Fire in the Sky Photo

Photographer’s Note

We were driving back to Moab from Arches National Park one evening and a thunderstorm rolled in. The sun lit the clouds and provided some spectacular colour. I took a series of shots using a neutral density filter so that each exposure was about 4-5 sec long that way I was able to capture some lightning as well.

maximage, JCG, denisn72, Cretense, plimrn, shevchenko has marked this note useful

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maximage (13472) 2009-10-31 9:49

Bonjour Phil,
Paysage grandiose et moment extraordinaire!
La couleur du ciel est étonnante pour un ciel d'orage.
Amitiés.
max

AROBN54 (10783) 2009-10-31 9:50

Brilliant shot, Phil!!
The color is spectacular, mad good detail for the time of day and long shutter speed, and the lightning is just icing on the cake. That is a fantastic shot! My gosh. Many thanks and warmest wishes,
Shelly

bracasha75 (22165) 2009-10-31 11:04

Helo Phil
Your sky burn Phil...so intresthing nature fenomen!!!!I have never seen so one cloud formation and very intresthing nature colors around the storm
Very very good
TFS
Cheers,Braca

photoray (1318) 2009-10-31 11:15

Hi Phil,
Great image of the Colorado Plateau in colors and 3 magical lightning strikes which I find difficult to accomplish.

Good job,
Ray

jimmyjimmy (526) 2009-10-31 19:04

Hello Phil

Just a spectacular image. All I can say is Bravo. I am inspired.

Nice work

Regards
jimmy

JCG (25441) 2009-11-01 5:02

Hello Phil,

A weather phenomenon nicely photographed, the colors are splendid and these electric arcs are one more in this tormented landscape. It's a pity that we do not have the sound of the storm !!! Beautiful and interesting photograph, thank you Phil.

With all my friendships and very good Sunday,

Jean-Charles

denisn72 (7015) 2009-11-01 5:31

Hi Phil,
I'm impressed again by looking at that one. The colours are stunning and the lightnings are awesome!
The landscape in the foreground are nice and typical from Utah. Good job!
Best regards
Denis!

mkamionka (4612) 2009-11-01 8:28

Hi Phil,
amazing work, the thunders are incredible. The whole sky is so dramatic! The landscape has anyway plenty of unearthly colors and the dark sky adds even more drama to this shot.
Very good catch, TFS
M

Cretense (56318) 2009-11-01 10:32

Hello Phil!

My God, what an amazing scene, amazing nature photography! Excellent composition and framing, perfect timing for those thunders, great light management and unbelievable colour palette! Congratulations!

Hercules

gneufeld (15177) 2009-11-01 17:46

Hi Phil,
Stunning, absolutely stunning shot!! I love the colors and your expertise in accomplishing spot on exposure and capturing lightning bursts as well is impressive. You oughta be proud of this one. TFS. Gerald

syrus_persia (2170) 2009-11-01 21:36

Salam Phil
I like it ,
a fine lines, well composed, marvelous light and good colors, have a good week.
regard
cyrus

rford (107) 2009-11-02 10:37

I agree with everyone that this is spectacular image

In my humble opinion I think it needs a bit of work to bring out the full potential of the image... first I suggest level the horizon, second crop a bit of the foreground the focus on the power & energy (also this image cries for a wide format (9:16 perhaps), add some contrast (to me every image should have at least one full black and one full white to subliminally anchor range of perception) and lastly just a bit of dodging in the clouds...

I hope to take these comments as constructive as this is a magnificent image

plimrn (19682) 2009-11-02 17:04

Hi Phil,
This is truly spectacular, it's a fav for me. Thank you for explaining how you captured this.
HLJ, Pat

gunbud (27955) 2009-11-02 17:32

Hi Phil,
Very appropriate title for this stunning image.
Love the an gry pink sky and lighting bolts above this purple and red canyon.
Wonderful technique emplyed to get this winning capture.
Regards, Tom

crckt (7078) 2009-11-02 18:04

Hi Phil,
I have always dreamt of taking a picture such as this. It is AWESOME!!!! Just how lucky were you to get this! Such a great backdrop for a lightning shot.
WELL DONE!!!
Shaeri

shevchenko (9968) 2009-11-03 19:51

Hi Phil,
Good captured to the natural phenomenon, fantastic pink clouds against dim environment, clear to see the thunders, canyon and wild plants in a rainy day, thanks for sharing.
Ally

John_F_Kennedy (31563) 2009-11-04 0:25

Hello Phil,
This was really well-seen and framed. Excellent perspective with fantastic colours and details.
Best wishes,
Achim

pajaran (3314) 2009-11-17 3:47

Pozdrav.
Priroda stvara cuda, vi ste snimili i realizovali odlicnom fotografijom.
Puno pozdrava, Paja.