Before the storm

[jgrussell]

Moments before the thunderstorm hit in full force in downtown Newark this afternoon, I was able to grab three bracketed shots out my office window...

http://jgrussell.smugmug.com/photos/626455456_r7UGz-O.jpg

[CameraBuff]

Great capture; I love those clouds - too bad those aren't Gargoyles on that building with the dome.

[jgrussell]

Thanks! No, no gargoyles. It used to be an insurance company building, and I guess they figured that was scary enough!

[Maureen Souza]

Cool shot...love the sky!

[DonJuanMair]

Awesome! I wish your name wasn't in the shot though :)

[jgrussell]

Cool shot...love the sky!Thanks! The storm was pretty ferocious right afterwards -- raining horizontally and all that.

[jgrussell]

Awesome! I wish your name wasn't in the shot though :)Thanks, and I regret the watermark, but online it's unfortunately necessary.

[Scottes]

Awesome shot. I simply love clouds like that enhanced by good tonemapping.

[jgrussell]

Awesome shot. I simply love clouds like that enhanced by good tonemapping.Thanks! Tonemapping is always the hardest part -- it's easy to overdo it.

[stargazer77517]

Nicely done.....Love the clouds....Did you use a filter by chance? The tall building on the right, the upper part seems to be darker than the lower part.

[jgrussell]

Nicely done.....Love the clouds....Did you use a filter by chance? The tall building on the right, the upper part seems to be darker than the lower part.Thanks! No, no filter. Just the way the light was angling in under the clouds.

[rw2]

Excellent work!

[jgrussell]

Excellent work!Thanks so much!