Blue, Grey, White, Black: There's A Storm Brewing

Challenge #14 in the Colours & Shades: The World I Know series. Hosted by Stormcastle.

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This challenge is pretty simple: show us the menace and the beauty of Mother Nature getting ready to unleash bad weather. Storm clouds, funnel clouds, hurricanes, or torrential rains viewed from afar - just make sure your photo isn't from INSIDE dangerous weather as we don't encourage that sort of recklessness.

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Announced:

Saturday, 29th January, 2011 (GMT)

Submissions:

Saturday, 5th February, 2011 – Friday, 11th February, 2011 (GMT)

Voting:

Saturday, 12th February, 2011 – Friday, 18th February, 2011 (GMT)

Processing rules:

- Photos **MUST** have an easily identifiable bad weather theme
- Both colour and B&W
- HDR is allowed in this challenge
- No scanned images
- No digital composites
- No children under age 16
- Do not frame photos or watermark them
- Only photos that you, yourself, have taken

Capture date rules:

No restrictions.

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VOTING GUIDE:
Please adhere to the following guide for voting in this challenge.
0.5 star: Does not meet challenge topic/rules
1 star: Poor quality
2 star: Adequate
3 star: Good
4 star: Excellent
5 star: Spectacular/Epic/Awesome
The 0.5 star rule is the most important! If you do not like the photo, please rate it with a single star as it is much better for expressing constructive criticism.
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You are asked to only submit photos that are honest to the subject matter and are more spur of the moment if you can - pre-planned photographs add an artificial quality.
However, ultimate judgment on what you submit is entirely up to you.

Maximum number of entries per user:

Maximum number of entries in challenge:

222

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Thunderhead

by Kwick1

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Thunderhead, Chobe National Park, Botswana

Camera:	Canon PowerShot S95
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Submitted:	Friday, 11th February, 2011 16:05 (GMT)
Taken:	Saturday, 11th December, 2010
Focal length:	6 mm
Shutter speed:	1/1000 sec
Aperture:	F5.6
ISO:	80
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Galleries:	View this photo in Kwick1's gallery

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