# Facing Storms

**URL:** <https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/facing-storms/10071>\
**Category:** Image Critiques\
**Tags:** weekly-challenge\
**Created:** [November 23, 2019, 6:56pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/facing-storms/10071 "2019-11-23T18:56:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Jim\_McGovern](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/jim_mcgovern/32/6267_2.png) [@Jim\_McGovern](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Jim_McGovern)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2019, 6:56pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/facing-storms/10071/1 "2019-11-23T18:56:26Z")

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I love how photography allows us to explore our life journey and inform us about who we are. Having a crescendo of stressors over the past years, I’ve endeavored to grow more in regards to facing life’s storms rather than running from them. This image helps me to express this sentiment.

### What technical feedback would you like if any?

Always open to others thoughts

### What artistic feedback would you like if any?

Any - please!

### Pertinent technical details or techniques:

(If this is a composite, etc. please be honest with your techniques to help others learn)

Single frame; Nikon D810; 14-24 f/2.8; 14mm, 1/50 @ F/11; ISO50.

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**Author:** ![Bill\_Fach](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/bill_fach/32/78290_2.png) [@Bill\_Fach](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Bill_Fach)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2019, 11:50pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/facing-storms/10071/2 "2019-11-23T23:50:56Z")

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Jim: I love the scene and the implications. Artistically I might want to crop away about half the sand so that the sky gets more prominence but this works well for me as is. A special moment superbly rendered. \>=))\>

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**Author:** ![Mark\_Seaver](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/mark_seaver/32/231_2.png) [@Mark\_Seaver](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Mark_Seaver)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2019, 1:56pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/facing-storms/10071/3 "2019-11-24T13:56:47Z")

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Jim, I like how there’s a sense of everything (clouds and lines in the sand) pointing to that small cloud burst in the center. Even though the sand luminosity is reflecting the sky brightness, I wonder how some subtle dodging of the sand in the center of the view would look.

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**Author:** ![Harley\_Goldman](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/harley_goldman/32/213_2.png) [@Harley\_Goldman](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Harley_Goldman)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2019, 2:11pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/facing-storms/10071/4 "2019-11-24T14:11:39Z")

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Dramatic and beautiful. I like the sand as is, the lines really pull me into the great stormy clouds. No nits here. Excellent!