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Archive 2016 · "Throne of Light"

Mark Metternich
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Friend and fellow photographer Kevin Finn McNeal and I chased a giant thunder cell from Kanab Utah, to the North Rim, Grand Canyon, Arizona and were richly rewarded with maybe the greatest moment of light I have witnessed in 14 years of concentrated shooting. Great photographer Floris Van Breugel suggested a possible 4X5 crop as an alternative version, to which I agree (and know many here will too) and I will try that later, but I tend to like extremely long sweeping shots.

Sony A7R2
Canon 11-24mm@11mm (my favorite lens in the world)
f/8
200ISO
1/200th
Lightning Trigger
Single shot.
Hand held.
Conservative adjustments.

Thank you for looking.

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Jan 18, 2016 at 04:47 PM

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p.1 #2 · p.1 #2 · "Throne of Light"

11mm! Wow, looks really steep even at 11mm. Couldn't imagine it in real life. Great shot Mark!

Jan 18, 2016 at 04:55 PM

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p.1 #3 · p.1 #3 · "Throne of Light"

Beautiful photo Mark! Look at all that awesome light! The lightning is just the icing on the cake. Nice work.

Jan 18, 2016 at 05:10 PM

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p.1 #4 · p.1 #4 · "Throne of Light"

Nice work... feels like I am there looking down...

Jan 18, 2016 at 05:18 PM

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p.1 #5 · p.1 #5 · "Throne of Light"

Just an awesome shot!

Jan 18, 2016 at 05:36 PM

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p.1 #6 · p.1 #6 · "Throne of Light"

This one, I'm not really getting. I think the use of 11mm is gratuitous and not working here; a horizontal 2:3 or 4:5 shot at 24 or even 35mm would have been fantastic. At most, a vertical 4:5, or a vertical at 24-35mm.

Jan 18, 2016 at 05:48 PM

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p.1 #7 · p.1 #7 · "Throne of Light"

I love the perspective and think the crop here works great. I'm a sucker for shooting vertical and the ridge line draws your eye in throughout the scene perfectly IMO.

Jan 18, 2016 at 05:53 PM

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p.1 #8 · p.1 #8 · "Throne of Light"

I strongly agree with Floris's 4x5 crop suggestion. Superb light!

Jan 18, 2016 at 06:41 PM

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p.1 #9 · p.1 #9 · "Throne of Light"

I love the shot as is. It gives a great sense of perspective, and only adds to the wonder of the lighting!

Jan 18, 2016 at 07:11 PM

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p.1 #10 · p.1 #10 · "Throne of Light"

Bravo!

Jan 18, 2016 at 08:09 PM

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p.1 #11 · p.1 #11 · "Throne of Light"

Amazing!

Jan 18, 2016 at 08:43 PM

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p.1 #12 · p.1 #12 · "Throne of Light"

Spectacular scene. Love the reflection glow in the middle rock wall. Your risky try paid well off.

Jan 18, 2016 at 08:53 PM

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p.1 #13 · p.1 #13 · "Throne of Light"

what a beautiful shot - well worth the effort

Jan 18, 2016 at 09:50 PM

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p.1 #14 · p.1 #14 · "Throne of Light"

Hey Mark,

I like this, I think the 11mm is perfect for this view. I will say that this looks even better on my iPhone then my desktop, maybe that's from the conservative processing?

Jim

Jan 18, 2016 at 11:21 PM

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p.1 #15 · p.1 #15 · "Throne of Light"

matthewsaville wrote:
This one, I'm not really getting. I think the use of 11mm is gratuitous and not working here; a horizontal 2:3 or 4:5 shot at 24 or even 35mm would have been fantastic. At most, a vertical 4:5, or a vertical at 24-35mm.

I have to agree with this. All the action is happening in 1/4 of the image. A 24ish mm horizontal shot would be great.

Jan 19, 2016 at 02:34 AM

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p.1 #16 · p.1 #16 · "Throne of Light"

Sean Goebel wrote:
I have to agree with this. All the action is happening in 1/4 of the image. A 24ish mm horizontal shot would be great.

While I like both, I actually prefer this version. This one realli puts me IN the image. Great photo Mark!

Jan 19, 2016 at 03:01 AM

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p.1 #17 · p.1 #17 · "Throne of Light"

Mark, over the top, but in a good way!

Jan 19, 2016 at 12:38 PM

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p.1 #18 · p.1 #18 · "Throne of Light"

Sick! You know it.

Jan 19, 2016 at 01:06 PM

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p.1 #19 · p.1 #19 · "Throne of Light"

WOW! Amazing shot!

Jan 19, 2016 at 01:38 PM

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p.1 #20 · p.1 #20 · "Throne of Light"

This is a really cool shot. Very dramatic and I love the darker tones throughout.

Jan 19, 2016 at 05:10 PM

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