Power in Nature by taffy

Power in Nature

My Get Pushed partner, @soseema, asked me to take a photo of something that represented power. I've thought about this all week and though I have a few other ideas, have been hoping to have the opportunity to photograph power in nature. Tonight's sunset fit the bill, from my perspective -- sun power, water power, wind power -- there they all were. Three separate photos, each from 3 separate shots combined using HDR, then imported to picmonkey to make the triptych.

Extras Album: Another Red Canoe http://365project.org/taffy/the-also-ran-ph/2014-08-21
beautifully composed triptych
August 22nd, 2014  
Profoundly beautiful. It's one of those photos that makes the viewer sigh at the sight. Fav.
August 22nd, 2014  
Beautiful !!
August 22nd, 2014  
Wow this is an awesome picture...I'd say you nailed it! Remember you need to also tag your get pushed partner in the comment for them to see :-)
August 22nd, 2014  
Oh and FAV! :-D
August 22nd, 2014  
Oh I really love what you did here.So very effective!drama and power fir sure! Huge fav!
August 22nd, 2014  
@soseema Hi Seema! I hope this meets your idea for the challenge. I have another idea I'm going to try to capture Saturday on our way back to Chicago if I can pull it off. Power that isn't in nature...
August 22nd, 2014  
Very creative, sometimes we forget what an all powerful force nature is. :-)
August 22nd, 2014  
Love this one Taffy
August 22nd, 2014  
Awesome.
August 22nd, 2014  
Wow, what a great image! fav
August 22nd, 2014  
Awesome sky, certainly illustrates the power of nature. Like the use of the collage. Fav
August 22nd, 2014  
What a great display! Instant fav!
August 22nd, 2014  
beautiful image. like the triptych look
August 22nd, 2014  
Gorgeous, Taffy. The triptych format encourages the viewer to look closely at each of the views. I love it.
August 22nd, 2014  
You always deliver the best :)
August 22nd, 2014  
Stunning collage. Congratulations on making the Trending Page. Well deserved.
August 22nd, 2014  
Amazing as always!
August 22nd, 2014  
This is AMAZING, Taffy. Love how you put this together in the form of a collage. So beautiful. One of your finest in my eyes. FAV
August 22nd, 2014  
Beautifully done! Gorgeous shots!
August 22nd, 2014  
This is beautiful, powerful it is, Mother Nature has more power than anything man made. Have a good journey back to Chicago
August 22nd, 2014  
What you have done here, Taffy, is really amazing: you have taken one beautiful bracketed image and split it into three images, each of which can hold its own. The overall composition is excellent, each individual composition is great, and the colour grading from gold on the right to blue on the left makes each part unique. Well done and well deserved fav. (Lovely framing too, by the way)
August 22nd, 2014  
Truly gorgeous! You have the gift of the "eye." Great use of technology also.
August 22nd, 2014  
stunning
August 22nd, 2014  
Beautiful composition and I like it divided into the three images! The framing is wonderful too - looks like a picture frame with a bevel- cut mat.
What did you use to create the tryptich and the frame?
August 22nd, 2014  
A fabulous shot
August 22nd, 2014  
Fantastic capture and perfect for the "get pushed" task. Absolutely love it., I'll have to look at picmonkey, I really love how you have separated into 3 pieces. Brilliantly done, instant FAV :-)
August 22nd, 2014  
Beautiful shot, there certainly is a lot of power in nature.
August 22nd, 2014  
Taffy, you've excelled yourself in this triptych. Your imaginative conceptualisation of power is very well exemplified in the three images. I'm lost in admiration at the way you've processed and compressed nine images into a single concept. Fav
August 22nd, 2014  
Wow Taffy what a wonderful job you have done here! Each shot is fab individualy but put together in the triptych really makes you look at each shot and I am blown away by the power of the final image. Stunning! Fav! Safe journey back to Chicago!
August 22nd, 2014  
Instant fave from me Taffy, such a wonderful triptych and a great way to display your weekly challenge.
August 22nd, 2014  
Stunning Taffy, love how you've captured the sky so it looks like it's dropping down with the sun.
