Electric Sky

Gallery: LandscapePosted November 12, 2011560 views16 comments

Here's another image from my Grand Canyon trip last August. This is taken from Cape Royal on the North Rim during a very active monsoon storm at dusk. Lots of lightning! I took several exposures trying to capture lightning bolts. Two of my shots were successful so I put both lightning bolts into one frame. The lightning was happening about every minute or so. Quite an evening!

Canon 5DMII, 24-70mm @ 40mm, 30 sec. f/22, ISO 100 (Tech same for both images.)

Comments

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Comment posted by Stan Rose on November 12, 2011 at 7:20 PM

Pretty sweet, Phil! I think i liked the RMNP version better even with the brighter corner, since the fg detail was more evident in that one--here its kind of dark. But its an awesome display all the way round!

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Comment posted by Phillip Noll on November 12, 2011 at 7:25 PM

Thanks, Stan! This one is from a slightly different angle than the one I posted in RMNP and its from later in the evening. It was getting pretty dark by this time so I wanted to leave the photo darker to reflect that. Looks good when viewed in a dark room!

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Comment posted by Jaymes Dempsey on November 12, 2011 at 7:38 PM

Very nice capture! Great comp, and that color combined with the lightning is awesome...
Jaymes

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Comment posted by Nancy Lea Sandy on November 12, 2011 at 8:23 PM

Very dramatic and moody.

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on November 12, 2011 at 8:54 PM

Definitely captures the drama of the canyon, Phillip. Agree with Stan that the foreground seems a bit dark, but the focus really is on the sky and lightening, so it's not a big deal.

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Comment posted by Peter Coskun on November 12, 2011 at 9:08 PM

Oh this is nice. I like the separation of the lightning bolts in this compared to the one you posted on the RMNP forum. The colors don't look as saturated as well which helps keep this looking natural. Makes me wish it was still summer so I can keep shooting the monsoon up there. Very well done.

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Comment posted by Kedar Bhat on November 13, 2011 at 8:23 AM

Dramatic image

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Comment posted by Nick Palmieri on November 13, 2011 at 8:32 AM

Great capture, very dramatic! TFS

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Comment posted by Mark Pelton on November 13, 2011 at 9:45 AM

Wonderful capture of this event and place. I would try to blend a little more fore/mid ground detail into image. Very nice.

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Comment posted by Santosh Ponnan on November 13, 2011 at 11:59 AM

Very nice capture. I like the colors and the composition.

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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on November 13, 2011 at 12:11 PM

Beautiful colors and fantastic conditions captured. That lightning looks awesome!

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

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Comment posted by Hamed Musharbak on November 13, 2011 at 3:04 PM

very impressive & fine image

love it

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Comment posted by Joseph Campisi on November 13, 2011 at 6:00 PM

Dramatic light Phil! This would be a great shot even without the lightning!

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Comment posted by Mark Metternich on November 13, 2011 at 7:48 PM

oooo yeah!

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Comment posted by Zack Clothier on November 14, 2011 at 12:15 AM

Nice drama in the sky!

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Comment posted by David Chauvin on November 14, 2011 at 8:53 AM

This must have been awesome to witness. Another fine image in the series.

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