Clearing Storm

Gallery: LandscapePosted June 26, 2011195 views11 comments

I just got back from volunteering for ten days a church youth camp in the Black Hills of South Dakota. The camp is at 6000 feet and last night we watched a major storm cell form over the top of us and it delivered so golf ball sized hail that left a few dents in my truck. As the storm cleared it gave us some great light and cloud formations. This is just one of the images. This is combination of two images for exposure. Some post processing in PSE9. I will post some more. All comments and critiques are welcome and appreciated.

Canon 30D
Sigma 17-70
Aperture Priority
Shutter 1/30
Aperture f8
ISO 400
Cropped to 90% of original

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11 comments

Comment posted by Nancy Lea Sandy on June 26, 2011 at 10:05 PM

Wow! beautiful capture. the light is excellent and the drama and energy make this image exceptional. Beautiful colors, too

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on June 26, 2011 at 10:50 PM

Very special light and I like all the textures in the clouds.

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Comment posted by Stan Rose on June 26, 2011 at 11:12 PM

Cool! Im jealous, wish i were there. Love the cb, the sky seems to have a little noise in it.

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Comment posted by John Williams on June 26, 2011 at 11:39 PM

Superb drama Richard. The clouds work well with their texture and color. What's the white behind the trees on the right? Snow?

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Comment posted by Lon Overacker on June 27, 2011 at 2:28 AM

Richard,

Wow! What an impressive clearing storm. It's one thing to have to sit through and worry during the storm (and sorry about the dents!), it's another thing to witness the glory after the storm. What a beautiful and fantastic sky. I was going to say I thought the saturation was a little high, but then I thought, naw, it's rather quite believable.

If I had a suggestion, it would be to clone out some of the little specs of light in the treeline in the LL. Perhaps not all of them, but some of the bigger ones to make it less of a pull for the eye. Keep the interest up top (not hard to do though with this one!)

Lon

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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on June 27, 2011 at 9:03 AM

Wow! Those are some awesome clouds Richard. Beautiful light and color in them. Nice capture!

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

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Comment posted by Bill Chambers on June 27, 2011 at 10:15 AM

Beautiful clouds and cloud color, especially contrasting against the blue sky. Sorry about the dented up truck though.

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Comment posted by Andreas Resch on June 27, 2011 at 10:46 AM

Wow ... these are some dramatic clouds and I bet there's a huge spaceship coming out of them any minute ;)

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Comment posted by R.Bill Moser on June 27, 2011 at 3:44 PM

I love the light and those clouds. Light is wonderful, too

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on June 27, 2011 at 5:38 PM

Beautiful lighting and great capture on those storm clouds.

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Comment posted by Bruce King on June 28, 2011 at 12:17 PM

Wow, awesome light and dramatic clouds! Excellent capture; well worth a few dents in the hood. Well...if they're not too big I guess.

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