Summer storm

Gallery: LandscapePosted July 28, 2014362 views12 comments

This thunderhead was estimated to be over 45,000 ft in height by the weather service. It was a magnificent display of lightening. Over 25 cloud to cloud strikes per minute.
It was hard to get a sharp focus as the strikes were to frequent.
Anyway, fun to observe.
Shot with Canon 5D3/70-200 at 130mm/f 2.8/13 sec/ ISO 800

I appreciate your thoughts.

Comments

12 comments

Comment posted by Mark Metternich on July 28, 2014 at 4:12 AM

Wow, B A M!!!

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Comment posted by Krunal Janani on July 28, 2014 at 9:11 AM

Great Capture Gary
Maybe a tad bit of cropping from the bottom wud help

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Comment posted by Gary Gosewisch on July 28, 2014 at 9:45 AM

Thanks Mark. I was out in Portland with Tula and your name came up. I am thinking about a fall return trip as the Gorge was pretty nice.

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on July 28, 2014 at 10:16 AM

Fine catch on the storm and the few stars showing above. The sharpness of the features in the cloud is great. The larger version shows better without the black frame. I agree that cropping some of the black off the bottom would be good.

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Comment posted by Pat Sampson on July 28, 2014 at 11:21 AM

Spectacular image Gary. Would love to have seen it.

I agree that a crop from the bottom would better emphasize the storm and cloud but lots of impact as posted.

pat

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Comment posted by Preston Birdwell on July 28, 2014 at 2:02 PM

Wow! What a great light show Gary. I agree with cropping some off the bottom. You did a good job on this one.

--P

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Comment posted by Aaron Feinberg on July 28, 2014 at 7:16 PM

Always so cool to watch. Nice catch.

aF

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Comment posted by Ken Smith on July 29, 2014 at 12:58 AM

The pulsing power display is terrific. It reminds me of my childhood panic lying in a tent during a storm and seeing the light of a bolt surround me and hearing the clap at the same time…it starts in your gut and works out to the skin and eyeballs…. just an utter feeling of helplessness. I would only like (minor…minor) a bit more of the foreground details shown. Great shot as is!

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Comment posted by Gary Gosewisch on July 29, 2014 at 2:11 AM

repost with revisions. Thoughts?

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Comment posted by Ben Horne on July 29, 2014 at 2:30 AM

Though I do like the revision crop, I'm also just fine with the original. The added breathing room is kinda nice. My only suggestion would be to ease up on the highlight recovery. It looks like you cranked it a bit too high, and your highlights have gone gray. I would either put some color back into those areas manually, or back off on the highlight recovery and just let them be nice and bright as they really should be.