August 22nd, 2014  
Taffy - this is wonderful. There is such depth and light in this photograph and the scale really does let you see the power in nature. The triptych effect is brilliant because it as though the viewer is behind a window trying to capture but unable to contain that power. Fab.
August 22nd, 2014  
Great sky-scapes!
August 22nd, 2014  
Nature is a power to be respected. It can't be bought, or influenced for politics, or succumb to religious fervor. It attacks all or shines on all.
August 22nd, 2014  
this is gorgeous - fav
August 22nd, 2014  
Super series. Fav.
August 22nd, 2014  
wow these are wonderful. fav
August 22nd, 2014  
I just do not know how someone can take such fantastic images. They are truly stunning
August 22nd, 2014  
A fabulous triptych and a big fav. Awesome work!
August 22nd, 2014  
Wow stunning shots they come together beautifully fav
August 22nd, 2014  
yep power!
August 22nd, 2014  
Wonderful processing. Fav
August 22nd, 2014  
Fabulous shot A Fav
August 22nd, 2014  
Stunning and a fav !
August 22nd, 2014  
Jo
Perfect response for the challenge and a truly beautiful shot.
August 22nd, 2014  
Beautiful!
August 22nd, 2014  
Powerfully magestic!
August 22nd, 2014  
I saw this on the Trending Page and knew this was yours. What a fantastic Hilliard style image. I love the power of Mother Nature here, an instant fav! Wonderful!!
August 22nd, 2014  
Magnificent and yes, powerful, image. The triptych is wonderful.
August 22nd, 2014  
This is stunning shot
August 22nd, 2014  
@ericdibosco Thanks Eric -- I always love to read your comments! For this image, I actually used 9 shots, 3 for each vertical scene. I stood on the beach (without a tripod as the idea for it occurred to me after I'd already taken single shots at higher speeds and didn't need it) and did 3 bracketed shots for each of them, using a spot on the horizon to try to keep them as even as possible. A tripod would have helped ALOT! I was really excited to see how these came out -- and for once, couldn't wait to post it.

@leanne333 Thanks so much for the visit and comment. I ended up revising the description based on yours and Eric's comments as this was actually done from 9 images. I did use picmonkey to create the collage and then do the overall frame once they were combined into the single image.
@redy4et Thanks as always, Elizabeth!! I was pretty excited when I finished this so I am so glad you liked it. I used picmonkey for the triptych and then once it was done, clicked 'edit' which takes you to the main picmonkey editing screen. From there, I chose the frame and the modified it just a bit.
August 22nd, 2014  
Well this is something else. How marvellous, definitely worthy of a wall.
Did I see you on TT again too? Many congrats:0)
August 22nd, 2014  
Just awesome! I think I'd prefer it not as a triptych, though. Does give it a different effect, though.
August 22nd, 2014  
This is so imaginative, Taffy, and really does convey power creatively. Definitely a fav.
August 22nd, 2014  
Wonderful triptych, Taffy. Fav!
I'm now at the point of stopping with my 365 project and so I want to let you know that I've learned so much from your great comments and wonderful pics. Thank you for enriching my life! All the best and take care! :)
August 22nd, 2014  
Lovely captures and post-processing,
August 22nd, 2014  
@stimuloog Oh gosh...I'm sad to think you are leaving. I feel like I've followed you forever! All the best to you and I hope you continue enjoying photography for many years to come! I so appreciate your comment to me. Thank you!
August 22nd, 2014  
Beautiful capture and presentation. Love the triptych! fav
August 22nd, 2014  
FAV!!!!!!
August 22nd, 2014  
Beautifully composed triptych:-)FAV!!
August 22nd, 2014  
wow this is breathtaking!!
August 22nd, 2014  
Super compilation
August 22nd, 2014  
Super collage.
August 22nd, 2014  
magnificent capture! something you could hang in your lounge with pride
August 22nd, 2014  
Amazing triptych! The overall depth of the image (and in your editing skills) demonstrates power for sure!
August 22nd, 2014  
Beautiful! fav
August 22nd, 2014  
A master class in how to produce a stunning triptych. Each panel stands on its own but combines with the others to make an even more impressive whole. For me the power within the images is in the sky.
