The weather forecast was for severe thunderstorms yesterday.
I looked on the weather radar, and there was a solid line of dense thunderstorms going across the State from Quincy heading on to Indianapolis in Indiana, to our East. My town, Springfield, was just at the Southern edge of the storm.
I looked out the sunroom window and saw this edge of clouds Clear sky to the South, a giant front of clouds to the North. The storm wasn’t due to break for another hour. I had a chance.
I drove to one of my favorite spots and settled in for the show.
I wasn’t disappointed.
I like this vertical version from among the 20 or so frames I captured.
The sun, slipping behind the cloud bank at the horizon, it’s rays beaming out one last wave of goodbye to the day. The tall edge of the thunderstorm catching those beams of light and showing off their grandeur.
From deep blue to deep purple, with gold, gray, white, and everything in-between. It all adds up to a majestic display.
I added a touch of exposure to the foreground soybean fields, to bring it out (Love Lightroom Version 2 Beta).
Your ability to seek and find and then compose cloud shots is a wonder, Matt. Congrats on another.