This is the most dramatic sky I have ever seen. I was fortunate enough to be on a workshop, so I had my good camera and lens at hand and ready as I was exiting the van near the Gullfoss Falls in Iceland. I especially like the face like appearance created by the cloud column.
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Camera: Canon EOS R5. Lens: Canon RF24-240mm F4-6.3 IS USM @ 52.00 mm, f/6.3 for
1/800 sec. ISO 400. Edited with Photoshop, Camera Raw, Topaz Studio 2, Nik Color Efex Pro 5, and Rdiant Photo Filter.
This is a Stunning Image. You were there at the right place and right time. And had your camera. Just amazing. You captured your vision and made a beautiful image that blows me away. Great Work.
That cloud appears to be rotating. Was the mountain there the next day?
This is a stunning photograph!
Even though this was taken overseas, you might want to send it along with any other weather data/personal observations to NOAA/NWS. There’s some weather science here!
Awesome photo! Great job on the processing and being in what we’re more than likely uncomfortable conditions, which is like 90% of landscape photography
Wow, that is an amazing image and what a great location to capture such a stunning and dramatic sky. Not sure if you cropped any of the image but I really like that the land and mountain only occupy a small part of the image. This just adds to the weight of sky squeezing down on the land. Well done!!!
Holy expletive!! That is an amazing formation! I’ve seen somewhat similar pictures from the US Midwest, which can brew some awesome thunderstorms. As @Keith_Flood said, l think it is perfect that the land is minimal (quite enough to show the context) and the dark sky fairly looms over the scene. The composition and processing are perfect!
Thank you so much Gill. Correct right place at the right time. To my surprise I was the only one of our group that saw and captured this view. Bob Engle
Thank you Preston. Yes as far as I know the Mountain was there the next day. I thought we were in for a severe storm, but the stormy cloud formation here move out, but we did have very high winds for our remaining time at the falls and were able to capture it as wells. Bob Engle
Thank you Keith. As I replied to Diane I cropped the right hand side of the sky so the swirling cloud would completely fill the sky in the frame. I don’t recall having done any other cropping. Bob Engle
Hi Robert,
This had to be an amazing sight to witness first hand as that sky is dripping with mood and drama! This looks like something one might see in the midwest with a tornado brewing and starting to form. The processing looks great and I think you have just the right amount of landscape in the scene. No suggestions from me.
What a great image. I’ve seen a lot of photos of storm cells over the years, but I don’t think I’ve ever seen one quite like this. I agree with some of the other comments in that you made a wise choice to compose this image with the land occupying a small portion of the frame.
What a wild image! It looks like the clouds are about to just swallow up the entire mountain to somewhere over the rainbow. Incredible drama and well captured and presented.
Thank you, Youssef. The cloud pretty well continued to cover the mountain the entire time we were there and there were no reports the next day of a missing mountain. Bob Engle
