Cathedral

[Bob]

Hey Everyone,
Here is an interesting capture two nights ago. It has a little bit of everything. Some lightning off in the distance a bit of the Milky Way showing through some clouds and of course Cathedral rock.
I was out trying to capture the milky way and ended up with this. I would be interested in everyone opinion.
Bob

 

[Jim Dockery]

Very cool shot, I love how it has everything you could want in a night shot and I think the light and processing is spot on. Having everything can also be a bit of a problem as a composition - my eye jumps around from the stars, to the lightning, to the rocks. Don't know that I would print it, but I sure like looking at it.

 

[Bob]

Very cool shot, I love how it has everything you could want in a night shot and I think the light and processing is spot on. Having everything can also be a bit of a problem as a composition - my eye jumps around from the stars, to the lightning, to the rocks. Don't know that I would print it, but I sure like looking at it.

Jim,
Yes, you are correct the eye tends to jump around because it has some many interesting features. I was thinking of cropping out the milky way and concentrate on the lightning and Cathedral.
Bob

 

[AlanLichty]

Absolutely incredible scene to see/shoot and you did a great job with it but I think I have have to agree with Jim on how many subjects the resulting image comes away with here. That said the scene still leaves me looking with everything there is to see in the image.

 

[Douglas Sherman]

Amazing image, Bob.

 

[Ben Egbert]

Amazing image, I think lightning and milky way are all about just getting it. They stand as a sort of accomplishment.

 

[JimFox]

Very cool Bob! It’s awesome getting all of this in one image. I like all of the elements in this, but as you mentioned a crop where you lose the MW, that for sure would work.

But back to the image how it is, I was wondering if you toned down the color in the clouds how it would then look. Sometimes the light pollution when it lights up clouds at night can be cool, but in this case since the cloud covers the majority of the sky, the orange of the clouds is what I see first and kind of over powers me. If you knocked the color down in the clouds, I think the other 3 elements of this could balance nicely.

 

[Jameel Hyder]

Amazing having so many elements in a single image.

 

[Mike Koopsen]

Great shot Bob. Really enjoyed seeing it!!!

 

[Amy Nelson]

WOW!

 

[Dean]

Really cool shot Bob .. I think your heading down the right path by isolating a few elements and simplifying for the viewer something tight around the lighting and cathedral if it were mine . Great to see this and really executed well. As they say be careful what you wish for .. you got the whole enchilada

 

[Timmeh]

Hi Bob,

What a show! It sure was nice for the clouds to open up specifically over the MW Core.

Tim

 

[Bob]

Very cool Bob! It’s awesome getting all of this in one image. I like all of the elements in this, but as you mentioned a crop where you lose the MW, that for sure would work.

But back to the image how it is, I was wondering if you toned down the color in the clouds how it would then look. Sometimes the light pollution when it lights up clouds at night can be cool, but in this case since the cloud covers the majority of the sky, the orange of the clouds is what I see first and kind of over powers me. If you knocked the color down in the clouds, I think the other 3 elements of this could balance nicely.

Jim,
I took your suggestion and below is the results.
Bob

 

[Ben Egbert]

Like the edit

 

[Bob]

Like the edit

Thanks Ben

 

[AlanLichty]

I like the edit as well.