Photo by: Landscapes of the Blue Ridge
Location: Thunder Ridge Near View Arnold Valley Overlook
I was up on the parkway chasing some storms around and then the clouds opened up with a really intense light beam.
Camera: Sony A580
Lens: Zeiss 16-35
Focal Length: 24mm
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/13, 1/25, 1/50 and 1/100
Aperture: f22
Filters: none
Exposure: manual and multiple
How I Got This Shot: While chasing storms I was fortunate to witness the clouds part in a small area for an unusually intense light show down in the valley. Obviously in photography some type of light manipulation is required since the camera cannot perform over as wide a dynamic range of light as the human eye. I find it interesting that so many photographers prefer to go the pre-capture route via the use of an array of filters. I am a post capture fan and like the advantages of the flexibility allowed in bracketing a wide range of exposures and then blending them via layer and luminosity masking.
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