Last Night at Pawnee

I went looking for some clouds yesterday and found these up near Pawnee Grassland. I was trying to get lightning but no success except for one small zap in this one...hard to see. Right after I took this shot, the skies opened up and I drove home in some of the worst lightning I've ever seen.

Jack, great shot, I like the mood. Also saw lots of lightning last night and hail and was glad I wasn't at Pawnee!

This is gorgeous! I need to get out and shoot some of these storms. I might bump up the temp in the white balance a little, as it's look a bit too blue to me. Also, I'm not sure if you intentionally darkened the corners or if that's vignetting, but I'm might lighten that up a little. The effect keeps the viewer in the frame, but for my tastes it's too strong.

Very nice! I love the colors and cloud patterns. You're right, the lightning is hard to see though I did find it on the left.

That's impressive! I agree with Grant about the blues, but this is still a wonderful image.

Very dramatic scene Jack, I like the contrast between dark skies and sunlit grasses. Great capture!.

I agree with Nick: very dramatic! The blues really don't bother me.

I like the contast between the grasses and the sky. It looks great as is but would be interesting to see the temp bump a little as suggested by Grant.

Nice shot anyway you look at it. Very Dramatic.

Nice job jack, I really like the motion blur in the grasses.

Great clouds and I love that light - good capture.

jack, the drama inthis is fantastic! I love the color of the grasses and the blues in the sky are amazing! I like the dark feel of it....not sure about bumping up the corners, but I am not a landscape guy. I would have to see them side by side. Grant knows a whole lot more than I do about it, so would like to see a comparison...just wondering if it would change the mood too much.

Wow, what great color. I too am going to get some lightning shots this year. Been a few years since I really tried and the results are just amazing when you get a good storm.

With the sunlit field and the foreboding clouds in the same frame, wow! Definitely a keeper, and I agree though the clouds could use some warming up.

I would assume the blue tone of the clouds is intentional, and in that case I think they look pretty cool. Pretty badass, in fact. They appear to have a bit of hdr mood to them. So, you went out to shoot lightning, and when it finally showed up, you left? What a poseur! You should've stood out in that field with a tripod (metal preferably) and gotten some shots off. Change of underwear not included.

Outstanding light!

Thanks for the feedback everyone. I have to try to re-work the color but there seems to be some sort of vignette that I cant get rid of and it looks worse if I try to bring gray into the clouds. Todd, I always keep a change of underwear along with my raingear...lol. Not an HDR image or blend....the clouds were really moving fast and it was VERY windy. I'm going to keep trying to re-work this but actually the blue doesn't bother me a lot. It's not too far off from what they actually looked like.

DON'T TOUCH IT. You might improve it a bit, Jack, but why bother. This is a powerful and dramatic shot.

Fabulous image Jack! I might brighten the top right corner a tad so it doesn't pull the eye and maybe drop the saturation a tad but this is great! I love the drama in the clouds and the contrast with the grass!

Great mixture of warm and cool. Nice image.

Love the dramatic clouds and the nice saturation in the foreground. Incredible image!!

I really love this shot, nice work !!