Lenticular Magic

[Guy Schmickle]

This is from my one and only visit to Mono Lake a few years back. I was actually in the area shooting fall colors in the Sierra and had no plans to visit the lake. As it turned out, I was too early for the color change in many places and it wasn't a good year anyway. Thus, when a wave cloud began to form over the Mono Basin one afternoon, a change in plans was a no-brainer. As luck would have it, the atmospherics persisted through the sunset hours. It was a crazy night of shooting as photographers were racing every which way to capture the light in multiple compositions. Everyone left that night with a smile on their face!

 

[lionking]

Oh man!
This is pretty spectacular!

 

[Jameel Hyder]

Stunning. Great clouds and color to go with it.

 

[Ben Egbert]

Absolutely gorgeous.

 

[Darcy Grizzle]

Guy that is fantastic

 

[Douglas Sherman]

Talk about an alien world. The clouds, light, and shapes make for a spectacular image.

 

[AlanLichty]

The shoreline must have been a madhouse with everyone scrambling to get as many captures as possible. I certainly would have. That's just incredible.

 

[Guy Schmickle]

The shoreline must have been a madhouse with everyone scrambling to get as many captures as possible. I certainly would have. That's just incredible.

Yeah..."madhouse" would be an appropriate description.

 

[MonikaC]

What really makes it otherworldly for me is that little white cloud hovering in the middle of the chaos of color & weird tufa shapes.

 

[Jim Dockery]

Monika is right - gorgeous on first glance, then otherworldly when you see that lower elevation cloud.

 

[Bart Carrig]

Stunning !

Great comp as well.

Bart

 

[Guy Schmickle]

What really makes it otherworldly for me is that little white cloud hovering in the middle of the chaos of color & weird tufa shapes.

Yeah, that cloud was truly bizarre it just sat there and slowly shrunk in size. I liked those tufas on the right as they kinda looked like prairie dogs sitting up and gazing at the light show.

Thanks everyone for the kind words!

 

[lightsgood]

You have got to be kidding me! Blown away... and super jealous. Well done.

 

[Zeph]

What really makes it otherworldly for me is that little white cloud hovering in the middle of the chaos of color & weird tufa shapes.

Agreed, that cloud is the icing on the cake.

 

[JimFox]

Wow Guy, simply amazing! I have shot Lenticular clouds at Mono Lake a bunch of times, but nothing ever looked this amazing!

 

[JimFox]

Congrats on the Daily Featured Post Guy!

 

[BarryHamilton]

Whoa!! What a sky!!

 

[Kyle Jones]

Awesome sky - and you did a really nice job framing it in the tufa!

 

[Zeph]

Yeah, that cloud was truly bizarre it just sat there and slowly shrunk in size. I liked those tufas on the right as they kinda looked like prairie dogs sitting up and gazing at the light show.

Thanks everyone for the kind words!

Awesome capture Guy!
The majestic flagship Tufa signaling to the cloud child, lay down your load and bring your watery friends.
The turquoise blue along the horizon looks a bit distracting to me.