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Photographer’s Note

At the big buddhist temple in Ulan Bataar. This day went from nice to bad to worse in about 45 minutes. 10 minutes after I took this picture, it started to pour with rain, 20 minutes after there was a huge hail storm, which accumulated to an inch thick on the ground. For the next few hours, every street in the city was flooded. Fun times...

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TheDunno (1030) 2004-11-21 3:32

The white of the temple with the dark sky works well. Maye a tad to much sky but otherwise a very nice shot.

PixelTerror (86088) 2004-11-21 10:27

Hi Mike a good shooting angle that maximizes the contrast between the clear building and the dark sky, well seen. Good light and colors saturation too.

Ebbe (9571) 2004-11-21 12:39

I like the feeling of low angle and perspective in this one. Majestic sky, very threatening. Maybe a bit more on the left had been good.

scalerman (25733) 2004-11-25 19:24

still the Tibetan script and the stupa against the storm comming. nice.

shutterbug (531) 2004-12-11 1:47

Hey Mike,
Sounds like ya barely escaped with your life! haha I've seen some horrible hail storms in my time as well, but luckily I was viewing them from indoors:D What a beautiful & powerful sky...I like how the nice bright golden temple contrasts with the eerie sky. I'm surprised it hasn't gotten more attention than it has.

~Stacey