"Canopy Storm": This photo, taken in the EPCOT theme park in The Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida, was staged in the middle of the afternoon around 3pm as a typical summer storm was rolling into the park. My wife and I had just entered the park and it felt as though we were in the middle of a hurricane. It was raining sideways and the winds were extremely gusty, shaking nearly everything in the area including the palm trees and the canopy as is shown in this image. While watching a storm and seeing its raw power, I realized that I had to act and take a picture of the storm. What ended up being captured was the storm's movement and direction. In the bottom left corner of the image, one can see a clear sunny day but, as the eyes move to the right, one can see the ominous storm clouds and the dark sky.
What makes this image so captivating is that it partially proves the Floridian fable, "It rains in the front yard and not the back." That is, in fact, true, but this image also utilizes the "golden ratio" which is more commonly known in photography circles as the "rule of thirds." "Rule of thirds" explains how the human eye moves when viewing an image. When the eye looks at an image, the eye breaks the image down to three groups horizontally and three groups vertically. Once the eye calculates this division, it focuses on four points of intersection. It may help to think of a cube in the center of the photo. The golden sun coming through in the top left corner of this image is the first area the eye settles on. Typically, if there is a primary point of interest on one or more of the four locations mentioned before, the eye will be pleased with the image even if it is less dramatic than a storm coming in. The power of Mother Nature is simply breathtaking. However, it is very difficult to capture such beauty and one needs to be ready at a moment's notice. This picture was taken on the first attempt. I tried several different angles and lighting techniques after this image but none were as successful as my original.
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