Lenticular Over Seattle

Gallery: Man & NaturePosted January 13, 2010421 views16 comments

Hello everyone ! Well I have to say this by far was the strangest thing that has to me while photographing. While teaching a workshop we figured that we practice some in the field stuff so we decided to head downtown Seattle. As the sun set the color was not bad but died off quick and got dark within a very short time with exposure time of over 30 seconds. Just as we finshed for the night the clouds lit up within a matter of seconds and I have never seen color like this as well as having a lenticular cloud above the city - Holy Wow W!! Anyways, it was so strong it was blowing out my reds and expoosure time was back down to a few seconds again.

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16 comments

Comment posted by Robert Costall on January 13, 2010 at 5:27 PM

Wow is right. Excellent image - nicely composed too.

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Comment posted by Wayne Simpson on January 13, 2010 at 5:42 PM

Craaaaaaazy! Great colour, flow and depth to this image Kevin. It would be cool to see this as a huge print... so much detail. Great work as always!

Wayne

Registered on December 11, 2006, 303 Posts, 924 Comments

Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on January 13, 2010 at 7:02 PM

Really amazing Wow color! Great detail. Another interesting observation is the almost deserted highways; is the traffic usually so light in Seattle?

Registered on September 1, 2009, 588 Posts, 8184 Comments

Comment posted by Kah Kit Yoong on January 13, 2010 at 7:46 PM

Awesome light and colours. I like how the cloud and road patterns seem complementary.

Registered on September 27, 2006, 636 Posts, 10682 Comments

Comment posted by Kevin McNeal on January 14, 2010 at 1:06 AM

Thank you for the comments.
Gary - it is funny as I did not think so much about it but now that you mention it is kind of weird to see so little traffic !

Registered on May 19, 2006, 209 Posts, 3202 Comments

Comment posted by Genny K. on January 14, 2010 at 2:09 AM

One of the best pictures of Seattle that I've ever seen. Very cool.
What was your shutter speed? Maybe the traffic just blurred enough that you can't see it.....
Nice!

Registered on June 5, 2006, 132 Posts, 2001 Comments

Comment posted by Eva McDermott on January 14, 2010 at 9:07 AM

WOW is right! This is spectacular!

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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on January 14, 2010 at 11:36 AM

I like this Kevin. Really great sky and color. I think farther down the road you can see the streaks of red from tail lights in the 2 right lanes and the headlights in the left lanes. Really cool shot.

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Comment posted by Bill Dark on January 14, 2010 at 8:33 PM

Wow! Makes me want to move to Seattle. The color and unusual lenticular cloud is amazing, and you composed this perfectly. Excellent!

Registered on May 27, 2005, 148 Posts, 1121 Comments

Comment posted by Kevin Hillegass on January 15, 2010 at 2:23 AM

I bet it was fun to see...

Kevin

Registered on August 11, 2004, 29 Posts, 166 Comments

Comment posted by David Edwards on January 16, 2010 at 11:47 PM

Just stunning light, Kevin! The whole scene has an amazing glow and beautiful warmth. Awesome shot!

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Comment posted by Ryan Dyar on January 17, 2010 at 2:54 AM

Pretty cool shot, Kevin... and amazing light. The colors look great here. Is it just me, or could this go for a slight ccw rotation? All the buildings are leaning to the right a bit. Great shot none the less.

Registered on November 8, 2008, 22 Posts, 129 Comments

Comment posted by Ed Lowe on January 17, 2010 at 10:39 AM

Totally amazing light and color, Kevin. I love the warm glow in this cityscape. This is very minor; and it may be just me; but this appears to have a slight CW tilt.

Ed

Registered on February 7, 2004, 414 Posts, 7115 Comments

Comment posted by Catherine Reilly on January 18, 2010 at 3:43 AM

Whoa! is right!!

That's incredible, Kevin. One of the best shots of Seattle. You lucky!

The larger view shows some sharpening halos, but man, the detail and color in this is so spectacular! It's got all the good Seattle stuff, too: ships in the bay, Smith Tower among others, light streams from I-5 traffic. Whoa!

Registered on August 16, 2006, 603 Posts, 9192 Comments

Comment posted by Michael J Greene, on January 19, 2010 at 10:10 AM

Wonderful work Kevin. The skyline is tack sharp. Must have been a Sunday because there sure wasn't much traffic. Thanks for sharing. Its good to see a post on here from you. Michael

Registered on June 18, 2009, 86 Posts, 2317 Comments

Comment posted by Ian Haskell on January 28, 2010 at 2:17 PM

Wow. Oohh. Very nice shot.

Ian

Registered on October 30, 2008, 24 Posts, 673 Comments