Now this was a difficult choice to make. Asked for lots of opinions - dead even split between my entry and this:
I really have no idea how this will go, and I'll no doubt have 'entry choice regrets' as soon as this goes into voting!
The white dotty areas are cotton paddocks - it's harvest season where I live. The day this was taken it was horribly overcast and dreary the whole day; I was at work and it was drizzling and I thought I had no chance of getting anything... then the clouds started breaking up late afternoon and I watched it happen for over an hour as I drove all the way home.
I tried the wide angle, tried about 4 or 5 other locations as the sun was going down, nothing was working for me. Then the rays started appearing, but the wide angle wasn't getting close enough. Quick lens change, a bit of zooming (lots of different zooms actually), and this one seemed to come out all right.
Enjoy!
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The clouds on the top portion are a bit heavy for me, and there's a light spot on the upper lefthand corner which bugs me. But besides for that, I like it.