Tumultuous

Gallery: LandscapePosted August 24, 20177,328 views17 comments

This is from one of the bigger monsoon storms from last year which caused local flooding near the Utah/Arizona border. This years storms, thus far, have happened at night or have dissipated before evening. Snow Canyon State Park is on the lower right, to give an idea of scale. My favorite time of year for sure.

iso 100, 24-105 @24mm, f/16, 6s

Your comments and critiques are greatly appreciated.

Better large.

Comments

17 comments

Comment posted by Richard Teller on August 24, 2017 at 4:14 PM

I really like the drama of the image. It works well in B&W and the lighting is a real added bonus. It reminds me of watching the summer thunders stroms roll across the prairie when we lived in North Dakota.

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Comment posted by Paul Breitkreuz on August 24, 2017 at 4:27 PM

Simply Shocking...... blush

Gary, this is one of the tremendous benefits we see from the monsoonal season in the southwestern states. You've captured one of the more significant events from one of these many storms. The B&W treatment strengthens the visual impact of the drama from both the horrendous cloud pack and then of course the electrifying lightning strike. Wonderful work.

btw: I had a similar event but not on the scale of this at all, however, it was late afternoon at Factory Butte years ago now. It was an amazing sight to see..... sad

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Comment posted by Marylynne Diggs on August 24, 2017 at 7:19 PM

Wonderfully executed, Gary. I like the smoothness in the clouds in contrast with the jagged bolts of lightning and the rocky foreground. This has a lot of drama, and the b/w conversion looks spot on to me. Very nice work.
ML

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Comment posted by Max Waugh on August 24, 2017 at 8:35 PM

I'll echo Marylynne's thoughts. The contrast between the soft clouds and the sharp lightning and foreground is striking. Such great tones for b/w here too.

Max

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on August 24, 2017 at 9:22 PM

Very dramatic, for sure. This works great in B&W.

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Comment posted by Dan Kearl on August 24, 2017 at 9:41 PM

Shockingly good...
Pun aside, this is just superb, a ton of drama and a perfect bolt.

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on August 25, 2017 at 12:04 PM

A fine catch on this T-storm, Gary. The lightning is great and you've done very well at capturing the entire sense of a big T-storm, including the sharp rising cloud, some cloud movement blur and those fine rain bands.

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Comment posted by scott lanz on August 25, 2017 at 12:54 PM

Awesome image, Gary. The lightning bolts are great and make this fine storm image exceptional. devil

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Comment posted by Preston Birdwell on August 25, 2017 at 3:08 PM

Gary, this is stunning! Print it Great Big!

Your processing is spot-on. and the tonal scale is near prefect. Well done!
--P

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Comment posted by Prashant Khapane on August 25, 2017 at 5:18 PM

STUNNING....

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Comment posted by Igor Doncov on August 25, 2017 at 6:37 PM

This is an excellent b&w landscape. IMO it would be better without the lightning bolts.

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Comment posted by Lon Overacker on August 25, 2017 at 11:22 PM

Gary,

Phenomenal. End of story. ;-) I love the processing here - especially the AA sky and clouds. Great job working this one up.

The large view reveals the landscape as well, which is important, and so the canyon revealed is a nice bonus.

Oh, I'm sorry, I forgot to mention the lightning! Killer image! Congrats!

Lon

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Comment posted by John Williams on August 27, 2017 at 10:34 AM

Awesome drama Gary.

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Comment posted by Eva McDermott on August 28, 2017 at 2:27 AM

Another stunning B&W Gary. Sincerely love your work.

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Comment posted by Don Young on September 2, 2017 at 4:40 PM

Two words; amazing and excellent!

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Comment posted by Don Young on September 2, 2017 at 4:40 PM

Two words; amazing and excellent!

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Comment posted by Brian Schrayer on September 3, 2017 at 7:30 PM

This is grand! Everything from the lightning to the rain shafts to the towering cumulonimbus clouds are extraordinary! Great contrast and texture in the clouds. I also like the scale over the landscape!

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