Moonlight & T-storm

Gallery: Man & NaturePosted September 18, 2013281 views5 comments

After pounding us with rain, howling winds and a some 1/4 inch hail, this thunderstorm moved up Montana's Paradise Valley with it's top and side lit by the almost full moon. With some long exposures, I was able to get the storm lit internally by it's own lightning. The moonlight on the foreground was so bright that I had to burn it in in PS for a "realistic" look. (5D3, 24-70 f2.8 @ 27 mm, f/4, 20s, iso 800, tripod)

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Comment posted by Lucy VanSwearingen on September 18, 2013 at 3:41 PM

pretty cool getting a lightning strike with stars above ......and all the colors in the clouds

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Comment posted by Eva McDermott on September 18, 2013 at 5:49 PM

Stunning image Mark. Fantastic that you also captured the stars above the storm. I don't think I have ever seen an image like this.

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Comment posted by Carolyn Derstine on September 20, 2013 at 1:27 PM

Amazing capture, Mark! Interesting to see the large cloud system backed up by the clear night sky with stars. The lighting is wonderful too, using the lightning from the storm to illuminate the picture. . .I like the backlighting it gives to the storm system. Very cool!

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Comment posted by Andrius Pašukonis on September 26, 2013 at 11:49 AM

wow, this looks very surreal! Such an amazing combination of different (mostly unusual) light sources.

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on December 5, 2013 at 9:07 AM

This is very cool Mark, the LP looks great. Excellent look at this 'internally lit' thunderstorm!
It's an exciting comp for me, with its layers of landscape, thunder clouds, and stars up top..
I wonder, how long after/before sunset/sunrise was this made?
Well done

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