Sunset Storm

Gallery: LandscapePosted July 9, 2012336 views15 comments

This shot was taken in the Badlands of South Dakota in June. This storm spent the entire day building up and finally cut loose just after sunset.

5D Mark II
17-40L at 17mm
ISO 100
1/2 sec.
F16
Manfrotto tripod

This is single shot cropped to remove some grass in foreground.
All comments welcomed

Comments

15 comments

Comment posted by Nicolaus Wegner on July 9, 2012 at 6:18 PM

Nice work Edward. This is such a unique and crazy area. Have yet to come away with a photo I like though...all the more reason to return.

Really like the soft light on the hills. They are usually quite bland and brown.

It does look like you have a couple dust spots in the top right corner.

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Comment posted by Rick Turner on July 9, 2012 at 6:39 PM

Great mood lighting on this capture. Makes fro perfect pano. Spots already mentioned. Would like larger version.

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Comment posted by Edward Scott on July 9, 2012 at 6:44 PM

Larger version, larger spots.

Made a mental note to remove them and then promptly forgot. Typical for me these days

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Comment posted by Wick Smith on July 9, 2012 at 6:53 PM

It's too bad this format doesn't do justice to pano shots - you've got a great capture here - I'd love to see a much larger version to study the detail.

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Comment posted by Brian Schrayer on July 9, 2012 at 7:50 PM

NIce composition with some dramatic light and storm clouds. This is definitely a place that I would like to explore. The panoramic format here really showcases the expansiveness of the landscape. I also like the way that the lighting reveals the layers in the formations.

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Comment posted by Paul Marcellini on July 9, 2012 at 8:44 PM

Love the color contrast and always love a good stormy sky. Curious if you took some at 40 and tried to stitch. Maybe I'm just obsessed with image quality but I would have hated to throw away almost 1/2 the pixels from the looks of it.

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Comment posted by scott lanz on July 9, 2012 at 9:26 PM

Sweet light and image. This would make a great print.

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Comment posted by Edward Scott on July 9, 2012 at 10:05 PM

Thanks to all for the comments.
In response to Paul... in order to shoot this scene as a stitched pano at 40mm I would have had to go vertical with the camera. Don't have the equipment to do that at this time.

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on July 9, 2012 at 11:15 PM

Some very bad lands in great light! Great job catching the stormy sky with some great light on the formations.

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Comment posted by Kent Mearig on July 10, 2012 at 3:13 AM

Really wonderful colors! I like the format too.

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on July 10, 2012 at 11:18 AM

Sweet light, great cloud drama. A splendid pano. I hope you took several images one direction or another to put a huge pano together. This would be awesome as a huge print I would bet.

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Comment posted by Harry Lichtman on July 10, 2012 at 7:06 PM

Nothing like lit up sandstone and storm clouds. What a great combo you found here. The textured grass another nice added touch. I do need to see this larger to explore it further!

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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on July 10, 2012 at 8:12 PM

This is a beautiful image, Edward. Fantastic light, great clouds and wonderful color. I like your crop to the panoramic format very much.

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on July 10, 2012 at 9:38 PM

Nice light sandwich with the darker parts above and below the glowing badlands. I really like this.

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Comment posted by Joe James on July 10, 2012 at 10:09 PM

Wow! This is a gorgeous shot, well done.

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