I've been meaning to take some after-storm pics for a while now, finally got around to doing it a couple days ago. Just walking around my house taking random pictures my crappy camera(digital elph....)
I got a few ones that I consider good. Most of the not-good ones I blame on the camera.. the subject is good, just didn't photo well.
Here is my favorite. This is a shot of my brother's '78 bronco. Don't know why its my favorite, I just like it. I like the water on the aluminum grille, I like the not-quite-closed hood, I like how the sky's blue gray looks against the truck's blue.. I like the contrasting orange, I like the curve of the trim on the fender flare. I just like it. I think its probably one of the best pictures I've taken.
No color adjustment, no cropping, this is exactly what I took off the camera, scaled down with a black border around it:
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Okay, sit back 5 or 6 feet from your monitor so you don't notice the shitty quality, and this looks like a good picture.. This one I did tweak a bit, I bumped the hue and saturation a touch :embarassed: Its also cropped.
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This is why I've been wanting to take an after-storm pic 
Completely un-altered, just scaled and added a border!
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Wish I had a good camera....
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contrast jacked up to make this look like something other than gray....
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Theres a dozen more out of focus pictures... I'll leave those out 
. The 4th i didnt like that much. Its a nice flower and a nice composing and all but its a bit blurry. Maybe you have a camera that can do just so much as i have? Last picture also awsome. Its darkness.core, those dark rocks and that luring but yet dangerous mushroom. Over all great stuff! GJ!