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Turbulence #1


 
BetterPhoto.com Photo Contest Finalist   Turbulence #1
Turbulence #1
f5.6, 1/250, 135mm

John W. Bates

 
 
 

Susana Ms Heide
 

WOW!!!! This is absolutely AMAZING!! It looks like you were in total control of the shape of the smoke with the three swirls, each curling up a bit further than the following one! The diagonal comp is GREAT! I predict a WINNER!! Can you tell I like this image? :o)


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November 16, 2005

 

John W. Bates
  The 250 other shots I took, and the four sticks of incense, give the lie to my "control". I swear I almost hyperventilated trying to blow the smoke around. Forget about herding cats...

Thanks for your enthusiasm. I like it myself.


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November 16, 2005

 

David L. Luchowski
  Your extensive efforts were paid off with amazing results.This is an awesome image.Great job John.


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November 16, 2005

 

Gene Spears
  very cool image - nice work!


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November 16, 2005

 
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  John, I guess my comments got lost; excellent detail and composition; love the swirls.


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November 16, 2005

 

Richard Lynch
  Looks like a study in the formation of tornadoes. Pretty great.


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November 17, 2005

 
- Jill Odice

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  After reading your comment about all the shots you took to get this, I don't feel so bad about my attempt to do the same thing :-) In your case, it was well worth the effort! You really got a great shot! Bravo! :-)


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November 17, 2005

 

Kerby Pfrangle
  John this is very cool. Like swirls of the smoke and your efforts paid off.

Kerby


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November 17, 2005

 

Wayne T. Fisk
  Bravo,John! It must have taken you a lot of shots for this "geometry" to take place. great technique!
Wayne


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December 20, 2005

 

Wendy Stevenson
  Congratulations on this awesome finalist!! I can just imagine how many tries it took to get this but WOW, it was well worth the effort I'd say!!!


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December 20, 2005

 

Susana Ms Heide
  I'm so glad to see this here! It's simply AWESOME!! BEST of luck in the golden round!!


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December 20, 2005

 

Tim Goodspeed
  John, congratulations. I really like this image. Great work.


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December 20, 2005

 
- Jill Odice

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  I loved this shot, it has stuck in my head how wonderful it came out, so all your hard work catching it has been worth it! Congrats, hope it's the Big Winner :-)


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December 20, 2005

 

Katherine Kuhn
  Wow, reading how long it took you to get this shot, huge congrats on making finalist & best of luck moving forward! It's an awesome shot -- almost surreal!


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December 20, 2005

 
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