A thunderstorm approaching Kalgoorlie, Western Australia

This is Great!

Although I'm not a fan of such long exposures for lightning shots this one makes it work. Still a little busy for my tastes, but the image quality is superb. Makes me want another 4x5, just not the film and processing costs. I plan to be in Darwin for next year's Monsoon Season, if there is one. Some of the best lightning photo-ops in the world. Wish I had been there with you.

WOW! All I can say is Wow!

Stunning

I really like it, may be I would like to see the entire city lights in the foreground, but is ok.

One of the all time great lightning skyscapes. I love the contrast created by the dark semi-circle in the foreground.

Excellent!

One of the best lightning photos ever seen. It is not too busy for me, as lightnings are well balanced.

B/W works perfectly enhancing the graphics in lightnings (I suppose a colour photo would have some

distracting coloured details from the city lights).

Amazing! Brilliantly captured, I love the hovering skyline. It's like some powerful contraction between the earth and sky creating a bombardment of energy.

I've been looking at photos for almost 60 years and this is one of a small handfull of lightening pictures that I'd rate "outstanding". Its VERY dramatic and there's just no way I'd ever be able to pass it without taking another look.

This is by far my favorite lightning shot I have ever seen, most excellent work!

This truly is excellent.

I like the hill top blocking the bright lights of the city but still you can see just enough of it to be interesting. The detail in the clouds is excellent especially for a 10 minute exposure of a storm that was probably moving at 40 miles per hour. Good job getting the lightning across the whole frame with out over exposing any thing, Perfect! A+ I am so glad you captured this on 4x5 was there much croping?

This is the most dramatic lightening shot I've

ever seen!

I ditto on all the WOWS above, but unlike some,

I am glad I wasn't there!!

AMAZING!

One of the most dramatic lightning scenes I've ever seen. Awesome clarity, perfect exposure.

simply awesome, well done

No other words to say... great!

I agree with Robert; the dark foreground (hill?) is an excellent counterpart to the lightning above. A great trick I'll have to keep in mind. Thanks for the example!

Now that's a lightning shot. Terrific! The bolts look like some kind of malevolent jellyfish from Outer space.

Wonderfull image and that is an understatement!! Must be even more stunning in real "print".

Did you use a 6x12 roll back or 4x5 inch flat film?

 

Regards,

 

Eugenio

Outstanding in every way. A perfectly exposed, composed, processed and printed image. It is absolutely stunning!

Very Nice job. Would have liked to see one like it in color. 6/6

Thank you all for the kind comments.

 

The image was captured on 5x4 sheet film, and the full width of the film is used here. Obviously, I've cropped in the other dimmension to improve the composition (a technique I use frequently because I like to choose the ratio to suit the image. Cost is irrelevant).

 

There were three images previous to this one made on the night. This was to be the last one in B&W before I switched to Velvia to get the impact(?) of colour. The storm had been reasonabley active for those 40 minutes as it approached, but when I put in the Velvia sheet, I was greeted with silence and darkness. I guess somebody else with a lot more influence likes B&W lightning photos too!

 

In any case, using B&W film allowed me to adjust the contrast of the film during development, giving me more control over the finished image.

 

Regards,

 

Graeme Hird

SPECTACULAR, and the darkroom work is excellent!

AMAZING !