Storm Clouds at Sunset by Casey Chinn

Sunday, 23rd November 2008

Storm Clouds at Sunset

by Casey Chinn

I caught this scene as I was driving home one evening. The setting sun was lighting up the bottoms of gathering storm clouds with a beautiful orange light, and the moon hung in the sky above.

Equipment: Canon 5D 70-200mm lens

Casey Chinn

Professional studio photographer in Colorado Springs, CO. I manage to get outside once in a while and shoot for myself.

caseychinnphotography.net

19 Comments

James and Kelly Stone Says:
November 23rd, 2008 at 4:48 am
Wow, lucky you to have such fantastic sunsets with so much color, and then to have captured it with the moon. Great job!!! Excellent composition and exposure. Congratulations on a nice POTD!
Chris Says:
November 23rd, 2008 at 5:01 am
Wow! What a sky! This was so beautiful that it inspired me to check out your website, which was truly FANTASTIC!!!!!! I especially love the slot canyon photos. Your use of light is spectacular. Thanks for sharing.
Katherine Lee Strassburg Says:
November 23rd, 2008 at 5:07 am
Amazing photo. It’s unusual to be able to see the blue sky and moon with such a threatening storm cloud moving in. Marvelous colors in the turbulence. This would be good on one of the weather calendars!
Kirk Jordan Says:
November 23rd, 2008 at 5:17 am
I bet that put a little fear and jubilation in your ride. (out an airplane I assume?)
Malta Photography Says:
November 23rd, 2008 at 9:36 am
Nice shot overall.
Pauline Jones Says:
November 23rd, 2008 at 10:16 am
I see a lot of sky photos but not all as good as this one.
Su Says:
November 23rd, 2008 at 1:12 pm
Awesome shot.
Loic Says:
November 23rd, 2008 at 1:27 pm
Congratulations! A beautiful one!
planet lover Says:
November 23rd, 2008 at 4:30 pm
Very, very intriguing! Storms in some areas do have a way of sneaking up on you. I imagine it is like that in Colorado.
Marie Dunphy Harding Says:
November 23rd, 2008 at 5:55 pm
The setting sun & the moon above, fantastic!
The colors are wonderful.
Kevin Browning Says:
November 23rd, 2008 at 6:12 pm
Love it!
Casey Says:
November 23rd, 2008 at 7:17 pm
Thanks for all the great comments on my first photo published on Earthshots. I’ll clarify the details of the shot. I live on the front range of the rockies where the mountains and plains meet. In the summer, afternoon storms brew over the mountains and move out over the plains where they sometimes grow to unbelievable heights. I was on a hilltop looking southeast over the plains and the setting sun was behind me. I didn’t have any great foreground elements to use so I just concentrated on the sky. I had been shooting the sky for a while and it just kept getting better and better as the sun set behind me and started to light up the bottom of the clouds with orange light. I caught a few shots before it covered up the moon.
Laurie Says:
November 24th, 2008 at 1:17 am
Truly awesome! I love it!
Thanks for the additional info.
Anurag Says:
November 24th, 2008 at 8:27 am
Very unusual, almost looks like two different shots stacked one upon the other.
Congratulations.
Sue Gagnon Says:
November 25th, 2008 at 11:54 pm
WOWIE, very cool shot that appears to be taken almost from the clouds. Neat-o!
Renee Says:
August 25th, 2009 at 3:04 pm
Excellent colors! Congrats!
Su Says:
November 23rd, 2009 at 8:41 am
This is a beautiful shot, love the moonlight.
Renee Says:
November 23rd, 2009 at 3:17 pm
Those clouds are simply amazing!
mike Says:
December 8th, 2009 at 3:05 am
Great sky colors. The Moon in the background also.