After a Highveld storm:

[AB26]

Few things in life can compare to the atmosphere after a South African Highveld afternoon thunder storm. With the sun shining and rain falling at the same time.

[tbob]

Interesting light. Just curious, is the sun low enough to the horizon in summer to get a dramatic black storm sky with objects in the foreground brightly lit? Or is the arc of the sun's traverse too close to 90 degrees to the earth surface?

[Karm Redland]

Andre, I really can't say why but I find this image compelling to look at. I like it a lot. My only suggestion to crop a bit off the top -- just a small amount.

karm

[AB26]

is the sun low enough to the horizon in summer to get a dramatic black storm sky with objects in the foreground brightly lit?

In summer, yes it does. Beautiful dark clouds with sun shining on it and some interesting subjects in the foreground.
Remember it is still winter over here. Yesterday we had one of those Winter thunder showers. Does not happened very often in Winter.

[AB26]

Andre, I really can't say why but I find this image compelling to look at. I like it a lot. My only suggestion to crop a bit off the top -- just a small amount.

karm

Thanks Karm. One days is one day and I am going to get that shot with a lightning strike in the sky.

[Ken Curtis]

Hi Andre.

This image does not show as well on my monitor. The sky looks washed out. I downloaded it, reduced the highlights and increased the contrast to bring out the darkness in the clouds. I could then see the rain just above the trees. Not sure if that is what you intended or not. My two cents worth.

[tybrad]

Ken beat me to it, but I got the same thing.

Tyler

[AB26]

Thanks Ken and Tyler.

Better this way?

[tybrad]

That looks better but still too much sky loss for me. I had it reduced (lower highs and more contrast) further and it really gave the impression of an angry sky. But yeah, what you did here helps us see the rain above the treeline. This is a really tough contrast range, to be sure!

Hope you don't mind and is not poor form, but here's what I did.

[Ken Curtis]

Better this way?

Yes, Andre.

[AB26]

Hope you don't mind and is not poor form, but here's what I did.

Tyler I don't mind no more. If only you can get the mood back into the image.
You know, that calm feeling after the storm kind of mood.