What the Light(ning) Reveals - a photo on Flickriver

            This nicely structured shelf cloud is being illuminated by both lightning and the city lights of Sandwich and Plano, Illinois.  On the night of June 22, 2024, a line of severe thunderstorms would produce torrential rains and widespread wind damage over much of Northern Illinois and Southern Wisconsin.  What is captured here is the southernmost end of the warned storm.  Some suspicious-looking clouds are being illuminated by the lightning, and in fact would go on to produce radar-indicated rotation over the city of Lisle, about 20-30 miles further east.

Yes, this image is a bit blurry, but it not because it is out of focus.  It is because the clouds were moving quite fast by this time, and where I was set up a few miles south of Sandwich was so dark that the only way to bring out cloud definition was with a longer shutter speed, and that was with the ISO cranked up to 3200 (Yes, I could have gone higher, but I did not want to blow out any lightning bolts, which is what I was really trying to capture.)

Taken in: United States / Illinois / Northville Township / Lake Holiday (show map)

Taken on: June 22, 2024

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Sets appears in: • Long Exposure Photography • Weather

Groups appears in: • Long Exposure • CSSS: Storms - Extreme Weather on Planet Earth more » • CSSS: Storms - There Be A Storm A Brewin! • Clouds, Storms, Sunsets & Sunrises • CSSS: Storms / Thunderstorms (Illinois) • Long Exposure Photography (LEP) • * Flickr Beautiful Celebration of Diversity • CSSS: Storms - Severe Thunderstorms • CSSS: Storms / Arcus - Shelf - Roll • CSSS: Storms - S T O R M S C A P E S • The Long Exposure • Canon RP • LaSalle County - Illinois • CSSS: 50 States of Storms / Thunderstorms « less

Camera: Canon EOS RP, f/5.6, 5 sec, 24mm, ISO 3200 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS RP
Lens:	RF24-70mm F2.8 L IS USM
Aperture:	f/5.6
Exposure Time:	5
Focal Length:	24mm
ISO:	3200
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	No Flash
Exposure Program:	Bulb
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 13.3.1 (Windows)
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