Over 3 years ago, we chased thunder cell projections to the area. We arrived just before this monster moved by.
This was the first year I started using "The Lightning Trigger" thanks to Klaus Priebe's inspirational lightning photos and his recommendations. Thank you, Klaus! Klaus has far more courage than me when it comes to the power of lightning!
Single shot
Sony A7R2
Canon 11/24@11mm
ISO 32
f/14
15th of a second
with the original "The Lightning Trigger" on the hot shoe of my camera. It rarely misses if you set it up right and it is working properly.
If you get one, please tell Rich I sent you. I get no freebies or discounts! I just believe his product works better than the cheaper options.
Processing was pretty straightforward but very, very slow! I sometimes get intimidated about my favorite images to where I do not want to make mistakes. So this one was more about slowing way down and working on smaller more subtle nitpicky things.
I hope it helps, and you enjoy! Great Light to you!
Yup - this is pretty impressive!
Given the size of the cell - and the lightning - and knowing the location - along with the fact it was shot at 11mm..... You crazy!
Excellent work - I would expect nothing less.
Very nice capture Mark. I will never forget my first lightning bolt capture.
I get way too close much of the time. I have had lightning strike within a couple hundred feet twice and about 25 feet away near Mt. Sneffles. Sure gets the heart pumping
Klaus Priebe wrote:
Very nice capture Mark. I will never forget my first lightning bolt capture.
I get way too close much of the time. I have had lightning strike within a couple of hundred feet twice and about 25 feet away near Mt. Sneffles. Sure gets the heart pumping
tmiller9 wrote:
Yup - this is pretty impressive!
Given the size of the cell - and the lightning - and knowing the location - along with the fact it was shot at 11mm..... You crazy!
Excellent work - I would expect nothing less.
Hi Todd! Thank you very much. The big plus here is that it was moving from left to right away from this position. Also, there were few bolts of lightning. It was kind of that threshold where most people don't want to go back to their car to take shelter. As you know, if bolts are striking all around or even somewhat close by, I'm usually in my car. Every year I am out there I am becoming more and more conservative and taking more aggressive precautions. I try to strike a balance between someone like Klaus who seems (I may be wrong) to have little/no fear when these storms come and on the other hand those who take shelter in their car if they hear thunder at all.
guidostow wrote:
Sublime light, composition and timing. Kick a** image my friend!
Huge thank you my friend!
Kane Engelbert wrote:
Using tilt lens distortion..Nice WA techniques here to boost comp impact. Love the color story. Legit
Thank you Kane!
You are correct. At 11mm it made those peaks flatten out a bit So to correct that, I have a perspective-shifting technique I innovated in Photoshop that is more sophisticated than just warping something or using Liquify, to reverse the unpleasant effects of the ultra wide on mountains and such... It does a better job of preserving detail in those areas, in case I make a large fine art print out of the image. Sometimes, as you know, we can do it by taking two images at different tilt angles and then blending them in Photoshop (the better way to do it). But on this one, I did not do the in-camera technique. All the best!
What a capturing the moment wow pic!! Not sure which is better - foreground, light, rain cloud or lightning? They are all 10/10 in my book! Can't wait for monsoon season!
Dave
