Comment from Susan F. M. T.
Fred,
A beautiful & dramatic dawn picture with the rain clouds fanning out across the heaven on their way to Ireland to drop most of their rain the gold along the horizon draws the eye towards it & to the heart of the image. Artistic composition, framing & lighting with superb camera techniques with sharp focus.
Susan

 Comment Written 10-Feb-2016

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reply by the author on 10-Feb-2016

merci beaucoup

Comment from GaliaG
Excellent angle of shot and depth of field

good light handling, good focus, details and initial impact

well done and thanks for sharing

 Comment Written 10-Feb-2016

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reply by the author on 10-Feb-2016

toda raba

Comment from seshadri_sreenivasan
What a glorious moment it must have been! Beautiful shot! You have timed it well. The light, colour and the composition have worked well. Good effort!

 Comment Written 10-Feb-2016

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reply by the author on 10-Feb-2016

many thanks sesha

Comment from Lilibug6
This is a beautiful sunrise shot! The cloud formations are awesome! The focus is tack sharp! The lighting is very nice! The color is great! Well done and a pleasure to view! Lori

 Comment Written 10-Feb-2016

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reply by the author on 10-Feb-2016

any thanks again lori

reply by Lilibug6 on 10-Feb-2016

My pleasure! Lori

Comment from dalebraatz
What a wonderful first impression, Very good details and textures and colors have been captured here in that dark cloud. Very pleasing to look at. Thank you for sharing. dale

 Comment Written 10-Feb-2016

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reply by the author on 10-Feb-2016

thanks a lot Dale

Comment from jo-cal
good initial impact, I like the drama captured in the sky I like the positioning of the horizon to get the full view of the clouds, well framed. thanks for sharing.

 Comment Written 10-Feb-2016

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reply by the author on 10-Feb-2016

many thanks Jo

Comment from Life is but a dream.
Artistic catch and the colour palette of opposing and contrasting colours of yellow and purple are excellent.

Nice panoramic presentation that further accentuates the magnificent sky which is just waking up.

Horizontal cut has been considered and weight has been given to the sky....as it should be thereby rendering you a great catch.

You could try this in high contrast b/w too but then it would become rather cliche.

Lovely shot SuperGod.

 Comment Written 10-Feb-2016

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reply by the author on 10-Feb-2016

thanks a lot olga for your lovely comments

Comment from Dick Lee Shia
Eerie spread of these cumulonimbus clouds erupting like a dormant volcano erupting for the first time!
Subtle illumination.
Diffused focusing.
Thanks for sharing...

 Comment Written 10-Feb-2016

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reply by the author on 10-Feb-2016

many thanks dick

Comment from kellyg
Wow, learned a new term tonight.. Cropping to panorama... I do that a lot, but never thought about it in those terms. :). Thank you... This is stunning. I love clouds, There is not a dang thing I don't see wrong with this. And I love everything about it. The focus, the colors, the subject. The lighting. Superb. Thank you for sharing.

Kelly

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reply by the author on 10-Feb-2016

thanks a lot Kelly for your lovely comments and top rating;
and of course, I learnt the term from others: not my mother's language.....

Comment from a.samathasena
What a great nice gorgeous lovely shot.Wonderful nice seascape scene.Dark Cloud at sunrise,dark cloud details and artistic nature occasion,design sky and clouds, water and reflection,light and shadows are gorgeous great and make a nice scene.I like this talent work.Focus color and all are excellent.Great job.Well Done.Thanks.

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 Comment Written 10-Feb-2016

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reply by the author on 10-Feb-2016

thanks sam