Breaks in the Storms

[AlanLichty]

Got some rain yesterday with a few breaks in the clouds as sunset approached. Not a nuclear sunset but a few spots of interesting color and atmospherics over the Columbia River with Sturgeon Lake in the background.

C&C always welcome.

 

[Jameel Hyder]

Very nice skies. We also had rain the last couple of days without these nice skies to end the day.

 

[AlanLichty]

Very nice skies. We also had rain the last couple of days without these nice skies to end the day.

Thanks - I had hopes for something a bit more spectacular when I first saw the breaks but the big color reveal for the overhead clouds never happened. I do have some more images with good colors however.

 

[JimFox]

That's a nice view and some nice color Alan. I can see why you were thinking the sun might poke out below it, that could have been a great show!

 

[AlanLichty]

That's a nice view and some nice color Alan. I can see why you were thinking the sun might poke out below it, that could have been a great show!

Thanks - this was actually the second night in a row where it looked like the overhead cloud deck was going to light up but stayed gray. I hung out until everything had gone gray and my battery was down to 20% but to no avail. There were some alternative color shows at the edges of the overhead clouds and I do have some shots in those directions I have yet to process.

 

[Trent Watts]

The clouds are really captivating Alan. They set off the rest of the image well.

 

[AlanLichty]

The clouds are really captivating Alan. They set off the rest of the image well.

Thanks Trent - the clouds left from the storm breaks were more the show last night than the colors. I love it when you get the low hanging clouds over the hills like this.

 

[Beth]

we've had nothing but storms all week. cool looking clouds and light. nice color too.

 

[AlanLichty]

we've had nothing but storms all week. cool looking clouds and light. nice color too.

Thanks - we are fast approaching our dry season when we won't see any clouds for sometimes weeks at a time. We have had completely bare skies for a couple of days now. I prefer having clouds for better photography.

 

[Douglas Sherman]

It is hard to believe that some of those small breaks in the cloud layers didn't produce some dynamic colors. Regardless, it is still a nice image, Alan.

 

[AlanLichty]

It is hard to believe that some of those small breaks in the cloud layers didn't produce some dynamic colors. Regardless, it is still a nice image, Alan.

Thanks Doug - I had several nights in a row where I was certain I was going to get an almost nuclear color show only to get skunked. I had my drone in the air so I spun around looking for interesting smaller scenes like this one to shoot while waiting for the show that never happened.