Light through the smoke

DM Larson · Sep 1, 2015

I was up in Montana last weekend and saw this scene developing while I was driving south of Livingston. I pulled over on a very narrow shoulder and snapped this shot. Then I hopped out and ran down to the fence in the foreground, but by the time I got there the shaft of light was mostly gone. This is why I usually try to have a camera with me in the armrest compartment between the driver and passenger in my car wherever I go.

South of Livingston, Montana by Daniel Larson, on Flickr

JacaRanda · Sep 1, 2015

Very nice

Jasii · Sep 1, 2015

Neat! Spectacles like these often present a very short window and you did so well to capture this one.

tirediron · Sep 1, 2015

Lovely! This would make great wall art!

Derrel · Sep 2, 2015

Yeah, it's good to "always be prepared." Shots of unusual weather conditions are very often ephemeral. Many of the best ones end up only as memories.

mmaria · Sep 2, 2015

are those pixels in highlights damaged or it's just me?

nice photo

PropilotBW · Sep 2, 2015

nice photo! Representing the M4/3 well!

waday · Sep 2, 2015

Very nice!

The_Traveler · Sep 2, 2015

nicely done.
I can't help but think that you might consider two changes:
Crop to 3:2 to emphasize the spread of the mountains (clipping the sky)
And slightly brightening and warming the the ground so that the light falling on ground is more emphasized.

I tried it and it looked good to me.