And the rains came.....
“And the rains came” Photography & Artwork
by Holly Kempe ©
Sony a100 camera
Photoshop CS4 artwork
“Rain showers my spirit
and waters my soul.”
Emily Logan Decons
After many months of drought here in far north Queensland it was so refreshing to receive a few downpours yesterday which helped to wash away the dust storms residue from plants and trees as well as from our souls…...

And the rains came was featured in the:
- Dimensions group – Oct 09
- Inspired Art group – Oct 09
- redbubble’s Featured Art and Photography – Oct 09
And the rains came..... belongs to the following groups:
! Inspired Art !, ! φThe Dreaming Treeφ !, Dimensions, Farms and Countryside, ImageWriting (2/24), Landscape and Abstract Photography, Light In The Darkness, Minimalist Landscapes, Queensland, Stillness Speaks **Max 2 uploads per day** {{No NUDES, ABSTRACT, CANDIDS or ACTION IMAGES}}, Textured Landscapes and Trees - 2 images per day with trees as the focal point Available for sale asGreeting Cards, Matted Prints, Laminated Prints, Mounted Prints, Canvas Prints, Framed Prints and Posters

Lisa Wilson
Holly this image is exceptional. Everything about it is so professionally finished, you are certainly brilliant on your photoshop to produce images like this. Cant fault anything about it.
Makes me feel calm, enlightened and inspired. Go girl!
garts
This is wonderful, love the treatment and great composition.
Chris Clark
this is one hell of an outstanding and perfect piect of Art.
Well done Holly and this looks fabulous in the frame
Anthony Mancuso
stunnig work Holly, beautiful tones and composition, well done!
Scott d'Almeida
outstanding,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
RavenSoul
Gorgeous!
canonman99
wonderfully done,excellent edit,composition,color
Alf Caruana
impressive work
Heather Rivet...
well done
mikebov
superb
terezadelpilar
spectacular
lorilee
Wonderful!!!!!
Phillip Weyers
Beautiful result… and what a relief to have rain after a long drought.
richiedean
So glad you’ve had some ’ liquid sunshine ’ Holly, seen the blazes in Queensland on TV ….......... !!!
Expertly done …........... :))
Angie Muccillo
Wow outstanding image Holly…exquisite lighting and colors :-)
Imber
Very interesting and creative – great work.
Deirdre Brockl...
Great shot and effects.
Scott d'Almeida
amazing,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Charuhas Images
Awesome work…
Gary Paakkonen
Beautiful!!!!
Laurie Search
Wow, this is soooo beautiful!!
dlamb
Absolutely beautiful. Especially like the darkened foreground, adds some nice depth.
Ruby Del Angel
outstanding!
ega39
This is beautiful, love the colors
Jane Brack
Wow! Beautiful!!
Bob Wickham
Stunningly beautiful image, great computer work
Sharon Mau
It is very beautiful Holly, I love the vignette and wonderful deep light and colours. Rain, blessed rain, I am so happy you received some :))
Peacefulwarrior
wow stunning affects, beautifully done :))
Elana Bailey
Incredible lighting, processing, mood and capture. So glad that it rained for you Holly. Well done. An instant fave.
Antanas
great work
Anji Johnston
This image has everything! Lighting, colour, atmosphere, meaning,.... exceptional
guitarman
Great shot and wonderful colors.
Laura1957
Gorgeous!
Mike Edwards
Magic shot just beautiful.
Anne McGinn
beautiful blessed rain – gorgeous
Yvonne Hoffmann
this i called art!!! great!!!
Albert Sellaman
Adamsapple
A beautiful piece of art!
rjcolby
Great image Holly. Great depth and feel to this. Quote is perfect.
Louise Cooke
wow, what an amazing mood you’ve built here…fantastic!!
Nickie
Wonderful capture …..........
Clare Colins
lovely artwork!
Vanessawei
This looks amazing! ;)
Tiffany Dryburgh
Wow, how stunning!
ElRobbo
This is a tremendous piece, Holly!
A real ripper!
Top stuff!
Paul Vanzella
this is so easy to love!
Vicki Ferrari
Fantastic image Holly!!! Love this! Feel like I could step into this and soak up the essence that it has created for me! Love it! I can smell and feel this sunshower!! And the saying by Emily Logan Decons is so appropriate!!
tinnieopener
A Fave for me Holly:o)
Xandru
A shower is always welcome, even more so when anticipating a hot summer:-))
This is a STUNNING image! Well done Holly.
MagpieMagic
Gorgeous colours and a lovely image.
amko
Wow, I can just smell the rain and dust, wonderful image and treatment! :))
MartineDF
It’s beautiful, love your artwork. Well captured and edited.
Elizabeth McPhee
Such beautiful colours and light.
Mark Richards
absolutely beautiful, very eye catching and a fine art work Holly!
Artbenco
This is great the colours are well captured, it really tells a story – well done
Jason Asher
Just perfect treatment Holly, the tree really pokes out at you, not flat at all. Nice work.
DottieDees
Gorgeous work!
PBWright
That is an abolutely beautiful image!
redtree
Fan bloody tastic.
Hena Tayeb
gorgeous image
Tara Turner
stunning!
Isa Rodriguez
sensational. stunning.. beautiful!!!!!!!
Erhan OZBIYIK
Perfect !!!!
Alana Ranney
Well done!! Stunning!
