A lonely wild flower fluctuates in the high wind on this stormy day on a tree stump in a lake, middle Germany.

Dramatic stormy skies and a long exposure created the surreal look.
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I wanted to shoot this for quite a long time. I had this frame in my mind for a while and waited several months to get the right conditions. You need a dark rainy day, fast moving clouds, high winds and a steady foreground in the desired direction. At the end after various compositions I and all my equipment were wet through...

Tech Data:
-Canon 5D + Body Armour
-17-40mm @ 30mm + Polarizer + ND400 (9Stops) + 2 Stop GND
-Tripod, Cable Release, Camera Hot-Shoe-Level
-F/8, 80seconds exposure, ISO100
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-Type about:config in Firefox 3's address bar and press Return. The configuration settings will appear.
-In the Filter field, type gfx. The list of settings will shorten to show just those related to graphics, ie gfx.
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