Fire and Lighning

Gallery: LandscapePosted March 30, 2012272 views17 comments

Taken during a thunderstorm over NE Kansas on March 28th. The red glow to the right is cloud reflection from the burning of Tall Bluestem Grass a staple of cattle for weight gain. It thrives on burning. I noted the storm was occasionally lighting up the sky near the glow so I took 8-second timed shots with my Nikon D700, ISO 200, and manual Nikkor f/1.2, 50mm lens. Lucky me. It happened. Enjoy and criticize constructively.

the fisch

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17 comments

Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on March 30, 2012 at 6:59 PM

Nice work, Fisch. Always ready made drama in a powerful lightning flash, The prescribed fire is a nice plus.

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Comment posted by Brian Schrayer on March 30, 2012 at 7:21 PM

I'd say you hit this one out of the park for sure, Larry. I really like the warm - cool tonal contrast here. I don't have anything to critique though. I need to go out and shoot some Texas thunderstorms - that is if we have any this year!!

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Comment posted by Stan Rose on March 30, 2012 at 9:42 PM

The combo is fantastic. Bummer that the tree had to get in the way on the rhs though, probably not worth cloning out. A cool shot nevertheless!

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on March 30, 2012 at 10:53 PM

Neat juxtaposition of elements. That must be some fire to be light up the clouds like that.

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Comment posted by John Williams on March 30, 2012 at 11:44 PM

Love it Larry, the bolt is a great one and the reflected color in the lower right really rounds out the shot.

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Comment posted by Mark Metternich on March 31, 2012 at 1:34 AM

Stunning display of natural power!

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Comment posted by Paul Breitkreuz on March 31, 2012 at 9:47 AM

A well captured piece of drama here, fisch. No nits!

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Comment posted by Art Escobado on March 31, 2012 at 10:11 AM

well done!

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Comment posted by Karsten Wrobel on March 31, 2012 at 11:30 AM

great combination of colours and elements and an awesome strike of lightning...

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Comment posted by Fabio Giarrizzo on March 31, 2012 at 12:54 PM

Great job to catch this one- The exposure is perfect as your treatment of light- My congrats, Fabio

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Comment posted by Darren Huski on March 31, 2012 at 1:03 PM

Go Fisch! Well timed.

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Comment posted by Jeffrey Sipress on March 31, 2012 at 5:48 PM

Nice strike! The small glow does nothing for this image and without the explanation, it would be annoying. Just not enough to be a contributing element.

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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on March 31, 2012 at 7:12 PM

Wow, this is a very cool looking image. The light from the fire on the right is a nice touch and that lightning is fantastic.

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

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Comment posted by Scott Smorra on April 1, 2012 at 6:43 PM

This is awesome Larry. I really like the blue tones from the lightning and how they contrast with the warm reds created by the fire. Very well done. No nits from me.

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Comment posted by Rob Graham on April 1, 2012 at 9:19 PM

Nice job, Larry. I had heard about this photo, but hadn't seen it. The strike is impressive, and I think the fire adds an unusual element.

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Comment posted by Larry Fischer on April 2, 2012 at 7:54 AM

Thanks for looking an commenting.
This of course was a high element of luck. The photos posted on NPN are usually more purposeful and well worked. So granting the photo is interesting it could be considered more "journalistic" than skill.
I'm going to play with some HDR and tweak some photos on NX2 and CaptureOne.
Keep shootin'.
the fisch

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Comment posted by Rudy Ruberti on April 2, 2012 at 12:21 PM

Nice capture. The red from the fire adds a lot to the drama of the scene.

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