Storms and Seagulls

Travis

Shot using a 3-stop ND grad. C&C welcomed.

ian408

Wow. That's amazing! We usually only see clouds over land. Over water and lightning is cool.

Travis

Thanks Ian, we have not had that many lightning storms this summer. I spent almost 3 weeks chasing weather patterns to get this one. I was in the wrong place for the pop up storms. When I made this capture, it was all worth it.

Stumblebum

I love everything about it, even when I saw it for the first time and capturing this light and the seagulls and lightning bolt are all truly magic! Only thing that I felt was missing and it is being greedy is some kind of interesting foreground element....it is not something you could do anything about.....if only a seagull had flown a bit closer on bottom right...;o)....or a dinghy....JMO

Travis

Stumblebum wrote: »

I love everything about it, even when I saw it for the first time and capturing this light and the seagulls and lightning bolt are all truly magic! Only thing that I felt was missing and it is being greedy is some kind of interesting foreground element....it is not something you could do anything about.....if only a seagull had flown a bit closer on bottom right...;o)....or a dinghy....JMO

I agree about the foreground element. It really bothered me that it was missing; however, there was anything nearby to incorporate into the image that was esthetically pleasing and I was rushing to get the seagulls before they got out of frame as well as trying not to get fried myself. They tell you in a lightning storm not to stand in the open, in water, under power lines, or hold hold onto something metal. I was doing all of the above. rofl

JC

Does the image have enough resolution to crop it down tight on the seagulls and just below the blown out section of cloud?