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Storm Clouds at Sunset by Casey Chinn

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.
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Storm Clouds at Sunset by Casey Chinn was Photo of the Day on Sunday, November 23rd, 2008. It is tagged Clouds, Moon, Weather. You can leave a comment, or trackback from your own site.

19 Comments

  1. James and Kelly Stone Says:

    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!

  2. Chris Says:

    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.

  3. Katherine Lee Strassburg Says:

    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!

  4. Kirk Jordan Says:

    I bet that put a little fear and jubilation in your ride. (out an airplane I assume?)

  5. Malta Photography Malta Photography Says:

    Nice shot overall.

  6. Pauline Jones Pauline Jones Says:

    I see a lot of sky photos but not all as good as this one.

  7. Su Says:

    Awesome shot.

  8. Loic Says:

    Congratulations! A beautiful one!

  9. planet lover Says:

    Very, very intriguing! Storms in some areas do have a way of sneaking up on you. I imagine it is like that in Colorado.

  10. Marie Dunphy Harding Says:

    The setting sun & the moon above, fantastic!
    The colors are wonderful.

  11. Kevin Browning Says:

    Love it!

  12. Casey Says:

    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.

  13. Laurie Laurie Says:

    Truly awesome! I love it!
    Thanks for the additional info.

  14. Anurag Anurag Says:

    Very unusual, almost looks like two different shots stacked one upon the other.
    Congratulations.

  15. Sue Gagnon Says:

    WOWIE, very cool shot that appears to be taken almost from the clouds. Neat-o!

  16. Renee Renee Says:

    Excellent colors! Congrats!

  17. Su Su Says:

    This is a beautiful shot, love the moonlight.

  18. Renee Renee Says:

    Those clouds are simply amazing!

  19. mike mike Says:

    Great sky colors. The Moon in the background also.

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