‘From The North’
Severe weather of this type has been few and far between around here, which is good for most everyone but someone who wants to capture it in pictures. So when I was out running errands and notices some very large and ominous clouds approaching in the distance, I did what any photographer would do—I went home, got my gear and chased them down.
This particular image was shot from Union Point Park in downtown New Bern, NC. This large formation was blowing down the Neuse River from the North. Coming from the Southwest was an equally impressive looking, but very different cloud formation. Where this one was very defined with large billowing white clouds in the upper levels, the Southwest approaching formation was huge, low lying and smooth. It looked very ominous against the setting sun. I’ll share images of that at a later time. The clouds eventually converged over New Bern and created a pretty nice lightning show over the river.
The shot: 3 exposures, f11, ISO 200. Merged and tonemapped with Photomatix and finished in Photoshop CS4 with Nik Color Efex and Viveza plug-ins.
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