August 22nd, 2014  
@amandal Thanks Amanda! Here it is in a single bracketed shot (one image, processed in HDR using 3 shots)...what do you think compared to the triptych? https://www.flickr.com/photos/taffyraphael/15001861382/in/set-72157644033624685
August 22nd, 2014  
The power of nature has been aptly captured by you and your camera. Stunning in color, detail and presentation. Wow!
August 22nd, 2014  
Absolutely beautiful. Big fav
August 22nd, 2014  
WOW....Taffy this magnificent! This would be wonderful on a wall (a big wall)....Major fav
August 23rd, 2014  
super fav!!!
August 23rd, 2014  
Stunning shots! fav!
August 23rd, 2014  
FAV! Amazingly POWERFUL as an image, and represents the ideas of power in the three elements so well. Well conceptualized and executed, Taffy!
August 23rd, 2014  
Wow Taffy, what a great triptych to symbolise power in nature. Very cleverly put together, I love how you have used a triptych with separate shots. Fav
August 23rd, 2014  
Congratulations on this one. You have certainly nailed it! Fantastic triptych.
August 23rd, 2014  
Fav
August 23rd, 2014  
I didn't realise I could make triptychs in picmonkey, I always use photoshop.
Love your final image and I think it fits your challenge perfectly.
August 23rd, 2014  
This is wonderful!! Instant FAV! Very creative!
August 23rd, 2014  
Very nice!
August 23rd, 2014  
Really unbelievable. I want this poster size on my wall, please!
August 23rd, 2014  
Oh, and FAVE!
August 23rd, 2014  
This really is stunning. Would look great on a wall I would think.
August 23rd, 2014  
Sue
Awesome.
August 23rd, 2014  
bmt
Just lovely!
August 23rd, 2014  
fabulous concept and composition. bravo!
August 23rd, 2014  
Fabulous. Fav
August 23rd, 2014  
You nailed this! Just awesome and a fav.
August 23rd, 2014  
Really great tryptich. Works so well.
August 23rd, 2014  
Terrific shot and amazingly presented. fav
August 23rd, 2014  
What an expansive display of nature's power.
Beautiful!
fav
August 23rd, 2014  
This is lovely- it looks like you're looking through a window. What a beautiful scene.
August 24th, 2014  
wow! it is a POWERFUL shot!! great job! fav
August 24th, 2014  
Wonderful!
August 24th, 2014  
@vickisfotos Thanks for the visits today, the comments which were so supportive, and the favs. I really appreciate it Vicki!
August 24th, 2014  
I am trying to keep more balanced this year with 365...so I am only posting once a week and use that day to catch up on everyone. I know it messes with PP for everyone when I am so late to comment and fav...but I have to do it this way at least for now
August 24th, 2014  
Let me add to the FAVs! :-)) Very cool photo, great triptych, wonderful interpretation of power!! Love it!
August 24th, 2014  
Beautiful triptych :) Congratulations on being popular too :)
August 24th, 2014  
@taffy ...I'm even more impressed: not only do you do bracketing free-hand, but also pano-stitching!
August 24th, 2014  
I like how you've divided it into three
August 24th, 2014  
@pennyp Thanks for your visits and comments today, Penny! I appreciate it. For this shot, I actually combined three different images, each of which were combined using HDR from 3 images. That's why it doesn't quite align from photo to photo.
August 24th, 2014  
Oh wow - that's fabulous. A big fav!
August 24th, 2014  
Love this! If I ever have bigger apartment with more room on the walls, I really want something like this on my wall.
August 24th, 2014  
Congrats on The TT. Great tryptych.
August 29th, 2014  
Congrats on #2 for the week - I knew this would be on TT. Truly wonderful work, some of the best work I have ever seen on 365. I'd fav it again if they let me.
August 29th, 2014  
Congrats on TT! One of my all time favourites Taffy!
August 30th, 2014  
Congrats on TT Taffy, this is one of my favourite shots of yours.
August 30th, 2014  
Congrats on TT...this is stunning!
August 30th, 2014  
Congrats on TT!! This is one of my very favorites.
August 30th, 2014  
Congrats Taffy on TT! Just amazing!
August 30th, 2014  
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