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The storm

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alexander stefanatos

Premium (Pro), thessaloniki

The storm

South Africa
Cape Town

On my way to Cape Good Hope, while waiting to board the scheduled boat for the trip, a purely tropical rain started pouring from a densely clouded and menacing sky among lightnings and thunders..Our start was delayed for more than an hour for the storm to calm down but, on completion, the aftermath spectacle with the beam of sunlight penetrating through the dispersing clouds over the harbour waterfront was more than enough to compensate..
I menaged to snatch few hasty shots trying to cope also with my wife yelling at me to hurry for embarkation..

One of the first and most important things a photographer has to learn to comply with, if not also to enjoy, is the cruelty of loneliness...Beleive me!

In the photo one can see the famous and imposing over the harbour waterfront, Mount Table, emblem of Cape Town and quite often covered with clouds.

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DIMITRIOS TSAKIRIS 25/09/2015 20:25
Very impressive shot, Alexander competing with your touching description
Warm greetings
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Dinu Filipescu 25/09/2015 12:10
Wonderful image which deserves more than to be called a shot. And this under the conjugal stress!
Congratulations.
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Cameraqueen 23/09/2015 17:34
A dramatic photo of this wonderful place! Great shot.
Kind regards, Sabine
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s. sabine krause 23/09/2015 14:05
THE STORM forcing everything under its spell, making a point of demonstrating its power by shrinking the world and rendering everything monochrome! only the blue hulls of the boats still oppose: veterans of the ocean they refuse to pale at the sight of a storm! and the yellow pole on the pier – hope for sunshine and the proverbial silver lining coming with every cloud… a great atmospherical shot, alexander! this first one's my favorite of the series! greetings, sabine.
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SINA 23/09/2015 12:10
ein grosses geniales Stimmungsbild lieber Alexander
herzliche Grüße von Kristine
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Janos Gardonyi 23/09/2015 4:00
well captured, atmospheric & distinguished shot.....janos
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Jaap Koer 22/09/2015 9:52
A nice image and very impressive.
Jaap
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Harold Thompson 22/09/2015 9:02
Good use of the colour against the foreboding sky hope you didn't miss your boat
:-)) Harold
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Sue Thompson 22/09/2015 8:27
sunshine and blue sky is perfect for lazing about, but to get really good photos you have to have weather, and sunshine after a storm is a wondrous thing to see.
I hope you got onboard your ship in good time :)))

:))
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Adele D. Oliver 22/09/2015 3:27
so dramatic this dark sky and dark water ... yet an area in between full of light and bright colours ... an impressive image of nature's play with the weather!!
greetings, Adele
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