posted by kevan

I have a couple rain pics that I've taken some time ago, but they have faced earlier challenges so I was left high 'n' dry for this week. There is one nagging vision that will always haunt me for missing. I was in the city with my wife, in the Broadway area, and we had run for cover during an absolute summer day monsoon. I can picture the scene like it happened yesterday. This beautiful young couple standing nearby stepped off the curb, out and away from protection, and huddled romantically together under one of those miserably tiny, virtually disposable, umbrellas and looked back at us and flashed two beautiful smiles at us. The camera was in my hand. I was there and let that pounding rain, the cast of light breaking over the tops of the nearby buildings, and those two beautiful smiles vaporize without bending my freakin' elbow! Damn!
Oh, well...

(sigh)
beautiful scene


.......... sounds like the one that got away
):

lol

Originally Posted by teekay

Congratulations, Linda, and all the rest who managed such wet looking shots!
Marie, I really liked the girls' expressions and posture in your shot, and they definitely looked rained upon, but I, too, had doubts that the rain looked entirely natural, so I'm glad you explained.

I've seen many a dark cloud looming like it when out walking on the plains and yes, its always a huge downpour coming closer ( most times ) in the near distance . thanks Teekay

Originally Posted by Raven

Ha! If only, Paul.....
If I could stop the drizzle we probably wouldn't be able to lay claim to "The Emerald City" name anymore. Something tells me "the Smoky Topaz" city just wouldn't catch on.

Ireland being called the 'Emerald Isle' that rang a bell
lol
a green country and a now a green city.
saw Seattle on TV last night and there were lots of trees between the high buildings. it was a night shot shown from the sky
but the trees could be seen very well
must be partly why it's called Emerald City.
I want to send apologies as I clean forgot to thank you very much for 2nd place

Originally Posted by Raven

Thank you, Linda and Marie, for the votes of confidence. I've been into photography for quite some time and I have to admit that taking photos may just be a bit easier than judging them.

for sure.
I still have the old ( film) Minolta and few lens... from the days of yore
who'd go back

lol

Originally Posted by polver

Thanks for the kind words and welcome people I've looked at these challenge things before and thought "nah whats the point" but having finally "done it" I can see a great benefit in doing so as it made me go out and purposely take a picture and think about it ( lucky it rained that week). I should add that it was fun too and I quite enjoyed waiting and looking at the others pics.
Cheers, Peter

best of luck

Originally Posted by Maureen Souza

Yay!!! Linda's was my fave photo as well& really thought all the entries were great!!
Congrats to Marie & Paul as well.

thanks Maureen

safe journey to you both