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Storm Over the Okavango River Delta


Storm Over the Okavango River Delta
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Copyright: Michael Trezzi (MichaelTrezzi) Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 304 W: 10 N: 451] (2658)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2008-01-23
Categories: Nature
Camera: Canon 5D, 24-105 f4 L IS USM
Exposure: f/9.0, 1/500 seconds
Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
Theme(s): TRIPLE WOW !!! [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2008-02-03 6:41
Viewed: 3135
Favorites: 11 [view]
Points: 60
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
This year the rain season took much longer then usual and in the Northern Botswana and Zambia the daily precipitation reached up to 250 mm even in the end of January. It was fascinating to watch during a 300km drive from Nata to Maun how such a storm builds up from small cumuli clouds to a real storm system of about 20 km in diameter. Later then from a small Cessna we saw this beautiful storm over the Okavango Delta. This beautifully meandering channel is called the Takhle River and creates the Western boudery of the Okavango Delta..

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  • Great 
  • lolo38 (49)
  • [2008-02-03 6:44]

beautifull, great shoot. thank you

One of the best photo never seen! Great!
Davide

Michael, this is enchanting. You have so many things to draw us in – the vibrant green of the earth beneath, the magnificent line and curve of the waterway, the dark hovering storm clouds. Your choice of point of view and your composition are both excellent.

Well done!
Jim

Hello Michael,
I love the colors and contrast, very good composition and point of view,good sharpness and clarity, beautiful vivid colors. well done!
Angela

Great capture!! Superb!

Hello Michael,
fabulous photo!! Fantastic colors, great POV and amazing scenery!!! TFS

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  • mirarer Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 434 W: 0 N: 314] (2732)
  • [2008-02-03 7:11]

Hi Michael,
Great landscape, beautiful colors and nice compo.
Regards,
Mirari

Hi Michael, thanks for sharing this photograph! We don't see much from this area in TE. Great vivid colors, fantastic!

Alex

hello Michael,
a visual fantastic rich of colors and lines, the natural graphic art of the creeks of the river in the middle to the forest, the sky
furrow from the loaded clouds of rain. ..great

greetings sERGIO

Bonjour Michael
Très belle photo ! Un cadrage excellent avec une rivière qui guide notre regard jusqu'à l'orage Bravo !

Hi,
beautiful photo, the presentation of this delta is amazing with the contrast only using the contrast beetwen green / blue.
Great photo!
Mateja

This is a fantastic image but I think in a landscape shot like this the vision gets restricted for the choice of vertical canvas which I think can be overcome by choosing a horizontal canvas which I have tried in PP; see if it is useful or not with a :)

  • Great 
  • jmcl Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2589 W: 146 N: 3421] (11904)
  • [2008-02-03 7:54]

hi Michael,

Wonderfully composed depth .. stunning and beautiful color and light .. the sky is so smooth and noise free .. I am always in awe of capturing such an infinite feeling in a vertical frame .. tremendous image.

take care,

John

Hi Michael
what a wonderful picture of this fantastic place. Colors are splendid and the river like a long snake is amazing. Congratulations.
Olivier

A great composition. Very eye catching and minimalistic.
Excellent.
Stefano

Hi Michael,
fantastic capture, good composition and nice colours. Amazing shot!
Best regards,
Andrzej

  • Great 
  • jmdias Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1676 W: 179 N: 2204] (8905)
  • [2008-02-03 11:47]

michael
this image is so colorful that we can think it isn't real, it is a fauve painting. Good solors, pov, compo and everything

jorge

WOW! Amazing picture, I love the bright green colour with stormy blue sky, excellent contrast. Well Done.
Regards
Syed

  • Great 
  • sevy Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 696 W: 136 N: 1076] (6239)
  • [2008-02-04 5:05]

Hello,

Very impressive landscape. It is very different of what it looks like last July.
I like a lot the play of the colors and the river flowing like a snake in this green area.

Yves.

  • Great 
  • UlfE Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1479 W: 18 N: 1500] (5991)
  • [2008-02-04 11:19]

Hi Michael,

Marvelous shot and amazing colours. Minimalistisc but very, very fascinating to look at. One of your best pictures. Congratulations!

Cheers,

Ulf

Bonsoir Michael,
Magnifique image d'une des plus belle région d'Afrique.
Philippe

Hi Michael, What a wonderful aerial view of this beautiful area, the strong yellows are superb, that sky looks very hominess, however the contrast in light is brilliant, a very lovely photo, kind regards Wilson.

  • Great 
  • sujit Silver Star Critiquer/Gold Workshop Editor/Silver Note Writer [C: 27 W: 57 N: 17] (251)
  • [2008-02-09 8:49]

Lovely shot!!

Hello Michael,
I heard so much about this Okawongo river,
but it is difficult for me to organize a trip to Bostwana..
Anyway, your picture is for me the best that one could expect from a plane. The big "S" is really outstanding. I find the clouds too saturated but this is a personal opinion.
I wish you an excellent week - Izzet

Fascinating picture. Happy to see that there are still untoutch places on earth. Thank you for taking this picture and sharing it.
Very good colours and excellent POV. I´m a geography student (climatology) and the cloud formation caught my attention.

Very good.

McRato

Hallo,I love this tender green and the contrast with the sky.
Very beautiful photo.
Francesco

  • Great 
  • adores Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2804 W: 53 N: 3979] (12691)
  • [2008-03-26 18:04]

Hi Michael!
Very good shot! Good composition and perfect colours, I like the way the yellow constrasts with the dark sky. You placed the horizon very well. Amazing place

olá,
simply beautiful!!!!
pedro

Hi Michael,
great idea and beautiful vertical framing for this photo.
I liked very much your photo collections. Well done.
Bravo,
Costantino

Amazing photo!
I really love the yellow ground, contrasted by the dark water reflecting the clouds. Also interesting is the greenish line on the horizon.
Tfs!
Jonte

Hi Michael,
what a stunning view is this?
The meandering channel is like a snake! The Pov is excellent and the colours vivid and I would say fantastic! The bright light on the earth contrasts the cloudy sky so much!
It was very kind of you to share this wonderful image with all of us. Thank you very much!

Warm regards,
Athanasios.

Simply fascinating!!! Simple composition, yet so powerful nad with greqt intense colours. Good saturation. The reflection of the storm in the winding river, going in the distant, these electric-green plants... All is good!

Man, you really have seen a lot of places...

Regards,

Asparuh

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