Late Evening Supercell Thunderstorm


Posted by Mike Umscheid on Sat Jan 07, 2017 2:30 am

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This supercell thunderstorm was photographed on the western Great Plains of northwestern Oklahoma in late May 2016. Post-sunset twilight is a wonderful time to photograph both the cloud structure of the thunderstorm along with lightning associated with it. In post, I darkened the fg to silhouette as that bottom 10% of the frame didn't add to the image. Usually with storms after sunset, I will set the horizon like at 10 or 20% from the bottom if it's an uninteresting fg. Please left-click for the better 1100px resolution.

Nikon D700 • Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8 @ 14mm • 3.0s • f/7.1 • ISO 100
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by Gary Briney on Sun Jan 08, 2017 4:07 pm
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Spectacular -- love it!!! (and thanks for including the tip)
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by John Labrenz on Sun Jan 08, 2017 8:27 pm
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At 14mm, that must have been a massive supercell!
Love these types of images.
 

by Ron Day on Wed Jan 11, 2017 4:03 pm
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Beautiful storm cloud formation, and the lightning is the icing on the cake! Well done, Mike!
 

by Neilyb on Fri Jan 13, 2017 9:19 am
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Awesome, just awesome!
 

by E.J. Peiker on Mon Jan 16, 2017 5:22 pm
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This is so cool and impressive with just a 3 second exposure from a timing perspective.
 

by Cynthia Crawford on Sat Jan 28, 2017 5:20 pm
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Fantastic! Great helpful suggestion as well-nice when people share their ideas and technique.
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by dissent on Tue Jan 31, 2017 4:53 pm
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Just gorgeous. The magenta tones on the lightning are very nice.
 

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