WayneBonney
Just a fabulous stunning piece of artwork Holly!
maremarie
This is indeed fabulous! :
) Amazing piece of art :)))))))Donna M. Condida
This is gorgeous Holly!!
tett
Dramatic image.
Beata Belanszk...
Wonderful lights, wonderful landscape, great capture!
Nikola Wilson
WOW!!
Jamie Druitt
Brilliant Holly, Love the colours in that sky and the tree.
Jayme Rutherford
Lovely!
Helen Lewis
Love it – stunning shot!
silvercircles
A wonderful landscape!!
Sharon Mau
raindancerwoman
love it :)
Lozzie5243
Oh to be in the right place at the right time to capture a sensational photograph like this. I’m truly envious. Brilliantly done…..
Anna Shaw
What a wonderful image. So full of mood.
xx
GemmaWiseman
So very stunning! Colours contrast so dramatically and the focus on the one small tree in the middle of it all creates an enchanting sense of uniqueness!
Chris Fawkes
Wonderful
Aimelle
such awesome tones and light ! beautiful photograph
JKKimball
so beautiful Holly!
palegirl
A great picture given some great pizzazzzz – straight to favs.
Jacob Routzahn
Very beautiful lighting and nice bordering too. great shot!
walela
Beautiful!
artisandelimage
bravo !
my best, francis.
(did you vote in this challenge ???)
vampvamp
fantastic, love it!
Harry H Hicklin
Almost unearthly it’s so good.
You’re setting the bar awfully high…
Edge-of-dreams
Beautiful!
Veikko Suikkanen
Fantastic work Holly!!!
michalfanta
I really like the processing!
Robin D. Overacre
very nice
Tracey Mac
OMG Holly!!! This is your finest to date, how absolutely stunning, the tones are magical and Number 1 on most popular of 7 days is a fantastic effort, and no wonder, it’s the BEST image in there!! xx
rodeorose
Wonderful!
Kasia-D
Wow, what contrasts! Amazing scene to experience – and then to capture too!
Joanne Bradley
The contrast of colors and light is exceptional! No wonder you are in the #1 spot on the RB popular page! :-)
Kye Vincent
Brilliant
Lois Bryan about 1 month ago
magnificent composition … color … and that glorious rain!!!
Maria Masse about 1 month ago
Stunning, no other words to really express how magnificent this is!
Lee-Anne Raffe... about 1 month ago
very nice PP
Munggo about 1 month ago
Superb
Martie Venter about 1 month ago
This is absolutely stunning, love the post-processing! I have the same camera as you do – you are certainly doing outstanding work with it, thanks for the inspiration!
stephenknowles about 1 month ago
stunning, top shot Holly
Phineous Cas... 29 days ago
cool as great fota
Luca Renoldi 29 days ago
superb work
emdesigns 29 days ago
Great work, love the composition.
jacqleen 28 days ago
THIS is JUST FANTASTIC…....your tones and comp is just SUPERB…..but what I LOVEEEEEEEE about this,....is the feeling that i get when i look at it !!! Just STUNNING!
martinilogic 28 days ago
This is just absolutely fantastic…... WOW!!!!!
Ian Kahler 28 days ago
outstanding work!!
Gaz Gazmajster 28 days ago
Just beautiful !!! Great work!
Ben Luck 28 days ago
This is stunning. Beautiful mood, fantastic colours. Wow. Well done :)
Alan Watt 27 days ago
I really like this.
Its simple and has so much going on….if that makes sence?
Lawrence Criso... 27 days ago
its a very artistic piece of work!
targa 26 days ago
1 gorgeous..
#2 beautiful..
#3 perfecto..
vaquera 25 days ago
Wow, Stunning !
Barbara Brown 23 days ago
Great capture Holly!
Clare Colins 20 days ago
Love it…great image, perfect composition!
Gerardo Sánchez 20 days ago
Nice Shot! Beautiful colors! Very well done!
J O'Neal 19 days ago
Beautiful colors and lighting. This is a great image!
hsien-ku 18 days ago
very beautiful work
Erika Gouws 18 days ago
Stunning!
MartineDF 18 days ago
beautiful work, i love it! well done!
Trish Woodford 18 days ago
Such a gorgeous image, love the single tree composition and the layers and richness of colour are stunning. Really beautiful :))
Alf Caruana 18 days ago
beautiful work, love the golden tones
Liam Byrne 17 days ago
Fantastic composition, great postwork!
Michael E. Frye 16 days ago
Magnificent image. Incredible!
JennyDean 15 days ago
fantastico Holly! how did I miss this one?????
halina123 15 days ago
Love it ,Beautiful shot
Daz Zammit 15 days ago
Looks like a scene from ‘What Dreams May Come’
Paul Gibbons 15 days ago
Outstanding work Holly, the light is fabulous, great capture
JennyMac 15 days ago
Wow, wow, wow… really outstanding work! : ))
stutheartist 15 days ago
This is a beautiful image
Elana Bailey 13 days ago
Such drama and incredible lighting. Well done indeed. An instant fave.
Mary Campbell 13 days ago
You really captured the light of the storm well, the dark approaching clouds vs the light. Nice job.
Ralph Angelillo 13 days ago
Superb image, Holly !
gerrycyr 11 days ago
ouitstanding image
Darya Deriglazova 10 days ago
sensationally!♥
Kayleigh Evans 10 days ago
This is gorgeous! <3>
halina123 2 days ago
Beautiful